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... round as some men were raising him . They have done for me at last , Hardy , ' said he . Soon after he had been carried to the cock - pit , his wound was discovered to be mortal ; he felt this himself , and insisted that the surgeon ...
... round as some men were raising him . They have done for me at last , Hardy , ' said he . Soon after he had been carried to the cock - pit , his wound was discovered to be mortal ; he felt this himself , and insisted that the surgeon ...
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... " their feathers little by little . " The English fleet gave chase to the Spaniards , who were forced to attempt a passage home round the coast of Scotland - the winds being adverse to their sailing GEOGRAPHICAL READER . 15.
... " their feathers little by little . " The English fleet gave chase to the Spaniards , who were forced to attempt a passage home round the coast of Scotland - the winds being adverse to their sailing GEOGRAPHICAL READER . 15.
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... round the market - cross make clear an ample space ; For there behoves him to set up the standard of Her Grace . And haughtily the trumpets peal , and gaily dance the bells As slow upon the labouring wind the royal blazon swells 18 THE ...
... round the market - cross make clear an ample space ; For there behoves him to set up the standard of Her Grace . And haughtily the trumpets peal , and gaily dance the bells As slow upon the labouring wind the royal blazon swells 18 THE ...
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... round the horse came spur- ring in : And eastward straight , from wild Blackheath , the war - like errand went , And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent . Southward from Surrey's pleasant hills flew those bright ...
... round the horse came spur- ring in : And eastward straight , from wild Blackheath , the war - like errand went , And roused in many an ancient hall the gallant squires of Kent . Southward from Surrey's pleasant hills flew those bright ...
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... round him - he is gone , " Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won . He heard it , but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart , and that was far away : He recked not of the life he lost nor prize , But where ...
... round him - he is gone , " Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won . He heard it , but he heeded not ; his eyes Were with his heart , and that was far away : He recked not of the life he lost nor prize , But where ...
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Page 9 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Page 148 - Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea!' 'O father! I see a gleaming light, O say, what may it be?' But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the wave, On the Lake of Galilee.
Page 22 - And his droop'd head sinks gradually low, And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him — he is gone Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 110 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood ; (Loose his beard and hoary hair, Stream'd like a meteor to the troubled air,) And with a master's hand and prophet's fire Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre...
Page 153 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door, and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Page 152 - She looked down to blush, and she looked up to sigh, With a smile on her lips and a tear in her eye. He took her soft hand, ere her mother could bar, — • ' Now tread we a measure !
Page 149 - The salt sea was frozen on her breast, The salt tears in her eyes; And he saw her hair, like the brown sea-weed, On the billows fall and rise. Such was the wreck of the Hesperus, In the midnight and the snow! Christ save us all from a death like this On the reef of Norman's Woe!
Page 137 - None lived to love me so again, And cheering from my dungeon's brink, Had brought me back to feel and think. I know not if it late were free, Or broke its cage to perch on mine, But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird ! I could not wish for thine...
Page 111 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes ; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Page 151 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.