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Page 188
T was once my hope , my stay , my all , But now the broken staff must go ! Fame ! hold the brilliant meteor high ; How dazzling every gilded name ! Ye millions ! now ' s the time to buy . How much for Fame ? how much for Fame ?
T was once my hope , my stay , my all , But now the broken staff must go ! Fame ! hold the brilliant meteor high ; How dazzling every gilded name ! Ye millions ! now ' s the time to buy . How much for Fame ? how much for Fame ?
Page 281
When joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray , And hope's delusive meteors cease to play , When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still through the gloom thy star serenely glows ; Like yon fair orb she gilds the brow of ...
When joy's bright sun has shed his evening ray , And hope's delusive meteors cease to play , When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still through the gloom thy star serenely glows ; Like yon fair orb she gilds the brow of ...
Page 418
Genius , therefore , to ask in freedom , and in a right direction , must be of faith , and love , and hope : of the faith which can reverence and can trust ; of the love which can receive and give ; of the hope which faith and love ...
Genius , therefore , to ask in freedom , and in a right direction , must be of faith , and love , and hope : of the faith which can reverence and can trust ; of the love which can receive and give ; of the hope which faith and love ...
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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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