A Collection of One Hundred Pieces of English Literature: Fifty in Prose and Fifty in Verse : Accompanied with a Variety of Notes for the Use of the Inhabitants of the Netherlands, Volume 1Nayler en Company, 1830 |
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Page 37
... mother , Till she seemed to wake from death ? Have you felt a spouse expiring In your arms , before your view ? Watched the lovely soul retiring From her eyes that broke on you ? Did not Grief then grow romantic , Raving on remembered 37.
... mother , Till she seemed to wake from death ? Have you felt a spouse expiring In your arms , before your view ? Watched the lovely soul retiring From her eyes that broke on you ? Did not Grief then grow romantic , Raving on remembered 37.
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... mother's grave arrayed , In that grave the infant , sleeping , On the mother's lap was laid . Horror then , your heart congealing , Chilled you with intense despair ; Can you call to mind that feeling ? No ; there was no Feeling there ...
... mother's grave arrayed , In that grave the infant , sleeping , On the mother's lap was laid . Horror then , your heart congealing , Chilled you with intense despair ; Can you call to mind that feeling ? No ; there was no Feeling there ...
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... mother , Felt her tears upon your cheek . Dreams of love your Grief beguiling , You have clasped a consort's charms : And received your infant , smiling , From hits mother's sacred arms . Trembling , pale , and agonizing , While you ...
... mother , Felt her tears upon your cheek . Dreams of love your Grief beguiling , You have clasped a consort's charms : And received your infant , smiling , From hits mother's sacred arms . Trembling , pale , and agonizing , While you ...
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... mother's tender care ! The fierce Achilles wrapped our walls in fire , Laid Thebe waste , and slew my warlike sire ! His fate compassion in the victor bred Stern as he was , he yet revered the dead ; His radiant arms preserved from ...
... mother's tender care ! The fierce Achilles wrapped our walls in fire , Laid Thebe waste , and slew my warlike sire ! His fate compassion in the victor bred Stern as he was , he yet revered the dead ; His radiant arms preserved from ...
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... mother lived to bear the victor's bands , The queen of Hippoplacia's sylvan lands : Redeemed too late , she scarce beheld again Her pleasing empire and her native plain , When ah ! oppressed by life - consuming wo She fell a victim to ...
... mother lived to bear the victor's bands , The queen of Hippoplacia's sylvan lands : Redeemed too late , she scarce beheld again Her pleasing empire and her native plain , When ah ! oppressed by life - consuming wo She fell a victim to ...
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