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... tear stood in his bright blue eye ; But still he answered , with a sigh , Excelsior ! " Beware the pine - tree's withered branch ! Beware the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last Good - night ; A voice replied , far up the ...
... tear stood in his bright blue eye ; But still he answered , with a sigh , Excelsior ! " Beware the pine - tree's withered branch ! Beware the awful avalanche ! " This was the peasant's last Good - night ; A voice replied , far up the ...
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... tear for each woe , Should betray thee when sorrows like clouds are arrayed , " Look aloft ! " to the friendship ... tears of repentant regret , " Look aloft ! " to the Sun that is never to set . Should they who are dearest , the son ...
... tear for each woe , Should betray thee when sorrows like clouds are arrayed , " Look aloft ! " to the friendship ... tears of repentant regret , " Look aloft ! " to the Sun that is never to set . Should they who are dearest , the son ...
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... tear that England owes . Her timbers yet are sound ; And she may float again , Full - charged with England's thunder , And plough the distant main .. ! But Kempenfelt is gone , - His victories are o'er ; And he and his eight hundred ...
... tear that England owes . Her timbers yet are sound ; And she may float again , Full - charged with England's thunder , And plough the distant main .. ! But Kempenfelt is gone , - His victories are o'er ; And he and his eight hundred ...
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... tears - but all are thine . Youth and the opening rose May look like things too glorious for decay , And smile at thee - but thou art not of those " That wait the ripened bloom to seize their prey . We know when moons shall wane , When ...
... tears - but all are thine . Youth and the opening rose May look like things too glorious for decay , And smile at thee - but thou art not of those " That wait the ripened bloom to seize their prey . We know when moons shall wane , When ...
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... tears were standing in his eyes , his voice was tremulous , But wiping all those tears away , he told his story thus : " It is among those barren cliffs the ravenous vulture dwells , Who never fattens on the prey which from afar he ...
... tears were standing in his eyes , his voice was tremulous , But wiping all those tears away , he told his story thus : " It is among those barren cliffs the ravenous vulture dwells , Who never fattens on the prey which from afar he ...
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