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... rock shall fly From its firm base , as soon as I ! " Boasting . " On level ground , I could beat forty of ye ! " ANGER is expressed , in attitude , by wide positions , rapid strides towards the object of anger , and by stamping ; -in ac ...
... rock shall fly From its firm base , as soon as I ! " Boasting . " On level ground , I could beat forty of ye ! " ANGER is expressed , in attitude , by wide positions , rapid strides towards the object of anger , and by stamping ; -in ac ...
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... AND MUDJEKEEWIS . Then up started Hiawatha , And with threatening look and gesture Laid his hand upon the black rock , On the fatal Wawbeek laid it , LONGFELLOW . With his mittens , Minjekahwun , Rent the jutting crag NEW YORK SPEAKER . 59.
... AND MUDJEKEEWIS . Then up started Hiawatha , And with threatening look and gesture Laid his hand upon the black rock , On the fatal Wawbeek laid it , LONGFELLOW . With his mittens , Minjekahwun , Rent the jutting crag NEW YORK SPEAKER . 59.
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... rock . His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen , When Kempenfelt went down , With twice four hundred men . Weigh the vessel up , Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes . Her timbers ...
... rock . His sword was in his sheath ; His fingers held the pen , When Kempenfelt went down , With twice four hundred men . Weigh the vessel up , Once dreaded by our foes ! And mingle with our cup The tear that England owes . Her timbers ...
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... rocks yet ring to thee , Whose thunders naught can tame . Oh ! many a glorious voice is gone , From the rich bowers of earth , And hushed is many a lovely one Of mournfulness or mirth . The Dorian flute that sighed of yore Along thy ...
... rocks yet ring to thee , Whose thunders naught can tame . Oh ! many a glorious voice is gone , From the rich bowers of earth , And hushed is many a lovely one Of mournfulness or mirth . The Dorian flute that sighed of yore Along thy ...
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... rock the little wood - bird in his nest , Curl the still waters , bright with stars ; and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest , Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange , deep harmonies that haunt his breast ...
... rock the little wood - bird in his nest , Curl the still waters , bright with stars ; and rouse The wide old wood from his majestic rest , Summoning from the innumerable boughs The strange , deep harmonies that haunt his breast ...
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