Identifier: homeschoolofamer00bird (find matches)
Title: Home school of American literature:
Year: 1897 (1890s)
Authors: Birdsall, William Wilfred, 1854-1909, (from old catalog) comp. and ed Jones, Rufus Matthew, 1863- (from old catalog) joint comp. and ed
Subjects: American literature English literature
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa., Elliott publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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feet, The moon was full, the fields were gleaming; By hood and tippet sheltered sweet Her face with youth and health was beaming. The little hand outside her mufi^—0 sculptor, if you could but mould it!30 So slightly touched my jacket-cufi^.To keep it warm I had to hold it. To have her with me there alone, Twas love and fear and triumph blended: At last we reached the foot-worn stoneWhere that delicious journey ended. She shook her ringlets from her hood, And with a Thank you Ned, dissembled, But yet I knew she understood With what a daring wish I trembled. A cloud passed kindly overhead. The moon was slyly peeping through it, Yet hid its face, as if it said, Come, now or never, do it, do it! My lips till then had only knownThe kiss of mother and of sister. But somehow full upon her own Sweet, rosy, darling mouth—I kissed her! Perhaps twas boyish love, yet still, 0 listless woman ! weary lover!To feel once more that fresh wild thrill, Id give—But who can live youth over! IIII il
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