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... ev'ry kind to dare , The winter's blast , the summer's sultry air , The lurking dagger , and the turbid storms Of wasting war , with death in all his forms . Nor aught could daunt . Unspeakably serene , Thy conscious soul smil'd o'er ...
... ev'ry kind to dare , The winter's blast , the summer's sultry air , The lurking dagger , and the turbid storms Of wasting war , with death in all his forms . Nor aught could daunt . Unspeakably serene , Thy conscious soul smil'd o'er ...
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... ev'ry kind to dare , The winter's blast , the summer's sultry air , The lurking dagger , and the turbid storms Of wasting war , with death in all his forms . Nor aught could daunt . Unspeakably serene , Thy conscious soul smil❜d o'er ...
... ev'ry kind to dare , The winter's blast , the summer's sultry air , The lurking dagger , and the turbid storms Of wasting war , with death in all his forms . Nor aught could daunt . Unspeakably serene , Thy conscious soul smil❜d o'er ...
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... ev'ry soil and clime ! Ye happy mortals , whom propitious fate Reserv'd for actors on a stage so great ! Sons worthy sires of venerable name , Heirs of their virtue and immortal fame , Heirs of their rights still better understood ...
... ev'ry soil and clime ! Ye happy mortals , whom propitious fate Reserv'd for actors on a stage so great ! Sons worthy sires of venerable name , Heirs of their virtue and immortal fame , Heirs of their rights still better understood ...
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... ev'ry plain , and purpled ev'ry flood , " Where havock heap'd of arms , and men the wreck , " From Georgia's stream to walls of proud Quebec ; 65 " To these stern toils the peaceful scene succeeds , " The eyes of nations watch your ...
... ev'ry plain , and purpled ev'ry flood , " Where havock heap'd of arms , and men the wreck , " From Georgia's stream to walls of proud Quebec ; 65 " To these stern toils the peaceful scene succeeds , " The eyes of nations watch your ...
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... ev'ry bridge the tributary kiss ; 215 220 Can courtly balls exceed their rustic bliss ? But diff'rent ages diff'rent joys inspire , Where friendly circles crowd the social fire : For there the neighbours , gath'ring round the hearth ...
... ev'ry bridge the tributary kiss ; 215 220 Can courtly balls exceed their rustic bliss ? But diff'rent ages diff'rent joys inspire , Where friendly circles crowd the social fire : For there the neighbours , gath'ring round the hearth ...
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Page 203 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 205 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Page 207 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain ; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 301 - The royal band now ready stand, All ranged in dread array, sir, With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded ; The distant woods, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded.
Page 203 - Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Page 300 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Page 209 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Page iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Page 302 - A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. " Such feats did they perform that day Against these wicked kegs, sir, That, years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sir.
Page 205 - Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...