The Poetical Works of James R. Lowell ...: Complete in Two Volumes, Том 2Ticknor and Fields, 1863 |
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... Twas so with our liberal Christians : they bore With sincerest conviction their chairs to the shore ; They brandished their worn theological birches , Bade natural progress keep out of the Churches , And expected the lines they had ...
... Twas so with our liberal Christians : they bore With sincerest conviction their chairs to the shore ; They brandished their worn theological birches , Bade natural progress keep out of the Churches , And expected the lines they had ...
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... Twas a kind of wild swine that our ancestors hunted ; But I'll never believe that the age which has strewn Europe o'er with cathedrals , and otherwise shown That it knew what was what , could by chance not have known , ( Spending , too ...
... Twas a kind of wild swine that our ancestors hunted ; But I'll never believe that the age which has strewn Europe o'er with cathedrals , and otherwise shown That it knew what was what , could by chance not have known , ( Spending , too ...
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... er the seas and the mountains , the rivers and woods ; He asked not earth's verdict , forgetting the clods , His soul soared and sang to an audience of gods ; ' Twas for them that he measured the thought and 88 A FABLE FOR CRITICS .
... er the seas and the mountains , the rivers and woods ; He asked not earth's verdict , forgetting the clods , His soul soared and sang to an audience of gods ; ' Twas for them that he measured the thought and 88 A FABLE FOR CRITICS .
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Complete in Two Volumes James Russell Lowell. ' Twas for them that he measured the thought and the line , And shaped for their vision the perfect design , With as glorious a foresight , a balance as true , As swung out the worlds in the ...
Complete in Two Volumes James Russell Lowell. ' Twas for them that he measured the thought and the line , And shaped for their vision the perfect design , With as glorious a foresight , a balance as true , As swung out the worlds in the ...
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... , His drains made water - wheels spin round , His ice in summer - time he sold , His wood brought profit when ' twas cold , He dug and delved from morn till night , Strove to make profit square with right , Lived on INTRODUCTION . 127.
... , His drains made water - wheels spin round , His ice in summer - time he sold , His wood brought profit when ' twas cold , He dug and delved from morn till night , Strove to make profit square with right , Lived on INTRODUCTION . 127.
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