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"The stately homes of England,-- How beautiful they stand, Amid their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land!"
The Homes of England.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed."
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine, The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? They sought a faith's pure shrine."
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod: They have left unstained what there they found,-- Freedom to worship God."
Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Through the laburnum's dropping gold Rose the light shaft of Orient mould, And Europe's violets, faintly sweet, Purpled the mossbeds at its feet."
The Palm-Tree.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"They grew in beauty side by side, They filled one home with glee: Their graves are severed far and wide By mount and stream and sea."
The Graves of a Household.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Alas for love, if thou wert all, And naught beyond, O Earth!"
The Graves of a Household.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead."
Casabianca.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind's breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!"
The Hour of Death.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Come to the sunset tree! The day is past and gone; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done."
Tyrolese Evening Song.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"In the busy haunts of men."
Tale of the Secret Tribunal. Part i.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit, rest thee now!"
Siege of Valencia. Scene ix.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"Oh, call my brother back to me! I cannot play alone: The summer comes with flower and bee,-- Where is my brother gone?"
The Child's First Grief.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I have looked on the hills of the stormy North, And the larch has hung his tassels forth."
The Voice of Spring.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
"I had a hat. It was not all a hat,-- Part of the brim was gone: Yet still I wore it on."
Rhine Song of the German Soldiers after Victory.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain