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" I know the shaggy hills about, The meadows smooth and wide, The plains, that, toward the southern sky, Fenced east and west by mountains lie. A white man, gazing on the scene, Would say a lovely spot was here, And praise the lawns... "
Eve Effingham: Or, Home - Page 277
by James Fenimore Cooper - 1838
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Miscellaneous Poems Selected from the United States Literary Gazette

1826 - 192 pages
...My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The...
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The Pearl: Or, Affection's Gift

1829 - 286 pages
...My father's ancient burial place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. " This bank, in which the dead were laid, Was sacred when its soil was ours ; Hither the artless Indian...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth Century

Lyre - 1830 - 396 pages
...My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The...
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The Monthly Review

1832 - 650 pages
...My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. ' For here the upland bank sends out A ridge towards the river side, I know the shaggy hills about,...
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Selections from the American Poets: With Some Introductory Remarks

1834 - 402 pages
...My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The...
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The Family Magazine, Or, General Abstract of Useful Knowledge, Volume 2

1835 - 430 pages
...My father's ancient burial-place. Ere from these vales, ashamed ana weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about. The...
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The Harp of the Wilderness; Or, Flowers of Modern Fugitive Poetry

Harp - 1836 - 380 pages
...My fathers ancient burying-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sen. ls out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about,...
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Poems

William Cullen Bryant - 1836 - 286 pages
...My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The...
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Principles of elocution

William Graham (teacher of elocution.) - 1837 - 370 pages
...My fathers' ancient burial-place, Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The...
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Poems

William Cullen Bryant - 1840 - 292 pages
...My fathers' ancient burial-place Ere from these vales, ashamed and weak, Withdrew our wasted race. It is the spot, — I know it well — Of which our old traditions tell. For here the upland bank sends out A ridge toward the river side ; I know the shaggy hills about, The...
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