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Page 563
... gray , To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair , To dwell a weeping hermit there ! WILLIAM COLLINS . THE BRAVE AT HOME . THE maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile that well her pain dissembles ...
... gray , To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair , To dwell a weeping hermit there ! WILLIAM COLLINS . THE BRAVE AT HOME . THE maid who binds her warrior's sash With smile that well her pain dissembles ...
Page 568
... gray crag where , girt with towers , The fortress of Nequinum lowers O'er the pale waves of Nar . Stout Lartius hurled down Aunus Into the stream beneath ; Herminius struck at Seius , And clove him to the teeth ; At Picus brave Horatius ...
... gray crag where , girt with towers , The fortress of Nequinum lowers O'er the pale waves of Nar . Stout Lartius hurled down Aunus Into the stream beneath ; Herminius struck at Seius , And clove him to the teeth ; At Picus brave Horatius ...
Page 578
... gray legend that darkly was sleeping Where my forefathers lived shall I spend the sweet hours , Or cover my harp with the wild - woven flowers , And strike to the numbers of Erin go bragh ! Erin , my country ! though sad and forsaken ...
... gray legend that darkly was sleeping Where my forefathers lived shall I spend the sweet hours , Or cover my harp with the wild - woven flowers , And strike to the numbers of Erin go bragh ! Erin , my country ! though sad and forsaken ...
Page 596
... gray head , But spare your country's flag , " she said . A shade of sadness , a blush of shame , Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon ...
... gray head , But spare your country's flag , " she said . A shade of sadness , a blush of shame , Over the face of the leader came ; The nobler nature within him stirred To life at that woman's deed and word : " Who touches a hair of yon ...
Page 597
... gray shall seem To be marshalling again . But hush ! between his words Peer faces sad and pale , And you hear the sound of broken chords Beat through the poet's wail . Through his verse the orphans cry The terrible undertone ! - And the ...
... gray shall seem To be marshalling again . But hush ! between his words Peer faces sad and pale , And you hear the sound of broken chords Beat through the poet's wail . Through his verse the orphans cry The terrible undertone ! - And the ...
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