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Page 57
And loud that clarion voice replied , Excelsior ! " O stay , " the maiden said , “ and rest Thy weary head upon this breast ! " A tear stood in his bright blue eye ; But still he answered , with a sigh , Excelsior !
And loud that clarion voice replied , Excelsior ! " O stay , " the maiden said , “ and rest Thy weary head upon this breast ! " A tear stood in his bright blue eye ; But still he answered , with a sigh , Excelsior !
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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 , And hushed is many a lovely one Of mournfulness or mirth . The Dorian flute that sighed of yore ...
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 , And hushed is many a lovely one Of mournfulness or mirth . The Dorian flute that sighed of yore ...
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Not even that shall torture , -- will it , then , Think'st thou , thy slumbers render quieter , Thy waking thoughts more pleasing , to reflect , That when thy voice had doomed a brother's death , The last request which e'er was his to ...
Not even that shall torture , -- will it , then , Think'st thou , thy slumbers render quieter , Thy waking thoughts more pleasing , to reflect , That when thy voice had doomed a brother's death , The last request which e'er was his to ...
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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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