PoemsA.J. Valpy, 1835 - 80 pages |
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... in the air , To gaze on the fight and the furious war ; And the lantern fell from my trembling hand , When , mounting the cliff , I forsook the strand ; And step by step , from the fierce - battle THE MYSTERIOUS BRIDAL . 5.
... in the air , To gaze on the fight and the furious war ; And the lantern fell from my trembling hand , When , mounting the cliff , I forsook the strand ; And step by step , from the fierce - battle THE MYSTERIOUS BRIDAL . 5.
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... gazing o'er the sea ; The dark waves glitter'd in the sun's bright ray : He seem'd to watch each heave of ocean's bed : The chieftain turn'd , and thus to Xerxes said : — 66 See , Xerxes ! see , as far as eye can reach , Where ocean's ...
... gazing o'er the sea ; The dark waves glitter'd in the sun's bright ray : He seem'd to watch each heave of ocean's bed : The chieftain turn'd , and thus to Xerxes said : — 66 See , Xerxes ! see , as far as eye can reach , Where ocean's ...
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... gazing on Sarepta's strand , - Ochus , the captain of Cambyses ' band : Steel was his armour ; in its every fold The Persian eagle was emboss'd in gold : Azure his sash , of high - wrought silk the best ; On that broad belt the eagle ...
... gazing on Sarepta's strand , - Ochus , the captain of Cambyses ' band : Steel was his armour ; in its every fold The Persian eagle was emboss'd in gold : Azure his sash , of high - wrought silk the best ; On that broad belt the eagle ...
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... angry fury flashing from his eyes . They stood as though arisen from the dead , Motionless , breathless , gazing on the blade Which still wide waved around Cambyses ' head . His sash was studded o'er with gems most rare , SAREPTA . 333.
... angry fury flashing from his eyes . They stood as though arisen from the dead , Motionless , breathless , gazing on the blade Which still wide waved around Cambyses ' head . His sash was studded o'er with gems most rare , SAREPTA . 333.
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... gazing on Sarepta's strand , - Ochus , the captain of Cambyses ' band : Steel was his armour ; in its every fold The Persian eagle was emboss'd in gold : Azure his sash , of high - wrought silk the best ; On that broad belt the eagle ...
... gazing on Sarepta's strand , - Ochus , the captain of Cambyses ' band : Steel was his armour ; in its every fold The Persian eagle was emboss'd in gold : Azure his sash , of high - wrought silk the best ; On that broad belt the eagle ...
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agony Antipater Artaxerxes band battle blade blood blood-hound bore brand breast bride bright brow call'd Cambyses charger chief chieftain courser crest cried crimson crimson tide dare dark Ochus dark waves dash'd dead death doom dread dying eagle earth Egypt's Egyptian lord ev'n farewell father's fell fierce fight fire flame flash'd fled foeman's follow'd fought friends gainst gallant band gaze glance golden golden eagle gone gore grave grief hand heart heaven hound instant loud monarch naught ne'er neath noble numbers o'er ocean's pass'd peal'd Persian Phoenicia pour'd press'd Proud Pharnabasus return'd roar rolling main rush'd sabre Sarepta's scimitar seem'd shone shout sire slain slave sound sped sprung stamp'd stand Statira stay'd steed sunk swift sword Syria's satrap Syrian land tear thee thou Tissaphernes trembling turn'd Twas vengeance victorious band victory waked the dead warriors waves word wound Xerxes