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... felt his falling pow'r , And lengthen'd out the ling'ring twilight hour Till the moon rose , and from the east shone bright ; Exulting in the guidance of the night ; With strength and beauty she was doubly crown'd , And , unopposed ...
... felt his falling pow'r , And lengthen'd out the ling'ring twilight hour Till the moon rose , and from the east shone bright ; Exulting in the guidance of the night ; With strength and beauty she was doubly crown'd , And , unopposed ...
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... felt unusually sad Since last I saw thee ; I have felt a dread That some misfortune hover'd o'er thy head ; But in what evil form , where , when , or why , It was to fall , defeated me : —but I Have been tormented with a groundless fear ...
... felt unusually sad Since last I saw thee ; I have felt a dread That some misfortune hover'd o'er thy head ; But in what evil form , where , when , or why , It was to fall , defeated me : —but I Have been tormented with a groundless fear ...
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... looking tremblingly around , Beheld , reclining at his ease Beneath the overspreading trees , My cousin on the other bank : My heart with apprehension sank , And felt , while thus with him alone , More 24 CANTO II . THE PRIVATEER .
... looking tremblingly around , Beheld , reclining at his ease Beneath the overspreading trees , My cousin on the other bank : My heart with apprehension sank , And felt , while thus with him alone , More 24 CANTO II . THE PRIVATEER .
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... felt distress'd , But thus to me himself address'd ; ' Sweet cousin ! ere tomorrow's sun Shines from on high o'er Britain's Isles , My swift and trusty ship will run Me from these shores a hundred miles ; But ere from them I sail away ...
... felt distress'd , But thus to me himself address'd ; ' Sweet cousin ! ere tomorrow's sun Shines from on high o'er Britain's Isles , My swift and trusty ship will run Me from these shores a hundred miles ; But ere from them I sail away ...
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... felt , though could not see , He thus address'd himself to me ; - But no ! I cannot tell to thee All that he utter'd , word for word , For half insensibly I heard ; But ah ! how too distinctly felt ' Twas as love's votary he knelt . How ...
... felt , though could not see , He thus address'd himself to me ; - But no ! I cannot tell to thee All that he utter'd , word for word , For half insensibly I heard ; But ah ! how too distinctly felt ' Twas as love's votary he knelt . How ...
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