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... living tomb . One venerable man , belov'd of all , Suffic'd where innocence was yet in bloom , To sway the strife , that seldom might befall ; And Albert was their judge in patriarchal hall . VIII . How rev'rend was the look , serenely ...
... living tomb . One venerable man , belov'd of all , Suffic'd where innocence was yet in bloom , To sway the strife , that seldom might befall ; And Albert was their judge in patriarchal hall . VIII . How rev'rend was the look , serenely ...
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... living flow'r uprose beneath his eye , Dear as she was , from cherub infancy , From hours when she would round his garden play ; . To time when as the rip'ning years went by , Her lovely mind could culture well repay , And more engaging ...
... living flow'r uprose beneath his eye , Dear as she was , from cherub infancy , From hours when she would round his garden play ; . To time when as the rip'ning years went by , Her lovely mind could culture well repay , And more engaging ...
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... living spirit grew , Rolling its verdant gulphs of every hue ; And now suspended was the pleasing din , Now from a murmur faint it swell'd anew , Like the first note of organ heard within Cathedral aisles , -ere yet its symphony begin ...
... living spirit grew , Rolling its verdant gulphs of every hue ; And now suspended was the pleasing din , Now from a murmur faint it swell'd anew , Like the first note of organ heard within Cathedral aisles , -ere yet its symphony begin ...
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... living voice nor motion marks around ; But storks that to the boundless forest shriek , Or wild - cane arch high flung o'er gulph profound , 11 That fluctuates when the storms of El Dorado sound.- 11 The bridges over narrow streams in ...
... living voice nor motion marks around ; But storks that to the boundless forest shriek , Or wild - cane arch high flung o'er gulph profound , 11 That fluctuates when the storms of El Dorado sound.- 11 The bridges over narrow streams in ...
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... living birth : ' No ! not the dog , that watch'd my household hearth , ' Escap'd , that night of blood , upon our plains ! • All perish'd ! -I alone am left on earth ! • To whom nor relative nor blood remains , • No ! -not a kindred ...
... living birth : ' No ! not the dog , that watch'd my household hearth , ' Escap'd , that night of blood , upon our plains ! • All perish'd ! -I alone am left on earth ! • To whom nor relative nor blood remains , • No ! -not a kindred ...
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Albert's amidst ARGYLESHIRE arms Athunree bark battle bawn behold beneath bird bleeding blood bosom Bourgo's bow'r Brandt breath brothers burst calumet chief Christian Connocht Moran's cried Culloden dark dead dear death deer desolate dream eagle enemies England Erin Erin go bragh ev'n eyes father's fire flow'r GERTRUDE OF WYOMING Gertrude's Glenara grief hand heard heart heav'n Highland hills Indian Innisfail Irish isles kindred knew lady land light Lochiel lonely look'd loud lov'd LOVE LIES BLEEDING morn mountain never night O'CONNOR'S CHILD o'er Oneyda pale peace Pennsylvanian pirogue plume pow'r Prince psaltery roar rock round rush'd savannas second sight seem'd seers shore Sir John Johnson sire song soul spirit star storm stormy tempests blow stranger sweet sword tears thee thou Travels tree tribe Twas Verse vision Waldegrave's wampum warrior weep wild woods wrath YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 148 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 165 - I'll forgive your Highland chief. My daughter ! Oh ! my daughter...
Page 176 - Twas autumn, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 164 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.' The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, When, oh ! too strong for human hand, The tempest gathered o'er her.
Page 155 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Page 161 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. — And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. His horsemen hard behind us ride ; Should they our...
Page 136 - Glenullin ! whose bride shall await, Like a love-lighted watch-fire, all night at the gate. A steed comes at morning : no rider is there ; But its bridle is red with the sign of despair.
Page 148 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 156 - British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime, As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between.
Page 159 - By the festal cities blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore.