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My earrings! my earrings! they've dropt into the well,And what to say to Muca, I cannot, cannot tell-'Twas thus Grenada's fountain by, spoke Albuharez' daughter,The well is deep, far down they lie, beneath the cold blue water-To me did Muca give…

"In heaven, the angels are advancing continually to the spring-time of their youth, so that the oldest angel appears the youngest." -- Swedenborg.Not for them the length-ning shadows, Falling coldly 'round our lives; Nearer, nearer, through the…

Yield not the RightIn Freedom's fight;The rallying cry renew,Ye patriots who have fought and won,And yet the war is but begun;Humanity in youStill trusts; be true!Yield not your RightIn Freedom's fight;Our Country is not free,While yet one soul that…

Dearest Ellen, I think of thee When morn's first flush streams on high, Or when the twilight's crimson flush Is fading in the western sky. I'll think of thee in mirth's gay hours, When song and jest pass fleeting by, When o'er me memory has one…

The trembling dew-drops fall Upon the shutting flowers; like souls at rest, The stars shine gloriously; and all Save me, are blest. Mother, I love thy grave, The violet, with its blossoms blue and mild, Waves o'er thy head; when shall it…

Hammer, and tongs, and anvils ringing, Waking echoes all day long, In a deep-toned voice are singing Thrifty Labor's iron song. From a thousand fly wheels bounding, From a thousand singing looms, Night and day the ntoes are sounding Through…

Young Elize and I were strolling along the sunlit shore;Elise and I were talking of days that would come no moreShe lifted up her hand and said: "These waves shall witness be, - I pledge thee my hand and heart within sound of the moaning sea."And…

Cultivate the priceless talents, Well bestowed on us by God, Study hard to win the laurels, You will reap a sure reward. Sink down deep in mines of learning, Draw up Wisdom's golden arts, Keep her precious treasures near you, In the storehouse…

I woke, and every lordling of the groveWas clad in diamonds, and the lowliest shrubDid wear its crest of brilliants gallantly.The swelling hillocks, with their woven vines,The far seen forest, and the broken hedge,Yea, every thicket gleam'd in bright…

Now autumn moves with chilling breath, And all her winds prevail, And you sweet flower whose hue is death Stands trembling in the gale; Leaf after leaf all withered shed, And scattered on the ground, And how the flower, the stem is dead Nor…