Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages, from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 5Samuel Walker, 1826 - English literature |
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Page 285
... wild he wander'd o'er the lonely dale , And taught the list'ning moon the melancholy tale . I. 3 . Ye wilds , where heaven - rapt Fancy roves ! Ye sky - crown'd hills , and solemn groves ! Ye low - brow'd vaults , ye gloomy cells ! Ye ...
... wild he wander'd o'er the lonely dale , And taught the list'ning moon the melancholy tale . I. 3 . Ye wilds , where heaven - rapt Fancy roves ! Ye sky - crown'd hills , and solemn groves ! Ye low - brow'd vaults , ye gloomy cells ! Ye ...
Page 286
... wild with shrieks of woe O'er the bones that rest below ! While the dull Night's startled ear Shrinks aghast with thrilling fear ! Or stand with thin robes wasting soon , And eyes that blast the sick'ning moon ! Yet these , ere Time had ...
... wild with shrieks of woe O'er the bones that rest below ! While the dull Night's startled ear Shrinks aghast with thrilling fear ! Or stand with thin robes wasting soon , And eyes that blast the sick'ning moon ! Yet these , ere Time had ...
Page 352
... wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , That bathe the rocks in blood , and veil the sun , Truth shall arrest the murd'rous arm profane , Wild Obi flies - the veil is rent in twain . Where ...
... wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , That bathe the rocks in blood , and veil the sun , Truth shall arrest the murd'rous arm profane , Wild Obi flies - the veil is rent in twain . Where ...
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