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трул 21 Alas ! that day , the fisherman Had taken too much grog ; And being but a landsman , too , He could n't " keep the log . " In vain he strove with all his might , And tried to gain the shore ; Down , down he went to feed the fish ...
трул 21 Alas ! that day , the fisherman Had taken too much grog ; And being but a landsman , too , He could n't " keep the log . " In vain he strove with all his might , And tried to gain the shore ; Down , down he went to feed the fish ...
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And his merry bosom swells With the pean of the bells ! And he dances , and he yells ; Keeping time , In a sort of Runic rhyme , To the pean of the bells , — Keeping time , As he knells , In a happy Runic rhyme ...
And his merry bosom swells With the pean of the bells ! And he dances , and he yells ; Keeping time , In a sort of Runic rhyme , To the pean of the bells , — Keeping time , As he knells , In a happy Runic rhyme ...
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Tell him there is a God who keeps the black man and the white , and hurls to earth the loftiest realm that breaks his just , eternal law ! Warn the young empire that he come not down dim and dishonored to my shameful tomb !
Tell him there is a God who keeps the black man and the white , and hurls to earth the loftiest realm that breaks his just , eternal law ! Warn the young empire that he come not down dim and dishonored to my shameful tomb !
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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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