The Age of IvoryRichard G. Badger, 1903 - 52 pages |
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æon afar AGE OF IVORY agony amaranth Amid apes arabesque baboon banyan basalt Beneath big gorilla blood breath breeze broidered brow chrysolite cries and groans crimson joy dawn Death deeds deep doméd doth dreams dust ears elephant elephantine evermore eyes fear feet flame flowers forever forevermore fragrant fruit Gainst glad gleam glory grain gray grow hath Henry Harmon Chamberlin high priest hordes horn hour illume joy and peace labor LEADER O ye limbs lips lofty loud maid moon morning mountain neath night nobler o'er plains palm passion flower plantain porphyry power on earth Priest of Love rainbow resound roar satyrical shone simian Sir Gormand Sir Oliphant sires skies snows song sooty mangabes soul splendor tears temple thane thee Thine thou thrice throat thunder thy nose tree trumpeted trunk tuskéd lords Unto Upraise uprose weary ween whelm Whilst wind woods youths
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Page 4 - Vien dietro a me, e lascia dir le genti; Sta, come torre, fermo, che non crolla Giammai la cima per soffiar di venti. li Che sempre l'uomo, in cui pensier rampolla -* Sovra pensier, da sé dilunga il segno, Perché la foga 1* un dell
Page 5 - The wisdom of the tuske"d domination Holds up to shame the apery of mankind, The malice and deceit and tribulation, The tongue that wags and clacks, the vacant mind.