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Stanzas For Music
2023-12-06There be none of Beauty's daughters With a magic like thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me: When, as if its sound were caus...
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The Cumberland
2023-12-06AT anchor in Hampton Roads we lay On board of the Cumberland sloop-of-war; And at times from the fortress across the bay The alarum of drums swept pas...
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My Lost Youth
2023-12-06OFTEN I think of the beautiful town That is seated by the sea; Often in thought go up and down The pleasant streets of that dear old town And my youth...
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Resignation
2023-12-06THERE is no flock however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there! There is no fireside howsoe'er defended But has one vacant chair! The air...
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A Forest Hymn
2023-12-06THE GROVES were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft and lay the architrave And spread the roof above them—ere he framed Th...
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To a Waterfowl
2023-12-06WHITHER midst falling dew While glow the heavens with the last steps of day Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly th...
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Crow's Theology
2023-12-06Crow realized God loved him- Otherwise, he would have dropped dead. So that was proved. Crow reclined, marvelling, on his heart-beat. And he realized ...
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Crow Goes Hunting
2023-12-06Crow Decided to try words. He imagined some words for the job, a lovely pack- Clear-eyed, resounding, well-trained, With strong teeth. You could not f...
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The Harvest Moon
2023-12-06The flame-red moon, the harvest moon, Rolls along the hills, gently bouncing, A vast balloon, Till it takes off, and sinks upward To lie on the bottom...
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The Question
2023-12-06I DREAM'D that as I wander'd by the way Bare Winter suddenly was changed to Spring; And gentle odours led my steps astray Mix'd with a sou...