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" ... The idol of past years ! Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain ; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not... "
Mercedes of Castile, Or, The Voyage to Cathay - Page iii
by James Fenimore Cooper - 1840
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The North American Review, Volume 21

1825 - 504 pages
...endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's but hers. I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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The New-York Review, and Atheneum Magazine, Volume 2

1826 - 506 pages
...endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh will not be life's but hers. " I filled this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon; Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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Kettell, Samuel: Specimens of American Poetry...

1829 - 436 pages
...endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth Century

Lyre - 1830 - 396 pages
...endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, Tli. 11 life might be all...
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The Laurel: a Gift for All Seasons: Being a Collection of Poems

1836 - 268 pages
...endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters...

John Keese - 1840 - 302 pages
...endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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The Poets of America, Volume 1

John Keese - 1840 - 304 pages
...endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Nineteenth Century

Lyre - 1841 - 366 pages
...endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That He might be all poetry,...
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American Melodies: Containing a Single Selection from the Productions of Two ...

1841 - 376 pages
...endean, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman of her gentle sex the seeming paragon— Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Nineteenth Century

Lyre - 1841 - 374 pages
...endears, When death is nigh, my latest sigh will, not be life's, but hers. I fill this cup to one made up of loveliness alone, A woman, of her gentle sex the seeming paragon — Her health ! and would on earth there stood some more of such a frame, That life might be all poetry,...
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