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One touch to her hand , and one word in her ear , When they reached the hall - door , and the charger stood near , So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung , So light to the saddle before her he sprung :" She is won ! we are gone ...
One touch to her hand , and one word in her ear , When they reached the hall - door , and the charger stood near , So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung , So light to the saddle before her he sprung :" She is won ! we are gone ...
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We shall fade in our beauty , the fair and bright , Like lamps that have served for a festal night ; We shall fall from our spheres , the old and strong , Like rose - leaves swept by the breeze along ; Though worshiped as gods in the ...
We shall fade in our beauty , the fair and bright , Like lamps that have served for a festal night ; We shall fall from our spheres , the old and strong , Like rose - leaves swept by the breeze along ; Though worshiped as gods in the ...
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FAIR insect ! that , with thread - like legs spread out , And blood - extracting bill , and filmy wing , Dost murmur , as thou slowly sail'st about , In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing , And tell how little our large veins ...
FAIR insect ! that , with thread - like legs spread out , And blood - extracting bill , and filmy wing , Dost murmur , as thou slowly sail'st about , In pitiless ears full many a plaintive thing , And tell how little our large veins ...
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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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