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... bright angel ! ” HATRED and DETESTATION incline away from , and brace them- selves against their object . In action , the arms are stiffened , the hands clinched . The expression in the features is that of a fierce , frowning , flashing ...
... bright angel ! ” HATRED and DETESTATION incline away from , and brace them- selves against their object . In action , the arms are stiffened , the hands clinched . The expression in the features is that of a fierce , frowning , flashing ...
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... bright Above , the spectral glaciers shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan , Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion ...
... bright Above , the spectral glaciers shone ; And from his lips escaped a groan , Excelsior ! " Try not the Pass ! " the old man said ; " Dark lowers the tempest overhead ; The roaring torrent is deep and wide ! " And loud that clarion ...
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... bright cheek adorn ? Pleasure is marked by fleetness , To those who ever roam ; While grief itself has sweetness At Home ! dear home ! There blend the ties that strengthen Our hearts in hours of grief , The silver links that lengthen ...
... bright cheek adorn ? Pleasure is marked by fleetness , To those who ever roam ; While grief itself has sweetness At Home ! dear home ! There blend the ties that strengthen Our hearts in hours of grief , The silver links that lengthen ...
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... bright robe - and raven tress— And feathery coronet - and all was o'er , — Save the deep thunder of the eternal surge Sounding their epitaph ! Ex . XVII - LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER . A CHIEFTAIN to the Highlands bound Cries , " Boatman , do ...
... bright robe - and raven tress— And feathery coronet - and all was o'er , — Save the deep thunder of the eternal surge Sounding their epitaph ! Ex . XVII - LORD ULLIN'S DAUGHTER . A CHIEFTAIN to the Highlands bound Cries , " Boatman , do ...
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... bright , But for your winsome lady : " And , by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So , though the waves are raging white , I'll row you o'er the ferry . ” By this , the storm grew loud apace , The water - wraith was ...
... bright , But for your winsome lady : " And , by my word ! the bonny bird In danger shall not tarry ; So , though the waves are raging white , I'll row you o'er the ferry . ” By this , the storm grew loud apace , The water - wraith was ...
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