The Speaker's Garland, Volume 2Penn Publishing Company, 1892 |
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... they're sure to fly . To coward ranks the bullet speeds ; While on their breasts who never quail , Gleams , guardian of chivalric deeds , Bright courage , like a coat of mail . Press on ! if fortune play thee false To - 7.
... they're sure to fly . To coward ranks the bullet speeds ; While on their breasts who never quail , Gleams , guardian of chivalric deeds , Bright courage , like a coat of mail . Press on ! if fortune play thee false To - 7.
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... thee . Therefore , press on ! and reach the goal , And gain the prize , and wear the crown ; Faint not ! for to the steadfast soul , Come wealth and honor and renown . To thine own self be true , and keep Thy mind from sloth , thy heart ...
... thee . Therefore , press on ! and reach the goal , And gain the prize , and wear the crown ; Faint not ! for to the steadfast soul , Come wealth and honor and renown . To thine own self be true , and keep Thy mind from sloth , thy heart ...
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... Thee that it has so often opened to receive those dear ones who await me ! " - And the star was shining ; and it shines upon his grave . THE WHISKERS . - SAMUEL WOODWORTH . The kings who ruled mankind with haughty sway , The prouder ...
... Thee that it has so often opened to receive those dear ones who await me ! " - And the star was shining ; and it shines upon his grave . THE WHISKERS . - SAMUEL WOODWORTH . The kings who ruled mankind with haughty sway , The prouder ...
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... thee for thy woe ; By this grief thou yet shalt know Sweeter ties of brotherhood , Binding millions of one blood . City fair , Droop not long in wild despair ! Unto thee , God of refuge ! now we flee ; Spread the shelter of thy wing O ...
... thee for thy woe ; By this grief thou yet shalt know Sweeter ties of brotherhood , Binding millions of one blood . City fair , Droop not long in wild despair ! Unto thee , God of refuge ! now we flee ; Spread the shelter of thy wing O ...
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... thee , O true St. Louis ! So worthy thy royal name ; Back , back on the wing of the lightning , Thy answer of rescue came ; But alas ! it could not enter Through the horrible flame and heat , For the fire had conquered the lightning ...
... thee , O true St. Louis ! So worthy thy royal name ; Back , back on the wing of the lightning , Thy answer of rescue came ; But alas ! it could not enter Through the horrible flame and heat , For the fire had conquered the lightning ...
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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...