The New York Speaker: A Selection of Pieces Designed for Academic Exercises in Elocution |
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The waves that brought them o'er Still roll in the bay , and throw their spray , As they break along the shore ; Still roll in the bay , as they rolled that day , When the May - flower moored below , When the sea around was black with ...
The waves that brought them o'er Still roll in the bay , and throw their spray , As they break along the shore ; Still roll in the bay , as they rolled that day , When the May - flower moored below , When the sea around was black with ...
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O'er the glad waves , like a child of the sun , See ! the tall vessel goes gallantly on ; Full to the breeze she unbosoms her sail , And her pennon streams onward , like hope , in the gale ; The winds come around her in murmur and song ...
O'er the glad waves , like a child of the sun , See ! the tall vessel goes gallantly on ; Full to the breeze she unbosoms her sail , And her pennon streams onward , like hope , in the gale ; The winds come around her in murmur and song ...
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Oh ! the loveliest of heavens Hung tenderly o'er him , There were waves in the sunshine , And green isles before him ; But a pale hand was beckoning The Huguenot on ; And in blackness and ashes Behind was St. John ! Ex . CXCV .
Oh ! the loveliest of heavens Hung tenderly o'er him , There were waves in the sunshine , And green isles before him ; But a pale hand was beckoning The Huguenot on ; And in blackness and ashes Behind was St. John ! Ex . CXCV .
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