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Page 151
Bird of the sun ! to thee , -to thee The earliest tints of dawn are known , And ' tis thy proud delight to see The monarch mount his gorgeous throne , Throwing the crimson drapery by , That half impedes his glorious way ; And mounting ...
Bird of the sun ! to thee , -to thee The earliest tints of dawn are known , And ' tis thy proud delight to see The monarch mount his gorgeous throne , Throwing the crimson drapery by , That half impedes his glorious way ; And mounting ...
Page 202
How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill , Like a rich harp - string , yearning to caress thee , And hear thy sweet my father ! ' from these dumb And cold lips , Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee . I shall hear the gush Of music ...
How was I wont to feel my pulses thrill , Like a rich harp - string , yearning to caress thee , And hear thy sweet my father ! ' from these dumb And cold lips , Absalom ! " The grave hath won thee . I shall hear the gush Of music ...
Page 452
I know thee well . Glen . Dost thou not know Glenalvon , born to command Ten thousand slaves like thee ? Norv . Villain , no more ! Draw and defend thy life . I did design To have defied thee in another cause ; But Heaven accelerates ...
I know thee well . Glen . Dost thou not know Glenalvon , born to command Ten thousand slaves like thee ? Norv . Villain , no more ! Draw and defend thy life . I did design To have defied thee in another cause ; But Heaven accelerates ...
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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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