The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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... as ever knight Who couch'd in rest his spear ; He waited for the morrow's fight , He waited with a fierce delight , To run his first career . But yet he felt a solemn thrill , As he 32 [ NO . I. THE ETON MISCELLANY .
... as ever knight Who couch'd in rest his spear ; He waited for the morrow's fight , He waited with a fierce delight , To run his first career . But yet he felt a solemn thrill , As he 32 [ NO . I. THE ETON MISCELLANY .
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... spear With a bold and fearless soul , Which , rushing on its bright career , Shall spurn the base control . Then , be it so , when shouts are pour'd , When ready glaives are flashing high , Then first shall be my father's sword , Then ...
... spear With a bold and fearless soul , Which , rushing on its bright career , Shall spurn the base control . Then , be it so , when shouts are pour'd , When ready glaives are flashing high , Then first shall be my father's sword , Then ...
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... spear With death prophetic on mine ear , Without one look from thee , Or think that when the Zegri's glaive Had sent me to an early grave , When heaps above my corse lay pil❜d , Unconscious Clara might have smil❜d , Without a thought ...
... spear With death prophetic on mine ear , Without one look from thee , Or think that when the Zegri's glaive Had sent me to an early grave , When heaps above my corse lay pil❜d , Unconscious Clara might have smil❜d , Without a thought ...
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... spears . The Abencerrages , a Moorish tribe , who always rode white horses , the chained lion their device , The Zegri is another tribe infamous for ferocity , who rode black horses . The trumpet sounds -- and on the blast are borne 38 ...
... spears . The Abencerrages , a Moorish tribe , who always rode white horses , the chained lion their device , The Zegri is another tribe infamous for ferocity , who rode black horses . The trumpet sounds -- and on the blast are borne 38 ...
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... spears , The hot blood's maddening flow , It were worth the life of a thousand years , To be first for a moment now . [ To be continued . ] MALEK . THE MISERIES OF GODFATHERS . I almost invariably happens , that men , with wives and ...
... spears , The hot blood's maddening flow , It were worth the life of a thousand years , To be first for a moment now . [ To be continued . ] MALEK . THE MISERIES OF GODFATHERS . I almost invariably happens , that men , with wives and ...
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