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... death . Can all the tales which Grecian story yields ; Can all the names the Roman page records Of wondrous friendship and surpassing love ; Can gallant Theseus and his brave compeer ; Orestes , and the partner of his toils ; Achates ...
... death . Can all the tales which Grecian story yields ; Can all the names the Roman page records Of wondrous friendship and surpassing love ; Can gallant Theseus and his brave compeer ; Orestes , and the partner of his toils ; Achates ...
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... death to keep him . MIRIAM . Yet , oh ! reflect . Should the fierce crocodile , The native and the tyrant of the Nile , Seize the defenceless infant ! JOCHEBED . Oh , forbear ! Spare my fond heart ! Yet not the crocodile , Nor all the ...
... death to keep him . MIRIAM . Yet , oh ! reflect . Should the fierce crocodile , The native and the tyrant of the Nile , Seize the defenceless infant ! JOCHEBED . Oh , forbear ! Spare my fond heart ! Yet not the crocodile , Nor all the ...
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... death Will terminate his woes . MIRIAM . His life is safe For know , she means to rear him as her own . JOCHEBED . [ Falls on her knees in rapture To God the Lord the glory be ascrib'd ! Oh , magnified for ever be THY might Who mock'st ...
... death Will terminate his woes . MIRIAM . His life is safe For know , she means to rear him as her own . JOCHEBED . [ Falls on her knees in rapture To God the Lord the glory be ascrib'd ! Oh , magnified for ever be THY might Who mock'st ...
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... death . JESSE . God and thy country claim the life they gave ; No other cause can sanctify resentment . DAVID . Sure virtuous friendship is a noble cause ! Oh , were the princely Jonathan in danger , How would I die , well pleased , in ...
... death . JESSE . God and thy country claim the life they gave ; No other cause can sanctify resentment . DAVID . Sure virtuous friendship is a noble cause ! Oh , were the princely Jonathan in danger , How would I die , well pleased , in ...
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... death ? DAVID . Then thou , inaeed , And what is death ? Is it so terrible to die , my brother ? Or grant it terrible , is it for that The less inevitable ? If indeed We could by stratagem elude the blow , When some high duty calls us ...
... death ? DAVID . Then thou , inaeed , And what is death ? Is it so terrible to die , my brother ? Or grant it terrible , is it for that The less inevitable ? If indeed We could by stratagem elude the blow , When some high duty calls us ...
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