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... For thy fame's well known to me ; And the mass shall be sung , and the bells shall be rung , And we'll feast right merrily . * The sentinel on his watch - tower . 4 . ' Oh ! I am come from the 20 STANDARD VI . The Red-Cross Knight (Ballad),
... For thy fame's well known to me ; And the mass shall be sung , and the bells shall be rung , And we'll feast right merrily . * The sentinel on his watch - tower . 4 . ' Oh ! I am come from the 20 STANDARD VI . The Red-Cross Knight (Ballad),
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... watch , as the gate - bolts undrew ; " Speed ! ' echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern , the lights sank to rest , And into the midnight we galloped abreast . 2 . Not a word to each other ; we kept the great ...
... watch , as the gate - bolts undrew ; " Speed ! ' echoed the wall to us galloping through ; Behind shut the postern , the lights sank to rest , And into the midnight we galloped abreast . 2 . Not a word to each other ; we kept the great ...
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... watch old Samuel Poundall moulding his also on a sort of rude table , and handing them over rapidly to a parcel of bare - legged lads , who laid them down in rows on the smooth clay - floor of the brick - yard . To see the men digging ...
... watch old Samuel Poundall moulding his also on a sort of rude table , and handing them over rapidly to a parcel of bare - legged lads , who laid them down in rows on the smooth clay - floor of the brick - yard . To see the men digging ...
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... watch and wonder ; but I do not believe that any one of those spectators feel more wonder or pleasure than a village- lad does over the building of a cottage . But every rural trade had its attractions for us . We made our visits to the ...
... watch and wonder ; but I do not believe that any one of those spectators feel more wonder or pleasure than a village- lad does over the building of a cottage . But every rural trade had its attractions for us . We made our visits to the ...
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... watch him hammering away at a leather sole on his lapstone . I watched , with curious eyes , the making of his wax , which is pitch and oil melted together , and made into balls . The great old water - pot , too , in which he floated ...
... watch him hammering away at a leather sole on his lapstone . I watched , with curious eyes , the making of his wax , which is pitch and oil melted together , and made into balls . The great old water - pot , too , in which he floated ...
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Page 172 - Presently my soul grew stronger; hesitating then no longer, " Sir," said I, "or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you "—here I opened wide the door.
Page 32 - So we were left galloping, Joris and I, Past Looz and past Tongres, no cloud in the sky; The broad sun above laughed a pitiless laugh, 'Neath our feet broke the brittle bright stubble like chaff; Till over by Dalhem a dome-spire sprang white, And "Gallop," gasped Joris, "for Aix is in sight!
Page 130 - I WAS ever of opinion, that the honest man who married, and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
Page 69 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 32 - And his low head and crest, just one sharp ear bent back For my voice, and the other pricked out on his track, And one eye's black intelligence — ever that glance O'er its white edge at me, his own master, askance; And the thick heavy spume-flakes, which aye and anon His fierce lips shook upwards in galloping on.
Page 123 - And after April, when May follows, And the whitethroat builds, and all the swallows? Hark, where my blossomed pear-tree in the hedge Leans to the field and scatters on the clover Blossoms and dewdrops — at the bent spray's edge- — That's the wise thrush; he sings each song twice over, Lest you should think he never could recapture The first fine careless rapture!
Page 127 - Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings? — Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago: Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending...
Page 32 - Neck by neck, stride by stride, never changing our place; I turned in my saddle and made its girths tight, Then shortened each stirrup, and set the pique right, Rebuckled the cheek-strap, chained slacker the bit, Nor galloped less steadily Roland a whit.
Page 172 - Thrilled me— filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, " 'Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is and nothing more.
Page 178 - I've heard of hearts unkind, kind deeds With coldness still returning; Alas! the gratitude of men Hath oftener left me mourning.