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... hand . The gap opened before us , grand and terrible . Its mighty walls , a thou- sand feet high , bore aloft two pyramids of purple cliffs 20 far above the snow line . Terrible riding in that fierce chasm over great beds of loose stone ...
... hand . The gap opened before us , grand and terrible . Its mighty walls , a thou- sand feet high , bore aloft two pyramids of purple cliffs 20 far above the snow line . Terrible riding in that fierce chasm over great beds of loose stone ...
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... hand that in 1776 had signed the Declaration of Independence , in 1782 and 1783 signed the treaty of independence and peace with Great Britain and also the treaties of amity 25 and commerce with Sweden and Prussia ; and in 1789 that same ...
... hand that in 1776 had signed the Declaration of Independence , in 1782 and 1783 signed the treaty of independence and peace with Great Britain and also the treaties of amity 25 and commerce with Sweden and Prussia ; and in 1789 that same ...
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... hands must know , your hearts a better trust . Nay , bend aback the lance's point and break the helmet 10 bar ; A noise is on the morning winds , but not the noise of war . Among the grassy mountain paths the glittering troops increase ...
... hands must know , your hearts a better trust . Nay , bend aback the lance's point and break the helmet 10 bar ; A noise is on the morning winds , but not the noise of war . Among the grassy mountain paths the glittering troops increase ...
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... hand . What should she do ? With only a moment's hesitation she plunged into the lake . Her tired legs could not propel the tired body rapidly . The doe saw the boat nearing her . She turned to the shore whence she came ; the dogs were ...
... hand . What should she do ? With only a moment's hesitation she plunged into the lake . Her tired legs could not propel the tired body rapidly . The doe saw the boat nearing her . She turned to the shore whence she came ; the dogs were ...
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... hand He cast his gold across the land . Still smiling , o'er the trees he wound Long russet scarfs with crimson bound ; He drew a veil of purple haze O'er distant hills where cattle graze ; He bathed the sun in amber mist , And steeped ...
... hand He cast his gold across the land . Still smiling , o'er the trees he wound Long russet scarfs with crimson bound ; He drew a veil of purple haze O'er distant hills where cattle graze ; He bathed the sun in amber mist , And steeped ...
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Page 135 - But through it there rolled not the breath of his pride ; And the foam of his gasping lay white on the turf, And cold as the spray of the rock-beating surf. And there lay the rider distorted and pale, With the dew on his brow and the rust on his mail : And the tents were all silent, the banners alone, The lances unlifted, the trumpet unblown.
Page 362 - If you have tears prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle : I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent, That day he overcame the Nervii : Look, in this place ran Cassius...
Page 494 - Pr'ythee, lead me in : There take an inventory of all I have, To the last penny : 'tis the king's : my robe, And my integrity to heaven, is all I dare now call mine own. O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 79 - Rhodora! if the sages ask thee why This charm is wasted on the earth and sky, Tell them, dear, that if eyes were made for seeing. Then Beauty is its own excuse for being: Why thou wert there, O rival of the rose!
Page 318 - MILTON ! thou shouldst be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 464 - A seeming mermaid steers ; the silken tackle Swell with the touches of those flower-soft hands, That yarely frame the office. From the barge A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs. The city cast Her people out upon her, and Antony, Enthron'd i...
Page 271 - Then they rode back, but not, Not the six hundred. Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon behind them...
Page 182 - An hour passed on — the Turk awoke; That bright dream was his last; He woke — to hear his sentries shriek, "To arms! they come! the Greek! the Greek!
Page 134 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown.
Page 360 - He hath brought many captives home to Rome, Whose ransoms did the general coffers fill: Did this in Caesar seem ambitious? When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.