The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical IntroductionCarey and Hart, 1842 - 468 sidor One of the most important American poetry anthologies of the nineteenth century, including the works of nearly every major and minor poet of the day, selected by Edgar Allan Poe's future literary executor, and rarely encountered in the correct first printing. Poets included are Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier, Holmes, Bryant, Emerson, Jones Very, William Gilmore Simms, Christopher P. Cranch, Richard Henry Dana, and an impressive selection of female poets now mostly forgotten: Sigourney, Gould, Brooks, Mrs. Seba Smith, Hall, Embury, Ellett, Dinnies, Welby, Hooper, Davidson. |
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... voice of prayer at the sable bier ! A voice to sustain , to soothe , and to cheer . It commends the spirit to God who gave ; It lifts the thoughts from the cold , dark grave ; It points to the glory where he shall reign , Who whisper'd ...
... voice of prayer at the sable bier ! A voice to sustain , to soothe , and to cheer . It commends the spirit to God who gave ; It lifts the thoughts from the cold , dark grave ; It points to the glory where he shall reign , Who whisper'd ...
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... VOICE , O SPRING ! I HEAR thy voice , O Spring ! Its flute - like tones are floating through the air , Winning my soul with their wild ravishing , From earth's heart - wearying care . Divinely sweet thy song- But yet , methinks , as ...
... VOICE , O SPRING ! I HEAR thy voice , O Spring ! Its flute - like tones are floating through the air , Winning my soul with their wild ravishing , From earth's heart - wearying care . Divinely sweet thy song- But yet , methinks , as ...
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... voice all icy thin Slide forth and tell my deadly sin To hell and heaven , ROSALINE ! But no voice came , and then it seem'd That if the very corpse had scream'd , The sound like sunshine glad had stream'd Through that dark stillness ...
... voice all icy thin Slide forth and tell my deadly sin To hell and heaven , ROSALINE ! But no voice came , and then it seem'd That if the very corpse had scream'd , The sound like sunshine glad had stream'd Through that dark stillness ...
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