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Her timbers yet are sound ; And she may float again , Full - charged with England's thunder , And plough the distant main . But Kempenfelt is gone ,His victories are o'er ; And he and his eight hundred Shall plough the wave ...
Her timbers yet are sound ; And she may float again , Full - charged with England's thunder , And plough the distant main . But Kempenfelt is gone ,His victories are o'er ; And he and his eight hundred Shall plough the wave ...
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Ex . X. - THE SOUND OF THE SEA . THOU art sounding on , thou mighty sea , For ever and the same ! The ancient rocks yet ring to thee , Whose thunders naught can tame . gone , Oh ! many a glorious voice is From the rich bowers of earth ...
Ex . X. - THE SOUND OF THE SEA . THOU art sounding on , thou mighty sea , For ever and the same ! The ancient rocks yet ring to thee , Whose thunders naught can tame . gone , Oh ! many a glorious voice is From the rich bowers of earth ...
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HEAVY with heat and silence Grew the afternoon of summer ; With a drowsy sound the forest Whispered round the sultry wigwam , With a sound of sleep the water Rippled on the beach below it : From the corn - fields shrill and ceaseless ...
HEAVY with heat and silence Grew the afternoon of summer ; With a drowsy sound the forest Whispered round the sultry wigwam , With a sound of sleep the water Rippled on the beach below it : From the corn - fields shrill and ceaseless ...
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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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