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Poems of Henry Timrod
Poems of Henry Timrod

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

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III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.
Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!
Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.
Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.
And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.
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Poems of Henry Timrod

Chapter XIII · Chapter 13

Chapter 13 of Poems of Henry Timrod is here in full — 100 sentences across 20 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.

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III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.
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Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!
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Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.
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Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.
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And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

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a

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

Across

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

aimed

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

all

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

always

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

and

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

as

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

Attracts

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

be

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

Blue

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

bounding

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

but

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

caverns

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

cloud

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

crags

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

daisies

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

dawn

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

day

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

distant

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

emerald

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

endeavor

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

Ever

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

eye's

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

faint

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

fine

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

from

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

gain

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

glimmering

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

height

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

hides

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

hill

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

III

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

Into

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

is

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

It

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

Its

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

landscape

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

lawn

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

Life

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

light

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

limit

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

lure

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

lying

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

may

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

melts

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

misty

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

Mountains

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

near

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

night

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

Not

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

of

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

on

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

or

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

past

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

plain

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

Present

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

purple

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

rosy

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

Seems

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

shoots

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

Site

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

still

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

sweep

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From this reading And always, be the landscape what it may-- Blue, misty hill or sweep of glimmering plain-- It is the eye's endeavor still to gain The fine, faint limit of the bounding day.

the

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

their

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

this

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

to

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

unrisen

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

us

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From this reading III "Life Ever Seems as from Its Present Site" Life ever seems as from its present site It aimed to lure us.

vast

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

what

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

Which

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

with

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From this reading Mountains of the past It melts, with all their crags and caverns vast, Into a purple cloud!

yet

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From this reading Across the night Which hides what is to be, it shoots a light All rosy with the yet unrisen dawn.

yon

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From this reading Not the near daisies, but yon distant height Attracts us, lying on this emerald lawn.

Chapter 13 of Poems of Henry Timrod by Henry Timrod holds 100 sentences, grouped into 20 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the public-domain source, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.

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Chapter 13 holds 100 sentences of Poems of Henry Timrod, unabridged, divided into 20 reading sections.

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Introduction
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Judge
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George
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