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Page 113
... Agnes Raeburn by the fireside yonder ; but a gate . What ails ye to stay ae night langer brown hand , well formed , though scarred and at hame ? Black March weather , and no a weatherbeaten , supports his forehead , and the star in the ...
... Agnes Raeburn by the fireside yonder ; but a gate . What ails ye to stay ae night langer brown hand , well formed , though scarred and at hame ? Black March weather , and no a weatherbeaten , supports his forehead , and the star in the ...
Page 114
... Agnes . Free of all responsibility in the matter , the youth waited for his orders and John himself , captain and superior as he was , strong in the old filial reverence which the fisher patriarch had done nothing to lessen , waited for ...
... Agnes . Free of all responsibility in the matter , the youth waited for his orders and John himself , captain and superior as he was , strong in the old filial reverence which the fisher patriarch had done nothing to lessen , waited for ...
Page 115
... Agnes before he goes to sea . But to - night's voyage does not trouble Patie , for these waves have been his play - to - night ? things since his earliest remembrance , when he himself slowly woke into consciousness , sitting in the ...
... Agnes before he goes to sea . But to - night's voyage does not trouble Patie , for these waves have been his play - to - night ? things since his earliest remembrance , when he himself slowly woke into consciousness , sitting in the ...
Page 117
... Agnes presses her hand on her heart , of something like the same sweet repose to still the cry that is bursting from its which is upon Euphie , steal over the relax- depths as this picture grows before her . The ing mind of John . warm ...
... Agnes presses her hand on her heart , of something like the same sweet repose to still the cry that is bursting from its which is upon Euphie , steal over the relax- depths as this picture grows before her . The ing mind of John . warm ...
Page 118
... Agnes to herself ; " and if it's no , there's mony men been in mair peril . It's nae concern of mine . Eh , but Kirstin Bea- toun ! she would never haud up her head again , if ill came to John . " And Agnes stole away home , persuading ...
... Agnes to herself ; " and if it's no , there's mony men been in mair peril . It's nae concern of mine . Eh , but Kirstin Bea- toun ! she would never haud up her head again , if ill came to John . " And Agnes stole away home , persuading ...
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Page 159 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Page 160 - Leave my loneliness unbroken! quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!" Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore." And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted —...
Page 159 - And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me. I was a child and she was a child In this kingdom by the sea: But we loved with a love that was more than love — I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Page 160 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 159 - For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE ; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE : And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling — my darling — my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea — In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Page 72 - And God saw every thing that he had made ; and behold it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
Page 159 - But evil things, in robes of sorrow, Assailed the monarch's high estate; (Ah, let us mourn, for never morrow Shall dawn upon him, desolate!) And, round about his home, the glory That blushed and bloomed Is but a dim-remembered story Of the old time entombed.
Page 71 - And GOD said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
Page 30 - What do we give to our beloved? A little faith all undisproved, A little dust to overweep, And bitter memories to make The whole earth blasted for our sake : He giveth His beloved, sleep.
Page 337 - Curse on him !" quoth false Sextus ; " Will not the villain drown ? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town !" " Heaven help him !" quoth Lars Porsena, " And bring him safe to shore ; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.