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Page 77
For sore dismayed , through storm and shade , His child he did discover , One lovely hand she stretched for aid , And one was round her lover . " Come back ! come back ! " he cried in grief , " Across this stormy water , And I'll ...
For sore dismayed , through storm and shade , His child he did discover , One lovely hand she stretched for aid , And one was round her lover . " Come back ! come back ! " he cried in grief , " Across this stormy water , And I'll ...
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Oh ! spare my child , my joy , my pride ; Oh ! give me back my child ! " she cried : ' My child ! my child ! " with sobs and tears , She shrieked upon his callous ears . 66 " Come , Evan , " said the trembling chief ,His bosom wrung ...
Oh ! spare my child , my joy , my pride ; Oh ! give me back my child ! " she cried : ' My child ! my child ! " with sobs and tears , She shrieked upon his callous ears . 66 " Come , Evan , " said the trembling chief ,His bosom wrung ...
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—and thou ! " - The clock strikes one . " Hush ! ' tis the dice box ! Yes , he's there , he ' s there , For this ! -for this , he leaves me to despair ! Leaves love ! leaves truth ! his wife ! his child ! for what ?
—and thou ! " - The clock strikes one . " Hush ! ' tis the dice box ! Yes , he's there , he ' s there , For this ! -for this , he leaves me to despair ! Leaves love ! leaves truth ! his wife ! his child ! for what ?
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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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