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... o'er the battlement , By strife or storm decay'd ; And fillest up each envious rent Time's canker - tooth hath made . Thy roots outspread the ramparts o'er , Where , in war's stormy day , The Douglases stood forth of yore , In battle's ...
... o'er the battlement , By strife or storm decay'd ; And fillest up each envious rent Time's canker - tooth hath made . Thy roots outspread the ramparts o'er , Where , in war's stormy day , The Douglases stood forth of yore , In battle's ...
Page 34
... o'er the heights ; And hark ! -the Russian thunder on the rear Thins the retreating ranks . " The haggard French , Like summon'd spectres , facing toward their foes , And goading on the lean and dying steeds That totter ' neath their ...
... o'er the heights ; And hark ! -the Russian thunder on the rear Thins the retreating ranks . " The haggard French , Like summon'd spectres , facing toward their foes , And goading on the lean and dying steeds That totter ' neath their ...
Page 35
... O'er palpitating bosoms . " Tis in vain ! The keen pang passes , and the satiate flood Shuts silent o'er its prey . The sever'd host Stand gazing on each shore . The gulf - the dead Forbid their union . One sad throng is warn'd To ...
... O'er palpitating bosoms . " Tis in vain ! The keen pang passes , and the satiate flood Shuts silent o'er its prey . The sever'd host Stand gazing on each shore . The gulf - the dead Forbid their union . One sad throng is warn'd To ...
Page 36
... o'er the ear of man To rive his bosom with thy thousand darts , Disrobed of pomp and circumstance , stand forth , And show thy written league with sin and death . Yes , ere ambition's heart is sear'd and sold , And desolated , bid him ...
... o'er the ear of man To rive his bosom with thy thousand darts , Disrobed of pomp and circumstance , stand forth , And show thy written league with sin and death . Yes , ere ambition's heart is sear'd and sold , And desolated , bid him ...
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... o'er visions loved and lost , That the truest and the tenderest heart must always suffer most ! A. A. WATTS . TO A CHILD . WHOSE imp art thou , with dimpled cheek , And curly pate , and merry eye , And arm and shoulders round and sleek ...
... o'er visions loved and lost , That the truest and the tenderest heart must always suffer most ! A. A. WATTS . TO A CHILD . WHOSE imp art thou , with dimpled cheek , And curly pate , and merry eye , And arm and shoulders round and sleek ...
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