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... he describes as at once so amiable and so great ; and bewails the loss of all his former friends , kindred , and companions , and laments his own forlorn and disconsolate state , in apostrophes that pierce the very soul of pity * !
... he describes as at once so amiable and so great ; and bewails the loss of all his former friends , kindred , and companions , and laments his own forlorn and disconsolate state , in apostrophes that pierce the very soul of pity * !
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Thou hast my tale ; -though memory bleeds , And sorrow wastes my frame , Still will I tell of former deeds , And live on former fame ! Now old , -the streams of life congeal'd , Bereft of all my joys ! No sword this wither'd hand can ...
Thou hast my tale ; -though memory bleeds , And sorrow wastes my frame , Still will I tell of former deeds , And live on former fame ! Now old , -the streams of life congeal'd , Bereft of all my joys ! No sword this wither'd hand can ...
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This piece also , like the former , displays a glowing picture of the head and heart of the king of Morven , to whom , as the fair translator has remarked , every quality is attributed that is either interesting , amiable , or great * .
This piece also , like the former , displays a glowing picture of the head and heart of the king of Morven , to whom , as the fair translator has remarked , every quality is attributed that is either interesting , amiable , or great * .
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... version from a poem of the like age with that in the text , entitled " A Dialogue between Oisin and St. Patrick ; " where the former , lamenting the loss of his O Inisfail ! thy Oisin goes To guard thy ports MORNINGS IN SPRING . 53.
... version from a poem of the like age with that in the text , entitled " A Dialogue between Oisin and St. Patrick ; " where the former , lamenting the loss of his O Inisfail ! thy Oisin goes To guard thy ports MORNINGS IN SPRING . 53.
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... as some- what more lenient , more ready to make allowance for impressions rendered indelible not only by length of time , but by the ties of consanguinity , love , and friendship , and the recollections of former fame and glory .
... as some- what more lenient , more ready to make allowance for impressions rendered indelible not only by length of time , but by the ties of consanguinity , love , and friendship , and the recollections of former fame and glory .
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| Title | Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Volume 2 Mornings in Spring: Or, Retrospections, Biographical, Critical, and Historical, Nathan Drake |
| Author | Nathan Drake |
| Publisher | J. Murray, 1828 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
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