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... wild scramble , that ignoble mob of firemen , engineers , waiters and crew , rushed for the boats , and aban- doned the helpless women , children , and men to the mercy of the deep ! Four hours there were from the catastrophe of the ...
... wild scramble , that ignoble mob of firemen , engineers , waiters and crew , rushed for the boats , and aban- doned the helpless women , children , and men to the mercy of the deep ! Four hours there were from the catastrophe of the ...
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... wild , The death - song of her people . High it rose Above the tumult of the tide that bore The victims to their doom . The boy beheld The strange , stern beauty in his mother's eye , And held his breath with awe . Her song grew faint ...
... wild , The death - song of her people . High it rose Above the tumult of the tide that bore The victims to their doom . The boy beheld The strange , stern beauty in his mother's eye , And held his breath with awe . Her song grew faint ...
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... wild went o'er his child , And he was left lamenting . Ex . XVIII . - TO THE EVENING WIND . SPIRIT that breathest through my lattice , thou That cool'st the twilight of the sultry day , Gratefully flows thy freshness round my brow ...
... wild went o'er his child , And he was left lamenting . Ex . XVIII . - TO THE EVENING WIND . SPIRIT that breathest through my lattice , thou That cool'st the twilight of the sultry day , Gratefully flows thy freshness round my brow ...
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... wild grape shall cluster , And o'er him the leaves of the ivy be shed . There shall they mix with the fern and the heather , There shall the young eagle shed its first feather , The wolf with his wild cubs shall lie there together , And ...
... wild grape shall cluster , And o'er him the leaves of the ivy be shed . There shall they mix with the fern and the heather , There shall the young eagle shed its first feather , The wolf with his wild cubs shall lie there together , And ...
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... wild goose , flying southward , On the wing , the clamorous Wawa ; Thinking of the great war - parties , How they came to buy his arrows , Could not fight without his arrows . Ah , no more such noble warriors Could be fouud on earth as ...
... wild goose , flying southward , On the wing , the clamorous Wawa ; Thinking of the great war - parties , How they came to buy his arrows , Could not fight without his arrows . Ah , no more such noble warriors Could be fouud on earth as ...
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Annabel Lee attitude and action beauty bell Belshazzar beneath blood body bold bosom brave breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud cried Dacotahs dark dead death deep dream earth eloquence Erin go bragh expression falchion father fear feeling feet fire gesture glory grave hath head hear heard heart heaven Hiawatha hill hour Katydid king land Laughing Water light lips living Lochinvar look Lord mighty Mondamin moon morning mountain N. P. Willis nature ne'er never night noble Number o'er pale passed pride proud R. H. Barham Rhine rock rose round Samian wine shore sigh smile song soul speak speaker spirit stars stood style sweet sword tears tell tempest thee thine thou art thought throne thunder Toll verger voice vulgar boy waves weep wigwam wild wind wings word Yankee girls young