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... light Her chalice rear'd of silver bright ; The doe awoke , and to the lawn , Begemm'd with dew - drops , led her fawn ; The gray mist left the mountain - side , The torrent show'd its glistening pride ; Invisible in fleckéd sky The ...
... light Her chalice rear'd of silver bright ; The doe awoke , and to the lawn , Begemm'd with dew - drops , led her fawn ; The gray mist left the mountain - side , The torrent show'd its glistening pride ; Invisible in fleckéd sky The ...
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... light - house top I see ? Is this the hill ? is this the kirk ? Is this mine own countree ? We drifted o'er the harbor - bar , And I with sobs did pray- O let me be awake , my God ! Or let me sleep alway . The harbor - bay was clear as ...
... light - house top I see ? Is this the hill ? is this the kirk ? Is this mine own countree ? We drifted o'er the harbor - bar , And I with sobs did pray- O let me be awake , my God ! Or let me sleep alway . The harbor - bay was clear as ...
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... light on the southern headland ? " returned the pilot ; " you may know it from the star near it by its sinking , at times , in the ocean . Now observe the hummock , a little north of it , looking like a shadow in the horizon - ' tis a ...
... light on the southern headland ? " returned the pilot ; " you may know it from the star near it by its sinking , at times , in the ocean . Now observe the hummock , a little north of it , looking like a shadow in the horizon - ' tis a ...
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DAY SUBJECT 119 Of Improving by good Examples | 5 |
Primitive Christians | 9 |
Summer | 14 |
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