The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations |
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... arms ; so often draws His lonely footsteps at the silent hour , To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? O ! he will tell thee that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour , when stealing from the ...
... arms ; so often draws His lonely footsteps at the silent hour , To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? O ! he will tell thee that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour , when stealing from the ...
Page 235
... arms sustains , And seems in patience striving with her pains ; Pinched are her looks , as one who pines for bread , Whose cares are growing and whose hopes are fled ; Pale her parched lips , her heavy eyes sunk low , And tears ...
... arms sustains , And seems in patience striving with her pains ; Pinched are her looks , as one who pines for bread , Whose cares are growing and whose hopes are fled ; Pale her parched lips , her heavy eyes sunk low , And tears ...
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... Arm ! Arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! 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 ...
... Arm ! Arm ! it is — it is — the cannon's opening roar ! 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 ...
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