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Page 283
Twice she essayed , and twice in vain , Her accents might no utterance gain ;
Nought but imperfect murmurs slip Froin her convulsed and quivering lip : ' Twixt
each attempt all was so still , You seemed to hear a distant rill , ' Twas ocean's ...
Twice she essayed , and twice in vain , Her accents might no utterance gain ;
Nought but imperfect murmurs slip Froin her convulsed and quivering lip : ' Twixt
each attempt all was so still , You seemed to hear a distant rill , ' Twas ocean's ...
Page 288
... speed as age and fear can make , And crossed themselves for terror's sake ,
As hurrying , tottering on : Even in the vesper's heavenly tone , They seemed to
hear a dying groan , And bade the passing knell to toll For welfare of a parting
soul .
... speed as age and fear can make , And crossed themselves for terror's sake ,
As hurrying , tottering on : Even in the vesper's heavenly tone , They seemed to
hear a dying groan , And bade the passing knell to toll For welfare of a parting
soul .
Page 331
Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sat Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did
hear That sound the first amid the festival , And caught its tone with death's
prophetic ear ; And when they smiled because he deemed it near , His heart
more ...
Within a windowed niche of that high hall Sat Brunswick's fated chieftain ; he did
hear That sound the first amid the festival , And caught its tone with death's
prophetic ear ; And when they smiled because he deemed it near , His heart
more ...
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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