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... comes , a ransom'd man this day ; Mount thy good horse , and thou and I will meet him on his way . " Then lightly rose that loyal son , and bounded on his steed , And urged , as if with lance in hand , the charger's foamy speed . And lo ...
... comes , a ransom'd man this day ; Mount thy good horse , and thou and I will meet him on his way . " Then lightly rose that loyal son , and bounded on his steed , And urged , as if with lance in hand , the charger's foamy speed . And lo ...
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... comes a frost , a killing frost ; And , -when he thinks , good easy man , full surely His greatness is a - ripening , -nips his root , And then he falls , as I do . I have ventured , Like little wanton 13 boys that swim on bladders ...
... comes a frost , a killing frost ; And , -when he thinks , good easy man , full surely His greatness is a - ripening , -nips his root , And then he falls , as I do . I have ventured , Like little wanton 13 boys that swim on bladders ...
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... comes More imminent . - Not unseen do they approach ; And rapture , with varieties of fear 9 Incessantly conflicting , thrills the frames Of those who , in that dauntless energy , Foretaste deliverance . But the least perturbed 10 45 50 ...
... comes More imminent . - Not unseen do they approach ; And rapture , with varieties of fear 9 Incessantly conflicting , thrills the frames Of those who , in that dauntless energy , Foretaste deliverance . But the least perturbed 10 45 50 ...
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... comes out a better and wiser man than he went in . 2. I had some occasion - I forget what - to step into the court - yard as I settled this account ; and remember I walked down - stairs in no small triumph with the conceit of my ...
... comes out a better and wiser man than he went in . 2. I had some occasion - I forget what - to step into the court - yard as I settled this account ; and remember I walked down - stairs in no small triumph with the conceit of my ...
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... Comes back to the daylight the soul of the brave ! " And he comes , with the crowd in their clamour and glee ; And the goblet his daring has won from the water , He lifts to the king as he sinks on his knee- And the king from her ...
... Comes back to the daylight the soul of the brave ! " And he comes , with the crowd in their clamour and glee ; And the goblet his daring has won from the water , He lifts to the king as he sinks on his knee- And the king from her ...
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Página 72 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath, from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet: That was all! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night; And the spark struck out by that steed, in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Página 8 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. " Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene." " Why, 'twas a very wicked thing," Said little Wilhelmine. " Nay, nay, my little girl," quoth he, " It was a famous victory. " And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ? " Quoth little Peterkin. "...
Página 196 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Página 297 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
Página 101 - Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds ; Save that, from yonder ivy-mantled tower, The moping owl does to the moon complain Of such as, wandering near her secret bower, Molest her ancient solitary reign.
Página 222 - Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not...
Página 93 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind!
Página 298 - All stood amazed, until an old woman, tottering out from among the crowd, put her hand to her brow, and peering under it in his face for a moment, exclaimed : "Sure enough ! It is Rip Van Winkle — it is himself. Welcome home again, old neighbor. Why, where have you been these twenty long years?
Página 280 - It could not be from the want of assiduity or perseverance ; for he would sit on a wet rock, with a rod as long and heavy as a Tartar's lance, and fish all day without a murmur, even though he should not be encouraged by a single nibble.
Página 230 - Take thine eyes off the bridge, said he, and tell me if thou yet seest anything thou dost not comprehend. Upon looking up, What mean, said I, those great flights of birds that are perpetually hovering about the bridge, and settling upon it from time to time? I see vultures, harpies, ravens, cormorants, and among many other feathered creatures several little winged boys, that perch in great numbers upon the middle arches.