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... land discern Her boat descending from the latticed stern . " Tis mann'd - the oars keep concert to the strand , Till grates her keel upon the shallow sand . Hail to the welcome shout ! -the friendly speech ! When hand grasps hand ...
... land discern Her boat descending from the latticed stern . " Tis mann'd - the oars keep concert to the strand , Till grates her keel upon the shallow sand . Hail to the welcome shout ! -the friendly speech ! When hand grasps hand ...
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... from sleep— Equipp'd for deeds alike on land or deep ; While lean'd their leader o'er the fretting flood , And calmly talk'd — and yet he talk'd of blood ! THE CORSAIR . CANTO II . " Conosceste i dubiosi 34 CANTO I. THE CORSAIR .
... from sleep— Equipp'd for deeds alike on land or deep ; While lean'd their leader o'er the fretting flood , And calmly talk'd — and yet he talk'd of blood ! THE CORSAIR . CANTO II . " Conosceste i dubiosi 34 CANTO I. THE CORSAIR .
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... land — an outlaw on the deep— Destroying - saving - prison'd - and asleep ! XII . He slept in calmest seeming - for his breath Was hush'd so deep - Ah ! happy if in death ! He slept — Who o'er his placid slumber bends ? His foes are ...
... land — an outlaw on the deep— Destroying - saving - prison'd - and asleep ! XII . He slept in calmest seeming - for his breath Was hush'd so deep - Ah ! happy if in death ! He slept — Who o'er his placid slumber bends ? His foes are ...
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... land he seem'd to pour , The land , where Phoebus never frown'd before , But ere he sunk below Citharon's head , The cup of woe was quaff'd — the spirit fled ; The soul of him who scorn'd to fear or fly- Who lived and died , as none can ...
... land he seem'd to pour , The land , where Phoebus never frown'd before , But ere he sunk below Citharon's head , The cup of woe was quaff'd — the spirit fled ; The soul of him who scorn'd to fear or fly- Who lived and died , as none can ...
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... land . Our naval force having always been small in that quarter , exertions for the destruction of this illicit establishment could not be expected from them until augmented ; for an officer of the navy , with most of the gun - boats on ...
... land . Our naval force having always been small in that quarter , exertions for the destruction of this illicit establishment could not be expected from them until augmented ; for an officer of the navy , with most of the gun - boats on ...
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Page 7 - O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Page 282 - For he would never thus have flown, And left me twice so doubly lone, Lone — as the corse within its shroud. Lone — as a solitary cloud, A single cloud on a sunny day, While all the rest of heaven is clear, A frown upon the atmosphere That hath no business to appear When skies are blue and earth is gay.
Page 273 - As to young eagles, being free) — A polar day, which will not see A sunset till its summer's gone, Its sleepless summer of long light, The snow-clad offspring of the sun: And thus he was as pure and bright, And in his natural spirit gay, With tears for nought but others...
Page 271 - And through the crevice and the cleft Of the thick wall is fallen and left; Creeping o'er the floor so damp, Like a marsh's meteor lamp: And in each pillar there is a ring, And in each ring there is a chain; That iron is a cankering thing, For in these limbs its teeth remain, With marks that will not wear away, Till I have done with this new day...
Page 269 - MY hair is gray, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears :+ My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are bann'd, and barr'd — forbidden fare...
Page 278 - The last, the sole, the dearest link Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Page 284 - I saw them — and they were the same, They were not changed like me in frame; I saw their thousand years of snow On high — their wide long lake below, And the blue Rhone in fullest flow...
Page 8 - Oh, who can tell, save he whose heart hath tried, And danced in triumph o'er the waters wide, The exulting sense — the pulse's maddening play, That thrills the wanderer of that trackless way...
Page 284 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing Of gentle breath and hue.
Page 280 - A light broke in upon my brain, — It was the carol of a bird; It ceased, and then it came again, The sweetest song ear ever heard...