The Eton miscellany, by Bartholomew Bouverie1827 |
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Page 33
... spirit of the grave , who came , With brow of night and eye of flame , To usher all who bore that name To the tomb's cold embrace . Awhile he gazed with flashing eye , That seem'd the crescent to defy , And shook his plumed crest ; He ...
... spirit of the grave , who came , With brow of night and eye of flame , To usher all who bore that name To the tomb's cold embrace . Awhile he gazed with flashing eye , That seem'd the crescent to defy , And shook his plumed crest ; He ...
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... spirit then awoke And kindled like a spell , Till her young heart had caught the flame , And felt the echoing thrill for fame . And Roland , as he stood beneath The foliage of the waving trees , And caught the musie's floating breath ...
... spirit then awoke And kindled like a spell , Till her young heart had caught the flame , And felt the echoing thrill for fame . And Roland , as he stood beneath The foliage of the waving trees , And caught the musie's floating breath ...
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... spirit chill'd in death !. Yet I would rather see thee dead Than hide in infamy thy head ;: And blush in shame , when glory's voice . Had call'd the nation to rejoice . Yes , when those trees for ever wave In silence o'er my hero's ...
... spirit chill'd in death !. Yet I would rather see thee dead Than hide in infamy thy head ;: And blush in shame , when glory's voice . Had call'd the nation to rejoice . Yes , when those trees for ever wave In silence o'er my hero's ...
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... spirit guide my brand ) , And drink his parting breath , Are all that now remain to me , Except the thrilling thought of thee . It was not , love , to see thy tears I left the warrior throng ; It was not , love , from selfish fears That ...
... spirit guide my brand ) , And drink his parting breath , Are all that now remain to me , Except the thrilling thought of thee . It was not , love , to see thy tears I left the warrior throng ; It was not , love , from selfish fears That ...
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... spirits as buoyant and elastic as those of the Italian ; but , as I have before mentioned , we are all inevitably doomed , at certain times and seasons , to paroxysms , more or less violent , of the much- detested ennui : and even ...
... spirits as buoyant and elastic as those of the Italian ; but , as I have before mentioned , we are all inevitably doomed , at certain times and seasons , to paroxysms , more or less violent , of the much- detested ennui : and even ...
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