Miscellaneous Plays, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, 1804 - 438 pages |
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... O'er the fair profpect of his future gains . SEBASTIAN . Methinks , at least , in this gay , jolly band , He scarcely would difcover needy men , Who better days have feen .. COUNT ZATERLOO . Tut , man ! thou art too grave ; thou art too ...
... O'er the fair profpect of his future gains . SEBASTIAN . Methinks , at least , in this gay , jolly band , He scarcely would difcover needy men , Who better days have feen .. COUNT ZATERLOO . Tut , man ! thou art too grave ; thou art too ...
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Joanna Baillie. One lovely bush of the pale virgin thorn , Bent o'er a little heap of lowly turf , Is all the fad memorial of her worth ; All that remains to mark where fhe is laid . RAYNER . Oh ! Oh ! and was it thus ! COUNT ZATERLOO ...
Joanna Baillie. One lovely bush of the pale virgin thorn , Bent o'er a little heap of lowly turf , Is all the fad memorial of her worth ; All that remains to mark where fhe is laid . RAYNER . Oh ! Oh ! and was it thus ! COUNT ZATERLOO ...
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... o'er his fellows rife , And bear a steady rule . Adverfity ! Thou'ft come upon me like an ambush'd foe In armed strength . If I had mark'd thy course , I might have girt myself for thine approach , While diftant ftill , and met thee ...
... o'er his fellows rife , And bear a steady rule . Adverfity ! Thou'ft come upon me like an ambush'd foe In armed strength . If I had mark'd thy course , I might have girt myself for thine approach , While diftant ftill , and met thee ...
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... o'er our heads the black and heavy clouds Roll flowly on . This surely bodes a storm . COUNT ZATERLOO . I hope the devil will raife no tempeft now , To fave this child of his , and from his journey Make him turn back , croffing our ...
... o'er our heads the black and heavy clouds Roll flowly on . This surely bodes a storm . COUNT ZATERLOO . I hope the devil will raife no tempeft now , To fave this child of his , and from his journey Make him turn back , croffing our ...
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... o'er in vivid flames ; Or from aloft , like fheeted cataracts Of liquid fire , feem pour'd . Ev'n o'er my head The foft and mifty - textur'd clouds feem chang'd To piles of harden'd rocks , which from their base , Like the up breaking ...
... o'er in vivid flames ; Or from aloft , like fheeted cataracts Of liquid fire , feem pour'd . Ev'n o'er my head The foft and mifty - textur'd clouds feem chang'd To piles of harden'd rocks , which from their base , Like the up breaking ...
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Page 439 - THE MINSTRELSY OF THE SCOTTISH BORDER; consisting of Historical and Romantic Ballads, collected in the Southern Counties of Scotland ; with a few of a modern Date, founded on local Tradition. With an Introduction, and Notes by the Editor, WALTER SCOTT, Esq.