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And , leaning o'er its topmost ledge , He held the infant o'er the edge :" In vain the wrath , thy sorrow vain ; No hand shall save it , proud Maclaine ! " With flashing eye and burning brow , The mother followed , heedless how , O'er ...
And , leaning o'er its topmost ledge , He held the infant o'er the edge :" In vain the wrath , thy sorrow vain ; No hand shall save it , proud Maclaine ! " With flashing eye and burning brow , The mother followed , heedless how , O'er ...
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That bright lake is still as a liquid sky : And when o'er its bosom the swift clouds fly , They pass like thoughts o'er a clear , blue eye . The fringe of thin foam that their sepulcher binds Is as light as the clouds that are borne by ...
That bright lake is still as a liquid sky : And when o'er its bosom the swift clouds fly , They pass like thoughts o'er a clear , blue eye . The fringe of thin foam that their sepulcher binds Is as light as the clouds that are borne by ...
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Looked o'er the tide - worn steep . A bark from India's coral strand , Before the raging blast , Had vailed her topsails to the sand , And bowed her noble mast . The queenly ship ! brave hearts had striven , And true ones died with her ...
Looked o'er the tide - worn steep . A bark from India's coral strand , Before the raging blast , Had vailed her topsails to the sand , And bowed her noble mast . The queenly ship ! brave hearts had striven , And true ones died with her ...
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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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