Courtenay of Walreddon

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21. oldal - I ran it through, even from my boyish days, To the very moment that he bade me tell it ; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth scapes i...
94. oldal - Tis a history Handed from ages down ; a nurse's tale . . Which children, open-ey'd and mouth'd devour ; And thus as garrulous ignorance relates, We learn it and believe.
280. oldal - Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins, That almost freezes up the heat of life: I'll call them back again to comfort me.
21. oldal - scapes i' the imminent deadly breach ; Of being taken by the insolent foe, And sold to slavery ; of my redemption thence, And portance in my...
239. oldal - Then I am paid ; And once again I do receive thee honest : — Who by repentance is not satisfied, Is nor of heaven, nor earth...
118. oldal - Yes, The limner's art may trace the absent feature, And give the eye of distant weeping faith To view the form of its idolatry ; But oh ! the scenes 'mid which they met and parted — The thoughts, the recollections sweet and bitter— Th...
290. oldal - But wherefore do you hold me here so long ? What is it that you would impart to me ? If it be aught toward the general good, Set honour in one eye and death i...
75. oldal - The Sun was set ; the night came on apace, And falling dews bewet around the place ; The bat takes airy rounds on leathern wings, And the hoarse owl his woeful dirges sings ; The prudent maiden deems it now too late, And till to-morrow comes defers her fate.
118. oldal - Yea, time hath power, and what a power I'll tell thee: A power to change the pulses of the heart To one dull throb of ceaseless agony — To hush the sigh on the resigned lip, And lock it in the heart — freeze the hot tear, And bid it on the eyelid hang for ever! — Such power hath time o'er me.
67. oldal - The bloom of opening flowers, unsullied beauty, Softness, and sweetest innocence she wears, And looks like nature in the world's first spring.

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