Gives for thy sake a deadlier blow ; His plighted maiden when she fears For him the joy of her young years, Thinks of thy fate and checks her tears ; And she, the mother of thy boys. Though in her eye and faded cheek Is read the grief she will not speak,... Janus; or, The Edinburgh literary almanach - Page 156by Janus - 1826Full view - About this book
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...plighted maiden, when she fears For him, the joy of her young years, Thinks of thy fate, and checks hei tears ; And she, the mother of thy boys, Though in...Fame's — One of the few, the immortal names, That weic not born to die. EL [It would be an act of gross injustice to the author of the above magnificent... | |
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| Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 452 pages
...thee — there is no prouder grave, Even in her own proud clime. We tell thy doom without a sigli ; For thou art Freedom's now, and Fame's — One of...few, the immortal names, That were not born to die. Hatteck. 7. (0)Now when fair morn orient in Heaven appear'd, Up rose the victor Angels, and to arms... | |
| Jonathan Barber - 1828 - 264 pages
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...she, the mother of thy boys, Though in her eye and faded cheek Is read the grief she will not speak, Talk of thy doom without a sigh : For thou art Freedom's...few, the immortal names, That were not born to die. THE world is bright before thee,. Its summer flowers are thine, Its calm blue sky is o'er thee, To... | |
| 1829 - 436 pages
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