The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress, 35. köideHenry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock J.N. McClintock, 1903 Contains articles on the White Mountains and a map. |
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... o'er , " and he discerned , in the distance , " the mountains piled Heavily against the horizon of the north Like summer thunder - clouds , " the Ossipee and Sandwich ranges . He gazed also on the Merrimack , that " rolled down his ...
... o'er , " and he discerned , in the distance , " the mountains piled Heavily against the horizon of the north Like summer thunder - clouds , " the Ossipee and Sandwich ranges . He gazed also on the Merrimack , that " rolled down his ...
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... o'er the grassy bank . " We see , therefore , that Whittier ac- quired his love for the White Hills in youth . He saw them in the distance he must know them . Accordingly we find him , in the strength of his man- hood , among these ...
... o'er the grassy bank . " We see , therefore , that Whittier ac- quired his love for the White Hills in youth . He saw them in the distance he must know them . Accordingly we find him , in the strength of his man- hood , among these ...
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... o'er them falls the night . They lift their foreheads to the storm , And to. He Whittier's eye was anointed . He loved nature as the apparition of his God . Whatever he saw " respired with inward meaning . " Man's ability to appreciate ...
... o'er them falls the night . They lift their foreheads to the storm , And to. He Whittier's eye was anointed . He loved nature as the apparition of his God . Whatever he saw " respired with inward meaning . " Man's ability to appreciate ...
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... o'er her steal . And good " Squire " Gage , who used to rule Supreme o'er his estate , And often when his neighbors warred ' Was called to meditate . And blushing brides and stately grooms His mountain dwelling sought , For him to make ...
... o'er her steal . And good " Squire " Gage , who used to rule Supreme o'er his estate , And often when his neighbors warred ' Was called to meditate . And blushing brides and stately grooms His mountain dwelling sought , For him to make ...
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... o'er , And kiss the hairbells growing down by the shore ; The clover blooms welcome the hurrying bee , And butterflies flit o'er the blossoming sea . Away and away speed the billows , away , A - tremble and tumble a - down to the bay ...
... o'er , And kiss the hairbells growing down by the shore ; The clover blooms welcome the hurrying bee , And butterflies flit o'er the blossoming sea . Away and away speed the billows , away , A - tremble and tumble a - down to the bay ...
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