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A wail in the wind is all I hear;
A voice of woe for a lover's loss.
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I sing New England, as she lights her fire
In every Prairie's midst; and where the bright
Enchanting stars shine pure through Southern night,
She still is there, the guardian on the tower,
To open for the world a purer hour.
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My highway is unfeatured air,
My consorts are the sleepless stars,
And men my giant arms upbear —
My arms unstained and free from scars.
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Most joyful let the Poet be;
It is through him that all men see.
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I laugh, for hope hath happy place with me;
If my bark sinks, 't is to another sea.
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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
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William Ellery Channing
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Born:
November 29, 1818
Died:
December 23, 1901
(aged 83)
Bio:
William Ellery Channing was a Transcendentalist poet, nephew of the Unitarian preacher Dr. William Ellery Channing. The younger Ellery Channing was thought brilliant but undisciplined by many of his contemporaries.
Known for:
Thoreau, The Poet-Naturalist
Self Culture (1838)
Discourses On War
The Perfect Life In Twelve Discourses
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