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Page 79
And there , I , from a shepherd , heard a narrative of fear , A tale to rend a mortal heart , which mothers might not hear : The tears were standing in his eyes , his voice was tremulous ...
And there , I , from a shepherd , heard a narrative of fear , A tale to rend a mortal heart , which mothers might not hear : The tears were standing in his eyes , his voice was tremulous ...
Page 208
He took their heads up one by one , he kissed them o'er and o'er , And aye ye saw the tears down run , -I wot that grief was sore . He closed the lids on their dead eyes all with his fingers frail , And handled all their bloody curls ...
He took their heads up one by one , he kissed them o'er and o'er , And aye ye saw the tears down run , -I wot that grief was sore . He closed the lids on their dead eyes all with his fingers frail , And handled all their bloody curls ...
Page 256
Talk not of pardon there revealed ; No , not to me , it is too late ; My sentence is already sealed ; Tears never blot the book of fate ; Too late , too late these tidings come ; There is no hope ! O give me rum ! I must have rum !
Talk not of pardon there revealed ; No , not to me , it is too late ; My sentence is already sealed ; Tears never blot the book of fate ; Too late , too late these tidings come ; There is no hope ! O give me rum ! I must have rum !
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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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