RICHARD the Lion-hearted, crowned serene With the true royalty of perfect man;
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WHERE is the unknown country?" I whispered sad and slow,--
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O SILENT my sister, who stands by my side at the shore, Back gazing with me on those waves which we mortals call years,
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STREAM of my life, dull, placid river, flow! I have no fear of the ingulfing seas:
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IN the June twilight, in the soft gray twilight, The yellow sun-glow trembling through the rainy eve,
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HOLY Lord Jesus, Thou wilt search till Thou find This lost piece of silver,--this treasure enshrined
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Down, down like a pale leaf dropping Under an autumn sky,
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O LIVING, living water, So busy and so bright,
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THE great human whirlpool--'t is seething and seething: On! No time for shrieking out--scarcely for breathing:
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BARE and sunshiny, bright and bleak, Rounded cold as a dead maid's cheek,
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LOUD-VOICED night, with the wild wind blowing Many a tune;
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PLANT it safe and sure, my child, Then cease watching and cease weeping;
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O SWEETEST my sister, my sister that sits in the sun, Her lap full of jewels, and roses in showers on her hair;
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FACE upward to the sky Quiet I lie:
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TWO PORTRAITS. A PLEASANT picture, full of meanings deep,
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C. N.--Died April, 1857. What spirit is it that doth pervade
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I TOOK the wren's nest;-- Heaven forgive me!
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WHEN green leaves come again, my love, When green leaves come again,--
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IT dressed itself in green leaves all the summer long, Was full of chattering starlings, loud with throstles' song.
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WILLIE, fold your little hands; Let it drop, that "soldier" toy:
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O STRANGE soft gleam, o ghostly dawn That never brightens unto day;
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REGARD me well: I am thy love, thy love; Thy blessing, thy delight, thy hope, thy peace:
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I SEE thee, gliding towards me with slow pace Across the azure fields of Paradise,
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IN face of a great sorrow like to death How do we wrestle night and day with tears;
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WAVY and bright in the summer air, Like a pleasant sea when the wind blows fair,
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O HOW my heart is beating as her name I keep repeating, And I drink up joy like wine:
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SING away, ay, sing away, Merry little bird,
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WINDING and grinding Round goes the mill:
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SENT IN A LITTLE BOX. LET them lie, yes, let them lie,
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