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... land , And scarce would lag behind our marching peers . And so , best loved ! each sad and gradual trace Our future may reveal of springtime past Will catch a soothing from the splendour cast On Autumn woods . Though each with each keep ...
... land , And scarce would lag behind our marching peers . And so , best loved ! each sad and gradual trace Our future may reveal of springtime past Will catch a soothing from the splendour cast On Autumn woods . Though each with each keep ...
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... lands and floods , And the clear azure , arch'd from hill to hill , To win new larks to heaven - that hour there came , Like a rich bride to her adorer's arms , A summer feeling , like a glow of shame , To think how I had wrong'd great ...
... lands and floods , And the clear azure , arch'd from hill to hill , To win new larks to heaven - that hour there came , Like a rich bride to her adorer's arms , A summer feeling , like a glow of shame , To think how I had wrong'd great ...
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... the world is dull , And to the loudest yields the largest prize . Whom , with thy choice , would'st thou this hour enthrone ? ' The unripe youth exclaim'd - Can our brave land Be Hereditary Monarchy . 3332 HEREDITARY MONARCHY,
... the world is dull , And to the loudest yields the largest prize . Whom , with thy choice , would'st thou this hour enthrone ? ' The unripe youth exclaim'd - Can our brave land Be Hereditary Monarchy . 3332 HEREDITARY MONARCHY,
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... land Be barren ever of heroic men ? Live they not now , with sword , or tongue , or pen , To prove their mighty title to command ? ' ' They live , ' replied the sage , and in such force , That each , in virtue of his kingly mood ...
... land Be barren ever of heroic men ? Live they not now , with sword , or tongue , or pen , To prove their mighty title to command ? ' ' They live , ' replied the sage , and in such force , That each , in virtue of his kingly mood ...
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... land - when , hark ! a cry of war Clang'd through the isles . Muscovy's towering CZAR , Whetted for conquest of his Moslem foes , Had smitten Europe with a tyrant's glaive ! The shock that palsied Almayne with alarms , Drew answering ...
... land - when , hark ! a cry of war Clang'd through the isles . Muscovy's towering CZAR , Whetted for conquest of his Moslem foes , Had smitten Europe with a tyrant's glaive ! The shock that palsied Almayne with alarms , Drew answering ...
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