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" He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. "
The broken font, by the author of 'Tales of the wars of our times'. - Page 281
by Joseph Moyle Sherer - 1836
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Flowers and Fruit Gathered by Loving Hands from Old English Gardens

Emily Taylor - English poetry - 1864 - 210 pages
...High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and you have show'd them me, To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous Death ! the jewel of the just, Shining...do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest, may know At first sight if the bird be flown ; But what...
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Our life illustrated by pen and pencil [an anthology].

Our life - 1865 - 234 pages
...High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and you have showed them me, To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous Death, the jewel of the just, Shining...lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what...
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Looking Toward Sunset: From Sources Old and New, Original and Selected

Lydia Maria Child - Old age - 1865 - 478 pages
...I alone sit lingering here ! Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. DEAR, beauteous Death ! the jewel of the just ! Shining...do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! HE that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But...
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Looking Toward Sunset: From Sources Old and New, Original and Selected

Lydia Maria Child - Old age - 1865 - 482 pages
...I alone sit lingering here ! Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. DEAR, beauteous Death ! the jewel of the just ! Shining...do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! HE that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But...
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Poems of the Inner Life: Selected Chiefly from Modern Authors

R. C. J. - English poetry - 1866 - 304 pages
...High as the heavens above ! These are your walks, and you have showed them me To kindle my cold love. Dear, beauteous death ! the jewel of the just! Shining...lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark! He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown; But what...
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Tales, Songs and Sonnets

John Watson Dalby - 1866 - 202 pages
...young grave we write. ELEGIAC STANZAS, TO THE MEMORY OF MARY CAROLINE DE W., WHO DIED MAY 26, 1841. "Dear beauteous death, the jewel of the just, Shining...lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark." THE season came to which she looked With longing heart and eyes, The season of the opening leaf, And...
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Looking Toward Sunset: From Sources Old and New, Original and Selected

Lydia Maria Child - Old age - 1866 - 484 pages
...is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. DEAR, beauteous Death ! the jewel of the just I Shining nowhere but in the dark ! What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! HE that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know, At first sight, if the bird be flown ; But...
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Early Lost; Early Saved; or, Consolation for bereaved parents. [Edited by ...

George Washington Bethune - Children - 1866 - 230 pages
...PSALM OF DEATH. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. HW LONGFELLOW. "Dear beauteous Death ! the jewel of the Shining nowhere but in the dark. What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could we outlook that mark !" There is a Eeaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps...
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Early Lost, Early Saved: An Argument for the Salvation of Infants, with ...

George Washington Bethune - 1866 - 190 pages
...PSALM OF DEATH. THE REAPER AND THE FLOWERS. HW LONGFELLOW. " Dear beauteous Death ! the jewel of the Shining nowhere but in the dark. What mysteries do lie beyond thy dust, Could we outlook that mark !" There is a Reaper, whose name is Death, And with his sickle keen, He reaps...
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Extracts from English Literature

John Rolfe - 1867 - 404 pages
...I alone sit ling'ring here ! Their very memory is fair and bright, And my sad thoughts doth clear. Dear, beauteous death ; the Jewel of the Just ! Shining...do lie beyond thy dust, Could man outlook that mark ! • It can never be matter of indifference to a thinking man, whether he is to be happy or miserable...
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