Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 4Jones & Company, 1829 |
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... night ; Now hissing waters the quenched guns restore , And weary waves , withdrawing from the sight , Lie lull'd and panting on the silent shore . The moon shone clear on the becalmed flood , Where , while her beams like glittering ...
... night ; Now hissing waters the quenched guns restore , And weary waves , withdrawing from the sight , Lie lull'd and panting on the silent shore . The moon shone clear on the becalmed flood , Where , while her beams like glittering ...
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... night back upon the new - born day . His presence soon blows up the kindling fight , And his loud guns speak thick like angry men : It seemed as Slaughter had been breathed all night , And Death new - pointed his dull dart again . The ...
... night back upon the new - born day . His presence soon blows up the kindling fight , And his loud guns speak thick like angry men : It seemed as Slaughter had been breathed all night , And Death new - pointed his dull dart again . The ...
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... night . Now van to van the foremost squadrons meet , The midmost battles hastening up behind ; Who view far off the storm of falling sleet , And hear their thunder rattling in the wind . At length the adverse admirals appear , The two ...
... night . Now van to van the foremost squadrons meet , The midmost battles hastening up behind ; Who view far off the storm of falling sleet , And hear their thunder rattling in the wind . At length the adverse admirals appear , The two ...
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... night . The next to danger , hot pursued by Fate , Half - clothed , half - naked , hastily retire ; And frighted mothers strike their breasts too late , For helpless infants left amidst the fire . Their cries soon waken all the dwellers ...
... night . The next to danger , hot pursued by Fate , Half - clothed , half - naked , hastily retire ; And frighted mothers strike their breasts too late , For helpless infants left amidst the fire . Their cries soon waken all the dwellers ...
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... night , His beams he to his royal brother lent , And so shone still in his reflective light . Night came , but without darkness or repose , A dismal picture of the general doom ; Where souls distracted , when the trumpet blows , Artd ...
... night , His beams he to his royal brother lent , And so shone still in his reflective light . Night came , but without darkness or repose , A dismal picture of the general doom ; Where souls distracted , when the trumpet blows , Artd ...
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