The Bowdoin PoetsEdward Payson Weston Joseph Griffin, 1857 - 188 pages |
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Page 14
... earth no more ! And with them the Being Beauteous , Who unto my youth was given , More than all things else to love me , And is now a saint in heaven . With a slow and noiseless footstep , Comes that messenger divine , Takes the vacant ...
... earth no more ! And with them the Being Beauteous , Who unto my youth was given , More than all things else to love me , And is now a saint in heaven . With a slow and noiseless footstep , Comes that messenger divine , Takes the vacant ...
Page 17
... into the soul A power from thine own power , Teach me to know the uncounted worth Of this celestial dower : Oh may I ne'er defile with earth and sense This image of thine own Omnipotence . 17 AUTUMN . BY ISAAC M'LELLAN , JR . ' Round 2 *
... into the soul A power from thine own power , Teach me to know the uncounted worth Of this celestial dower : Oh may I ne'er defile with earth and sense This image of thine own Omnipotence . 17 AUTUMN . BY ISAAC M'LELLAN , JR . ' Round 2 *
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... earth looks bleak and desolate around . The flowers have lost their glorious scent and bloom , And shiver now as flies the tempest by ; To some far clime hath flown the wild bird's plume , To greener woods , and some serener sky ...
... earth looks bleak and desolate around . The flowers have lost their glorious scent and bloom , And shiver now as flies the tempest by ; To some far clime hath flown the wild bird's plume , To greener woods , and some serener sky ...
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... alone the curse of Cain Fell , like a flail on the garnered grain , And struck him to the earth ! He saw once more his dark - eyed queen Among her children stand ; THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP . 27 They clasped 26 BOWDOIN POETS .
... alone the curse of Cain Fell , like a flail on the garnered grain , And struck him to the earth ! He saw once more his dark - eyed queen Among her children stand ; THE SLAVE IN THE DISMAL SWAMP . 27 They clasped 26 BOWDOIN POETS .
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... Earth's mockery , guilt , and nameless wo ; The pangs which thou canst only know ; All crowded in a little span , The being of the creature Man ! Ah ! little deemest thou my child , The way of life is dark and wild ; Its sunshine , but ...
... Earth's mockery , guilt , and nameless wo ; The pangs which thou canst only know ; All crowded in a little span , The being of the creature Man ! Ah ! little deemest thou my child , The way of life is dark and wild ; Its sunshine , but ...
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Autumn beam beauty beneath blessed Bowdoin BOWDOIN COLLEGE bowers breast breath bright brow Brunswick CHARLES W clouds cold COVENANTERS dark dead death deep dirge DISMAL SWAMP doeth all things dream earth Excelsior faith Farewell flowers FREDERIC MELLEN friends gaze gentle GEORGE F gleam gloom glowing grave green harp hath hear heart heaven HENRY W hopes hour infant ISAAC M'LELLAN joyous leaves life's light live alway lonely LONGFELLOW Lyre LYRIC POETRY memory minstrelsy moonlight morning mother mourn neath night o'er ocean passed perished prayer repose rest roar ROBERT WYMAN rolling round SEBA SMITH sigh silent sister sleep slumbers smile soft song sorrow soul spirit stars storm stream strife surge sweet swell tears tempest's thee thine thou art thought throng Thrush toil trembling Twas voice wake wave weep wild wing wintry wind woods youth