John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
John Gardiner Calkins Brainard 1795-1828 John Bartlett
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Death has shaken out the sands of thy glass. |
Lament for Long Tom. |
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At the piping of all hands, When the judgment-signal ’s spread— When the islands and the lands And the seas give up their dead, And the South and North shall come; When the sinner is dismayed, And the just man is afraid, Then Heaven be thy aid, Poor Tom. |
Lament for Long Tom. |
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Far beneath the tainted foam That frets above our peaceful home, We dream in joy and wake in love Nor know the rage that yells above. |
The Deep. 1 |
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I saw two clouds at morning, Tinged with the rising sun, And in the dawn they floated on, And mingled into one. I thought that morning cloud was blest, It moved so sweetly to the West. |
Epithalamium. |
Note 1. Harriet Beecher Stowe: When winds are raging o’er the upper ocean. [back] |