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... took place in 1778 , by an incursion of the Indians . The Scenery and Incidents of the following Poem are con- nected with that event . The testimonies of historians and travellers concur in describing the infant colony as one of the ...
... took place in 1778 , by an incursion of the Indians . The Scenery and Incidents of the following Poem are con- nected with that event . The testimonies of historians and travellers concur in describing the infant colony as one of the ...
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... took His calumet of peace , and cup of joy ; " As monumental bronze unchang'd his look : A soul that pity touch'd , but never shook : Train'd , from his tree - rock'd cradle to his bier , The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook ...
... took His calumet of peace , and cup of joy ; " As monumental bronze unchang'd his look : A soul that pity touch'd , but never shook : Train'd , from his tree - rock'd cradle to his bier , The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook ...
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... ! XXX . ' Go , Henry , go not back , when I depart , The ene thy bursting tears too deep will move , Where my dear father took thee to his heart , ' And Gertrude thought it ecstacy to rove With thee , as with an angel , through the 68.
... ! XXX . ' Go , Henry , go not back , when I depart , The ene thy bursting tears too deep will move , Where my dear father took thee to his heart , ' And Gertrude thought it ecstacy to rove With thee , as with an angel , through the 68.
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... took , & c . They are extremely circumspect and deliberate in every word and action ; nothing hurries them into any intemperate wrath , but that inveteracy to their enemies which is rooted in every Indian's breast . In all other ...
... took , & c . They are extremely circumspect and deliberate in every word and action ; nothing hurries them into any intemperate wrath , but that inveteracy to their enemies which is rooted in every Indian's breast . In all other ...
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... took to the river , yet his heart did not allow him to leave them abruptly , without taking leave in a formal manner , in return for the extraordinary favors they had done , and intended to do him.- After slapping a part of his body ...
... took to the river , yet his heart did not allow him to leave them abruptly , without taking leave in a formal manner , in return for the extraordinary favors they had done , and intended to do him.- After slapping a part of his body ...
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Page 148 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 165 - I'll forgive your Highland chief. My daughter ! Oh ! my daughter...
Page 176 - Twas autumn, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 164 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.' The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, When, oh ! too strong for human hand, The tempest gathered o'er her.
Page 155 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Page 161 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. — And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. His horsemen hard behind us ride ; Should they our...
Page 136 - Glenullin ! whose bride shall await, Like a love-lighted watch-fire, all night at the gate. A steed comes at morning : no rider is there ; But its bridle is red with the sign of despair.
Page 148 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 156 - British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime, As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death ; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flush'd To anticipate the scene ; And her van the fleeter rush'd O'er the deadly space between.
Page 159 - By the festal cities blaze, Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore.