The privateer: a metrical romance, by a sailor, Issue 8621874 |
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... small ; of Grecian mould Were both her nose and chin ; Her brow to each observer told That only purest thoughts could hold A place within . Her eyes were blue , and nothing could enhance The tender depth of their confiding glance , As ...
... small ; of Grecian mould Were both her nose and chin ; Her brow to each observer told That only purest thoughts could hold A place within . Her eyes were blue , and nothing could enhance The tender depth of their confiding glance , As ...
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... small streams , through hills and valleys past , At the same point together meet at last , And joining there , their future course pursue With twice the strength apart they ever knew ; — So ' tis with us ! our meeting point is won , And ...
... small streams , through hills and valleys past , At the same point together meet at last , And joining there , their future course pursue With twice the strength apart they ever knew ; — So ' tis with us ! our meeting point is won , And ...
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... scarcely form'd , began To enter on a retributive plan ; Which with small hope the troubled father heard , But on its wisdom for awhile conferr'd . The leech arrived ; -his patient's plan approved , And 80 CANTO IV . THE PRIVATEER .
... scarcely form'd , began To enter on a retributive plan ; Which with small hope the troubled father heard , But on its wisdom for awhile conferr'd . The leech arrived ; -his patient's plan approved , And 80 CANTO IV . THE PRIVATEER .
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... small trouble to the loitering crew ; White , fleecy clouds were round th ' horizon spread , But the blue sky was cloudless overhead ; The glaring sun , in noon's oppressive hour , Attain'd the acme of its greatest pow'r ; And from the ...
... small trouble to the loitering crew ; White , fleecy clouds were round th ' horizon spread , But the blue sky was cloudless overhead ; The glaring sun , in noon's oppressive hour , Attain'd the acme of its greatest pow'r ; And from the ...
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