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"And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters oer, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore."
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Felicia HemansThe breaking waves dashed high — Felicia Hemans
"The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed."
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Felicia Hemans
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Felicia Dorothea Hemans was an English poet. Regarded as the leading female poet of her day, Hemans was immensely popular during her lifetime in both England and the United States, and was second only to Lord Byron in terms of sales. Two of her opening lines, "The boy stood on the burning deck" and "The stately homes of England", have acquired classic status.
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"Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north-wind’s breath, And stars to set; but all, Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death!"
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"They grew in beauty side by side, They filled one home with glee: Their graves are severed far and wide By mount and stream and sea."
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"The boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battles wreck Shone round him oer the dead."
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"But fair the exild Palm-tree grew Midst foliage of no kindred hue; Through the laburnum’s dropping gold Rose the light shaft of Orient mould, And Europe’s violets, faintly sweet, Purpled the mossbeds at its feet."
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"Alas for love, if thou wert all, And naught beyond, O Earth!"
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