PoemsA.J. Valpy, 1835 - 80 pages |
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... agony . Dark grows the night , as I pass along ; Bleak blows the wind , and loud sounds the storm : I have not a home where to rest my head , And the cold damp earth is my only bed . SAREPTA . 1 SAREPT A. THE earth had scarce pursued 16 ...
... agony . Dark grows the night , as I pass along ; Bleak blows the wind , and loud sounds the storm : I have not a home where to rest my head , And the cold damp earth is my only bed . SAREPTA . 1 SAREPT A. THE earth had scarce pursued 16 ...
Page 99
... agony : She sigh'd not , moved not ; but her bright black eye Seem'd fix'd on something more than vacancy : She turn'd , and trembled not to meet a war , Which Syria threaten'd , lowering from far . 66 ' They come ; and must he die ...
... agony : She sigh'd not , moved not ; but her bright black eye Seem'd fix'd on something more than vacancy : She turn'd , and trembled not to meet a war , Which Syria threaten'd , lowering from far . 66 ' They come ; and must he die ...
Page 115
... agony : Sent by a hand unwary of its aim , Death strode its wing , the fleeting arrow came : Sprung the fierce charger with a sudden start ; Down pour'd the life - blood from his panting heart : He sank , and died ; his long black ...
... agony : Sent by a hand unwary of its aim , Death strode its wing , the fleeting arrow came : Sprung the fierce charger with a sudden start ; Down pour'd the life - blood from his panting heart : He sank , and died ; his long black ...
Page 121
... agony : Sent by a hand unwary of its aim , Death strode its wing , the fleeting arrow came : Sprung the fierce charger with a sudden start ; Down pour'd the life - blood from his panting heart : He sank , and died ; his long black ...
... agony : Sent by a hand unwary of its aim , Death strode its wing , the fleeting arrow came : Sprung the fierce charger with a sudden start ; Down pour'd the life - blood from his panting heart : He sank , and died ; his long black ...
Page 149
... sigh : And when he knelt with a fervent vow , He had fix'd the part which he acted now ; He had sternly fix'd her path should be Clogg'd with grief and its agony : And , as if to lessen his heartless guilt , THE LIBERTINE'S BRIDE . 149.
... sigh : And when he knelt with a fervent vow , He had fix'd the part which he acted now ; He had sternly fix'd her path should be Clogg'd with grief and its agony : And , as if to lessen his heartless guilt , THE LIBERTINE'S BRIDE . 149.
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