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Though the night shades are gone , yet a vapor Bedims the waves so beautiful ; While a low and melancholy moan Mourns for the glory that hath flown ! dull Ex . LXXV . — A FRENCHMAN'S RECEIPT FOR RATSBAŅE . ANON .
Though the night shades are gone , yet a vapor Bedims the waves so beautiful ; While a low and melancholy moan Mourns for the glory that hath flown ! dull Ex . LXXV . — A FRENCHMAN'S RECEIPT FOR RATSBAŅE . ANON .
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DARK is the night ! how dark ! no light ! no fire ! Cold on the hearth the last faint sparks expire ! Shivering she watches by the cradle side , For him who pledged her love - last year a bride ! DR . COATS . " Hark !
DARK is the night ! how dark ! no light ! no fire ! Cold on the hearth the last faint sparks expire ! Shivering she watches by the cradle side , For him who pledged her love - last year a bride ! DR . COATS . " Hark !
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Over this age the night will , indeed , gather more and more , as time rolls away ; but in that night two forms will appear , Washington and Napoleon , the one a lurid meteor , the other a benign , serene , and undecaying star .
Over this age the night will , indeed , gather more and more , as time rolls away ; but in that night two forms will appear , Washington and Napoleon , the one a lurid meteor , the other a benign , serene , and undecaying star .
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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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