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... earth , and all ye need to know . ' A few months later , the venerable poet presented to the citizens of Roslyn a new hall and public reading - room , having previously given one to his native town . It was the wish of his fellow ...
... earth , and all ye need to know . ' A few months later , the venerable poet presented to the citizens of Roslyn a new hall and public reading - room , having previously given one to his native town . It was the wish of his fellow ...
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... earth's walled cities ; massive palaces Crumble before it ; fortresses and towers Dissolve in the swift waters ; populous realms , Swept by the torrent , see their ancient tribes Engulfed and lost , their very languages Stifled and ...
... earth's walled cities ; massive palaces Crumble before it ; fortresses and towers Dissolve in the swift waters ; populous realms , Swept by the torrent , see their ancient tribes Engulfed and lost , their very languages Stifled and ...
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... earth is but a shadowy symbol of the glory to which thou art admitted in the world beyond the grave . Thy errand on earth was an errand of peace and good - will to men , and thou art now in a region where hatred and strife never enter ...
... earth is but a shadowy symbol of the glory to which thou art admitted in the world beyond the grave . Thy errand on earth was an errand of peace and good - will to men , and thou art now in a region where hatred and strife never enter ...
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... Earth - shadows cloud his baby - brow . His smiles how fleeting ; how Profuse his tears ! Dreams he of coming years , Checkered by shadow and by light , Unlike that vision holy , bright , That fairy gleam , That infant dream That made ...
... Earth - shadows cloud his baby - brow . His smiles how fleeting ; how Profuse his tears ! Dreams he of coming years , Checkered by shadow and by light , Unlike that vision holy , bright , That fairy gleam , That infant dream That made ...
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... he has gone to dwell . But looks on manhood's ways and works , and To us , for fourteen anxious months , his infant aptly mimics all . smiles were given ; And then he bade farewell to earth , and went 30 POEMS OF INFANCY AND YOUTH .
... he has gone to dwell . But looks on manhood's ways and works , and To us , for fourteen anxious months , his infant aptly mimics all . smiles were given ; And then he bade farewell to earth , and went 30 POEMS OF INFANCY AND YOUTH .
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