 MAIDEN ! with the meek, brown eyes, In whose orbs a shadow lies Like the dusk in evening skies ! Thou whose locks outshine the sun, Golden tresses, wreathed in one, As the braided streamlets run ! Standing, with reluctant feet, Where the brook and river...  The Poetical Works of Henry W. Longfellow - Page 432by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 698 pagesFull view - About this book
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...a Hunter's Life, by R. Gordon Camming. MAIDENHOOD. Maiden ! with the meek brown eyes, In whose orb a shadow lies, Like the dusk in evening skies ! Thou...! Deep and still, that gliding stream Beautiful to thee inn -i seem, As the river of a dream. Then why pause with indecision, When bright angels, in thy... | |
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...is the common fate of all : Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. MAIDENHOOD. MAIDEN ! with the meek, brown eyes, In...! Deep and still, that gliding stream Beautiful to thee must seem, As the river of a dream. Then, why pause with indecision, When bright angels in thy... | |
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...of our Life is brief, The alarm, — the struggle, — the relief, • Then sleep we side by side. MAIDENHOOD. MAIDEN ! with the meek, brown eyes, In...! Deep and still, that gliding stream Beautiful to thee must seem, As the river of a dream. Then why pause with indecision, When bright angels in thy... | |
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...brown eyea, In vt hose orbs a shadow lies, Like the dusk in evening skies ! Thou, whose locks outsliinc the sun. Golden tresses, wreathed in one. As the braided...! Deep and still, that gliding stream Beautiful to thee must seem, As the river of a dream. Then why pause with indecis on( When bright angels in thy... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poetry - 1843 - 570 pages
...of our Life is brief, The alarm, — the struggle, — the relief, • Then sleep we side by side. MAIDENHOOD. MAIDEN ! with the meek, brown eyes, In...! Deep and still, that gliding stream Beautiful to thee must seem, As the river of a dream. Then why pause with indecision, When bright angels in thy... | |
 | Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1843 - 558 pages
...fate of all : Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary. MAIDENHOOD. ! with the meek, brown eyes, In whose orbs a shadow...! Deep and still, that gliding stream Beautiful to thee must seem, As the river of a dream. Then, why pause with indecision, When bright angels in thy... | |
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...aspiring, Ceaseless content, Darkness or sunshine Thy element; MAIDENHOOD. BY HENEY W. LONOFELLOW. Maiden ! with the meek, brown eyes, In whose orbs...river's broad expanse : Deep and still, that gliding atream Beautiful to thee must seem, As the river of a dream. Then, why pause with indecision, When... | |
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...sunshine Thy element ; MAIDENHOOD. BY HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. Maiden ! with the meek, brown eyes, In whoso orbs a shadow lies, Like the dusk in evening skies...: Deep and still, that gliding stream Beautiful to thee must seem, As the river of a dream. Then, why pause with indecision, When bright angels in thy... | |
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...Sinking in virtue, as you rise in fame. Your learning, like the lunar beam, affords Light, but not heat. Maiden ! with the meek, brown eyes, In whose orbs...tresses, wreathed in one, As the braided streamlets run ! Bear through sorrow, wrong, and ruth, In thy heart the dew of youth, On thy lips the smile of truth.... | |
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...settled on her cradle, darken at this point, so full of strange wondrous interest, now when she was " Standing, with reluctant feet. Where the brook and...the brooklet's swift advance, On the river's broad eхрппse ! " The tears crept to Ally's eyes, but they had no time to fall. She heard a shriek and... | |
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