The Speaker's Garland, Volume 2Penn Publishing Company, 1892 |
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... - ha ! I will remember zat mistake ! " And he stroked his moustache with his fingers , while the man with the engravings once more gave way to his drowsy inclinations . THE DYING BRIGAND . She stood before the dying man NUMBER FIVE . 3.
... - ha ! I will remember zat mistake ! " And he stroked his moustache with his fingers , while the man with the engravings once more gave way to his drowsy inclinations . THE DYING BRIGAND . She stood before the dying man NUMBER FIVE . 3.
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P. Garrett. THE DYING BRIGAND . She stood before the dying man , And her eye grew wildly bright : " Ye will not pause for a woman's ban , Nor shrink from a woman's might ; And his glance is dim that made you fly , As ye before have fled ...
P. Garrett. THE DYING BRIGAND . She stood before the dying man , And her eye grew wildly bright : " Ye will not pause for a woman's ban , Nor shrink from a woman's might ; And his glance is dim that made you fly , As ye before have fled ...
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... stood , and fell upon the people's necks , and kissed them tenderly , and went away with them down avenues of light , and were so happy in their company , that lying in his bed he wept for joy . But there were many angels who did not go ...
... stood , and fell upon the people's necks , and kissed them tenderly , and went away with them down avenues of light , and were so happy in their company , that lying in his bed he wept for joy . But there were many angels who did not go ...
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... Stood calmly at the wheel . " Head her south - east ! " the captain shouts , Above the smothered roar , " Head her south - east without delay ! Make for the nearest shore ! " No terror pales the helmsman's cheek , Or clouds his ...
... Stood calmly at the wheel . " Head her south - east ! " the captain shouts , Above the smothered roar , " Head her south - east without delay ! Make for the nearest shore ! " No terror pales the helmsman's cheek , Or clouds his ...
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... stood by me nobly , through and through , And said ' twould come out right at last , she knew- One woman stanch is worth a dozen men ! ' Twas tough sometimes , though , when a loaf of bread Stood on the table , -all the meal we had . I ...
... stood by me nobly , through and through , And said ' twould come out right at last , she knew- One woman stanch is worth a dozen men ! ' Twas tough sometimes , though , when a loaf of bread Stood on the table , -all the meal we had . I ...
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Page 122 - But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Page 70 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 123 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 122 - The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me ; Yes ! — that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Page 70 - IT was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
Page 105 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 78 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Page 180 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man...