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Page 157
They brought a dark - haired man along , Whose limbs with gyves of brass were bound ; Youthful he seemed , and bold , and strong , And yet unscathed of wound . Blithely he stepped among the throng , And careless threw around A dark eye ...
They brought a dark - haired man along , Whose limbs with gyves of brass were bound ; Youthful he seemed , and bold , and strong , And yet unscathed of wound . Blithely he stepped among the throng , And careless threw around A dark eye ...
Page 202
I shall hear the gush Of music , and the voices of the young ; And life will pass me in the mantling blush , And the dark tresses to the soft winds flung ; — But thou no more , with thy sweet voice , shalt come To meet me , Absalom !
I shall hear the gush Of music , and the voices of the young ; And life will pass me in the mantling blush , And the dark tresses to the soft winds flung ; — But thou no more , with thy sweet voice , shalt come To meet me , Absalom !
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While from the rich , dark tracery , along the vaulted wall , Lights gleamed on harness , plume and spear , o'er the proud old Gothic hall . Fast hurrying through the outer gate , the mailed retainers poured , On through the portal's ...
While from the rich , dark tracery , along the vaulted wall , Lights gleamed on harness , plume and spear , o'er the proud old Gothic hall . Fast hurrying through the outer gate , the mailed retainers poured , On through the portal's ...
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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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