The Gift Book of GemsDavid Bugbee & Company, 1856 - 312 pages |
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Page 19
... shadows gleam Portentious through the night . Upon its midnight battle - ground The spectral camp is seen , And , with a sorrowful , deep sound , Flows the River of Life between . No other voice , nor sound is there , In the army of the ...
... shadows gleam Portentious through the night . Upon its midnight battle - ground The spectral camp is seen , And , with a sorrowful , deep sound , Flows the River of Life between . No other voice , nor sound is there , In the army of the ...
Page 34
... shadows , is not easy . Mr. Willis is one of the most fascinating writers in the English language and who , to - day , will remember anything of his productions but their excellences ? This letter will moisten eyes in widely - scat ...
... shadows , is not easy . Mr. Willis is one of the most fascinating writers in the English language and who , to - day , will remember anything of his productions but their excellences ? This letter will moisten eyes in widely - scat ...
Page 44
... shadows lift From my waked spirit airily and swift , And I could paint the bow Upon the bended heavens around me play Colours of such divinity to - day . ' Ha ! bind him on his back ! Look ! - as Prometheus in my picture here ! Quick or ...
... shadows lift From my waked spirit airily and swift , And I could paint the bow Upon the bended heavens around me play Colours of such divinity to - day . ' Ha ! bind him on his back ! Look ! - as Prometheus in my picture here ! Quick or ...
Page 49
... brow , And wish the shadows would faster creep , And long to go to thy quiet sleep . Well were it then if thine aching brow Were as free from sin and shame as now ! Well for thee , if thy lip could tell A 5 NATHANIEL P. WILLIS . 49.
... brow , And wish the shadows would faster creep , And long to go to thy quiet sleep . Well were it then if thine aching brow Were as free from sin and shame as now ! Well for thee , if thy lip could tell A 5 NATHANIEL P. WILLIS . 49.
Page 54
... shadows - faint with pain , ( d ) And yearning for the hours of quietness That follow the twilight . The fair morn Unfurls o'er Eastern hills her dolphin dyes ; But O majestic Eve , to thee I turn With heart enchanted , and undazzled ...
... shadows - faint with pain , ( d ) And yearning for the hours of quietness That follow the twilight . The fair morn Unfurls o'er Eastern hills her dolphin dyes ; But O majestic Eve , to thee I turn With heart enchanted , and undazzled ...
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