 ... gentle face — the face of one long dead — Looks at me from the wall, where round its head The night-lamp casts a halo of pale light. Here in this room she died ; and soul more white Never through martyrdom of fire was led To its repose ; nor can...  Little Masterpieces of Autobiography - Page 11by George Iles - 1908Full view - About this book
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1894 - 748 pages
...martyrdom of fire was led To its repose; nor can in books be read The legend of a life more benedight. There is a mountain in the distant West That, sun-defying,...deep ravines Displays a cross of snow upon its side. Snch is the cross I wear upon my breast These eighteen years, through all the changing scenes And seasons,... | |
 | 1890 - 1120 pages
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 | 1886 - 458 pages
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 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1886 - 522 pages
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 | 1887 - 444 pages
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 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 326 pages
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 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 348 pages
...martyrdom of fire was led To its repose ; nor can in books be read The legend of a life more benedight. There is a mountain in the distant West That, sun-defying,...breast These eighteen years, through all the changing KlSRAMOS " On the 7th of May, 1877, ha i* ' trying to write a poem on the potter's wheel.' The then... | |
 | Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - 1886 - 322 pages
...martyrdom of fire was led To its repose ; nor can in books be read The legend of a life more benedight. There is a mountain in the distant West That, sun-defying,...breast These eighteen years, through all the changing KERAMOS ' ' On the 7th of May, 1877, he is ' trying to write a poem on the potter's wheel.' The then... | |
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