PoemsA.J. Valpy, 1835 - 80 pages |
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... d seen the sight Made by that day's fight : The bright flames , which encircled his sable crest , Rose towards the heavens from his burning breast : Instant he dash'd in the rolling main : Gone and THE MYSTERIOUS BRIDAL . 9.
... d seen the sight Made by that day's fight : The bright flames , which encircled his sable crest , Rose towards the heavens from his burning breast : Instant he dash'd in the rolling main : Gone and THE MYSTERIOUS BRIDAL . 9.
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Emma Mary Goldie. Instant he dash'd in the rolling main : Gone and gone was the high - crested flame ; And the dark waves did roar Still louder than before : But the foaming , raging , roaring main Seem'd but to him as an even plain ...
Emma Mary Goldie. Instant he dash'd in the rolling main : Gone and gone was the high - crested flame ; And the dark waves did roar Still louder than before : But the foaming , raging , roaring main Seem'd but to him as an even plain ...
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... of snow ; I saw too she thought him her greatest foe ; I saw them kneel by the altar - stone : A dark cloud fell o'er them , and all was gone . Vainly I gazed , but nothing was there , Naught THE MYSTERIOUS BRIDAL . 11.
... of snow ; I saw too she thought him her greatest foe ; I saw them kneel by the altar - stone : A dark cloud fell o'er them , and all was gone . Vainly I gazed , but nothing was there , Naught THE MYSTERIOUS BRIDAL . 11.
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... gone ; And the hundred coursers as white as snow Were gone , but to where I did not know ; And a hundred chargers as black as jet Rush'd forth from the fire , unharm'd as yet ; And they plunged in the cavern which ocean had made 12 THE ...
... gone ; And the hundred coursers as white as snow Were gone , but to where I did not know ; And a hundred chargers as black as jet Rush'd forth from the fire , unharm'd as yet ; And they plunged in the cavern which ocean had made 12 THE ...
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... gone , and vainly I gazed . I felt the rock beneath me shake , And felt the earth around me quake : The flaming waves had dash'd the shore , And mingling fire and waters roar : And vainly I hoped to end my life , And die ' midst the ...
... gone , and vainly I gazed . I felt the rock beneath me shake , And felt the earth around me quake : The flaming waves had dash'd the shore , And mingling fire and waters roar : And vainly I hoped to end my life , And die ' midst the ...
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