PoemsA.J. Valpy, 1835 - 80 pages |
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... pass'd along ; Bleak was the wind , but sunk was the storm : I had not a home where to rest my head , And the cold damp earth was my only bed : In one trembling hand a gloomy lamp I bore ; With a faltering step I near'd the foam - dash ...
... pass'd along ; Bleak was the wind , but sunk was the storm : I had not a home where to rest my head , And the cold damp earth was my only bed : In one trembling hand a gloomy lamp I bore ; With a faltering step I near'd the foam - dash ...
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... pass'd the battle - plain Had cross'd in their boats the rolling main : And the priest was there ; And his silver hair In the breeze from ocean did wave and flow , And mix'd with the charger's mane of snow , When he stretch'd his hands ...
... pass'd the battle - plain Had cross'd in their boats the rolling main : And the priest was there ; And his silver hair In the breeze from ocean did wave and flow , And mix'd with the charger's mane of snow , When he stretch'd his hands ...
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... pass'd by in their crested pride . And I gazed again towards the altar - stone Which was blazing high , but the priest was gone ; And the hundred coursers as white as snow Were gone , but to where I did not know ; And a hundred chargers ...
... pass'd by in their crested pride . And I gazed again towards the altar - stone Which was blazing high , but the priest was gone ; And the hundred coursers as white as snow Were gone , but to where I did not know ; And a hundred chargers ...
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... pass'd their bound , And come again to attack our Persian ground . " 66 66 If they be Greeks , " bold Xerxes loud replied , ' They come from Athens ; for her haughty pride Can hope ' gainst Medes to stem the battle's tide . No other ...
... pass'd their bound , And come again to attack our Persian ground . " 66 66 If they be Greeks , " bold Xerxes loud replied , ' They come from Athens ; for her haughty pride Can hope ' gainst Medes to stem the battle's tide . No other ...
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... pass'd ; By the broad eagle jewell'd on his side ; - All knew their satrap in this homicide . His turban'd head each noble Persian bent , As proud Cambyses mounts the battlement . He stands alone , for no one dares encroach : In his ...
... pass'd ; By the broad eagle jewell'd on his side ; - All knew their satrap in this homicide . His turban'd head each noble Persian bent , As proud Cambyses mounts the battlement . He stands alone , for no one dares encroach : In his ...
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