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Page 153
S, L. they've gone from us. They've gone from us, they've gone from us. The lov'd
ones of our home, They're hurried on the bier and shroud To the dark — the
lonely tomb. The cold, cold clay doth cover them, Long grass waves o'er them
now.
S, L. they've gone from us. They've gone from us, they've gone from us. The lov'd
ones of our home, They're hurried on the bier and shroud To the dark — the
lonely tomb. The cold, cold clay doth cover them, Long grass waves o'er them
now.
Page 45
Though a dark cloud now hangs o'er us It may Boon disperse away, Show thee
brighter scenes before us, Teach thee to be once more gay. What though sorrows
now surround us, Droop not thus a prey to grief; Hope again shall smile around ...
Though a dark cloud now hangs o'er us It may Boon disperse away, Show thee
brighter scenes before us, Teach thee to be once more gay. What though sorrows
now surround us, Droop not thus a prey to grief; Hope again shall smile around ...
Page 62
suddenly the arm of the ruffian was arrested, the sword snatched from his grasp,
and a female figure, habited in a dark and coarse vestment, stood between the
comhatants. Her brow was hare, and her dark full eye beamed on them with a
look ...
suddenly the arm of the ruffian was arrested, the sword snatched from his grasp,
and a female figure, habited in a dark and coarse vestment, stood between the
comhatants. Her brow was hare, and her dark full eye beamed on them with a
look ...
Page 158
Dark, very dark, must be those shades which cloud the hopes of youth. Suddenly
Belgrave ceased to correspond with her. She had answered his last affectionate
letter with the sincerity she deemed it to have been written with. Woman's pride ...
Dark, very dark, must be those shades which cloud the hopes of youth. Suddenly
Belgrave ceased to correspond with her. She had answered his last affectionate
letter with the sincerity she deemed it to have been written with. Woman's pride ...
Page 195
Darkness did overtake me by the time I got half way, and no ordinary darkness for
an August evening. ... It had become so dark that we were obliged to fold them
with candles ; and, after closing them safely up, I went home with my father and ...
Darkness did overtake me by the time I got half way, and no ordinary darkness for
an August evening. ... It had become so dark that we were obliged to fold them
with candles ; and, after closing them safely up, I went home with my father and ...
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