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Page 243
Each after each sank down astern , exhausted in the chase , But where it sank another rose , and galloped in its place ; As black as night - they turned to white , and cast against the cloud A snowy sheet , as if each surge upturned a ...
Each after each sank down astern , exhausted in the chase , But where it sank another rose , and galloped in its place ; As black as night - they turned to white , and cast against the cloud A snowy sheet , as if each surge upturned a ...
Page 281
When joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray , And hope's delusive meteors cease to play , When clouds on clouds ... Lighter than air hope's summer visions fly , If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober reason ...
When joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray , And hope's delusive meteors cease to play , When clouds on clouds ... Lighter than air hope's summer visions fly , If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober reason ...
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There's a dark , floating spot by yon cloud's pearly wreath , With the speed of the arrow ' tis shooting beneath ; Down , nearer and nearer , it draws to the gaze ,Now over the rainbow , -now blent with its blaze ;' Tis the Eagle ...
There's a dark , floating spot by yon cloud's pearly wreath , With the speed of the arrow ' tis shooting beneath ; Down , nearer and nearer , it draws to the gaze ,Now over the rainbow , -now blent with its blaze ;' Tis the Eagle ...
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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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