The Privateer: A Metrical RomanceGriffith and Farran, 1874 - 160 pages |
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A Metrical Romance Sailor. 5 " Oh ! is it thus that thou dost pass Thy time away when I'm not near ? I thought thee true ; but find , alas , Thou courtest yonder silv'ry sphere : If thus thou serenad'st the moon , I'll surely die of ...
A Metrical Romance Sailor. 5 " Oh ! is it thus that thou dost pass Thy time away when I'm not near ? I thought thee true ; but find , alas , Thou courtest yonder silv'ry sphere : If thus thou serenad'st the moon , I'll surely die of ...
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... 'er the pages fly ; Thought follows thought , line follows line With great rapidity : anon He pauses ; -it is to gaze upon The form he almost deems divine ; That not a single charm pass by Unmarked by his 8 CANTO I , THE PRIVATEER .
... 'er the pages fly ; Thought follows thought , line follows line With great rapidity : anon He pauses ; -it is to gaze upon The form he almost deems divine ; That not a single charm pass by Unmarked by his 8 CANTO I , THE PRIVATEER .
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A Metrical Romance Sailor. That not a single charm pass by Unmarked by his expressive eye : Another moment , and his pen Upon the paper glides again ; And thus it moves across the sheet Until he deems its work complete . But when , with ...
A Metrical Romance Sailor. That not a single charm pass by Unmarked by his expressive eye : Another moment , and his pen Upon the paper glides again ; And thus it moves across the sheet Until he deems its work complete . But when , with ...
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... pass away Ere he can visit us again . I cannot grieve that he has gone , For - doubtless ' twas a silly whim— Since first I saw him I have borne No feelings of regard for him . " 13 " Well pleased am I , my love ! to hear That the wild ...
... pass away Ere he can visit us again . I cannot grieve that he has gone , For - doubtless ' twas a silly whim— Since first I saw him I have borne No feelings of regard for him . " 13 " Well pleased am I , my love ! to hear That the wild ...
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... passing passion hot ; Their purport was - I loved him not . But ere I'd ended my reply He'd quite regain'd his former mien ; His rage had vanish'd ; only by The extra fulness of the eye ( In which seem'd concentrated then The cunning of ...
... passing passion hot ; Their purport was - I loved him not . But ere I'd ended my reply He'd quite regain'd his former mien ; His rage had vanish'd ; only by The extra fulness of the eye ( In which seem'd concentrated then The cunning of ...
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ADVENTURES appear'd Author Azela BARBARA HUTTON Bertrand Bertrand Du Guesclin Book breast breeze bright British ensign Children cloth elegant coloured deck deed display'd doom'd Ellen EMILIA MARRYAT NORRIS ev'ry eyes fair fate Fcap fear feelings fell felt fled G. A. HENTY gazed gilt edges glance glow grief Harold HARRISON WEIR heard heart hope Illustrations Imperial 16mo Isle JULES VERNE knew land Little lover maid maiden Metric System METRICAL ROMANCE mind morocco antique ne'er Numbers o'er ocean Post 8vo pow'r pray'r press'd price 6d PRISONERS OF ST Queen Elizabeth's Hospital rising rose sail'd sails scarce scene Second Edition seem'd Shillings Shillings and Sixpence ship shone shore silence Small 4to sorrow soul STORIES strife Super Royal 16mo sweet swiftly Tale tears thee Third Edition THOMAS DARNELL THOMAS HOOD thou thought turn'd Twas vanish'd vessel W. H. G. KINGSTON words
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