The Privateer: A Metrical RomanceGriffith and Farran, 1874 - 160 pages |
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... present pain or care , Proclaim'd that health and peace reign'd there ; And that the happy mind within Was free from sorrow and from sin . Her lips were arch'd like Cupid's bow , Tinged with a rich , inviting glow : Her hair was of a ...
... present pain or care , Proclaim'd that health and peace reign'd there ; And that the happy mind within Was free from sorrow and from sin . Her lips were arch'd like Cupid's bow , Tinged with a rich , inviting glow : Her hair was of a ...
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... ? Though great her danger and distress , Was His relieving pow'r the less ? Though dark the present - future dim- To her , were they not clear to Him ? - Thus with true faith she soothed her mind , And CANTO III . 57 ELLEN'S DEPARTURE .
... ? Though great her danger and distress , Was His relieving pow'r the less ? Though dark the present - future dim- To her , were they not clear to Him ? - Thus with true faith she soothed her mind , And CANTO III . 57 ELLEN'S DEPARTURE .
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... present woes : Amidst alternate hopes and fears ( The first of God , the last of man , ) While yet with welcome , soothing tears Her cheeks were wet , and eyes o'erran , The hand of needful slumber , ever blest , Stole o'er her frame ...
... present woes : Amidst alternate hopes and fears ( The first of God , the last of man , ) While yet with welcome , soothing tears Her cheeks were wet , and eyes o'erran , The hand of needful slumber , ever blest , Stole o'er her frame ...
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... , lady , fear him not ! For while thou mournest o'er thy present lot He will not harm thee ; satisfied to see Thy outward mien speak inward misery : But now , sweet Ellen ; I must haste away 66 CANTO IV . THE PRIVATEER .
... , lady , fear him not ! For while thou mournest o'er thy present lot He will not harm thee ; satisfied to see Thy outward mien speak inward misery : But now , sweet Ellen ; I must haste away 66 CANTO IV . THE PRIVATEER .
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... present hour ; And I alone will on thy wants attend , And be alike thine handmaid and thy friend . " 7 She'd gone and Ellen was alone once more ; Alone , but not so lonely as before ; Within her mind all was not pure despair , For ...
... present hour ; And I alone will on thy wants attend , And be alike thine handmaid and thy friend . " 7 She'd gone and Ellen was alone once more ; Alone , but not so lonely as before ; Within her mind all was not pure despair , For ...
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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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