The Writings of James Russell Lowell ...: PoemsPrinted at the Riverside Press, 1896 |
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... thought it best to set before him the acknowledged ex- amples of English composition in verse , and leave the rest to natural emulation . With this view , I accordingly lent him some volumes of Pope and Goldsmith , to the assiduous ...
... thought it best to set before him the acknowledged ex- amples of English composition in verse , and leave the rest to natural emulation . With this view , I accordingly lent him some volumes of Pope and Goldsmith , to the assiduous ...
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... thought his own was less , his neighbor's more ; The squire was flattered , and the pauper knew Old times acknowledged ' neath the threadbare blue ! Dropped at the corner of the embowered lane , Whistling I wade the knee - deep leaves ...
... thought his own was less , his neighbor's more ; The squire was flattered , and the pauper knew Old times acknowledged ' neath the threadbare blue ! Dropped at the corner of the embowered lane , Whistling I wade the knee - deep leaves ...
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... thought the matter over , And feeling bound to live in clover And never pay the clover's worth , He said one day to Brother North : " Our families are both increasing , And , though we labor without ceasing , Our produce soon will be ...
... thought the matter over , And feeling bound to live in clover And never pay the clover's worth , He said one day to Brother North : " Our families are both increasing , And , though we labor without ceasing , Our produce soon will be ...
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... thought he , This fall With wheat and rye I'll sow it all ; In that way I shall get the start , And South may whistle for his part . So thought , so done , the field was sown , And , winter having come and gone , Sly North walked ...
... thought he , This fall With wheat and rye I'll sow it all ; In that way I shall get the start , And South may whistle for his part . So thought , so done , the field was sown , And , winter having come and gone , Sly North walked ...
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... thought the curious reader might be gratified with a sight of the editorial effigies . And here a choice be- tween two was offered , the one a profile ( entirely black ) cut by Doyle , the other a portrait painted by a native artist of ...
... thought the curious reader might be gratified with a sight of the editorial effigies . And here a choice be- tween two was offered , the one a profile ( entirely black ) cut by Doyle , the other a portrait painted by a native artist of ...
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