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He was not In costly raiment clad , nor on his brow The symbol of a princely lineage wore ; No followers at his back , nor in his hand Buckler , or sword , or spear - yet in his mien Command sat throned serene , and if he smiled ...
He was not In costly raiment clad , nor on his brow The symbol of a princely lineage wore ; No followers at his back , nor in his hand Buckler , or sword , or spear - yet in his mien Command sat throned serene , and if he smiled ...
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His helm was at his feet : his banner , soiled With trailing through Jerusalem , was laid , Reversed , beside him : and the jeweled hilt , Whose diamonds lit the passage of his blade , Rested , like mockery , on his covered brow .
His helm was at his feet : his banner , soiled With trailing through Jerusalem , was laid , Reversed , beside him : and the jeweled hilt , Whose diamonds lit the passage of his blade , Rested , like mockery , on his covered brow .
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What piercing shrieks , bursting from ashy and quivering lips , rose above the hoarse gurgling of the waters , the roar and crackling of the flames , and rent the flushed and heated brow of night ! What frantic cries of the husband for ...
What piercing shrieks , bursting from ashy and quivering lips , rose above the hoarse gurgling of the waters , the roar and crackling of the flames , and rent the flushed and heated brow of night ! What frantic cries of the husband for ...
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| Title | The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
| Author | Warren P. Edgarton |
| Edition | revised |
| Publisher | Mason Brothers, 1860 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 30 May 2007 |
| Length | 502 pages |
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