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Page 9
... hat and staff And his sandal shoon . crabs ] crab - apples . cockle hat ] hat with a cockle or scallop - shell stuck in it , as sign that the wearer had visited the saint's shrine in Spain . He is dead and gone , lady , He is.
... hat and staff And his sandal shoon . crabs ] crab - apples . cockle hat ] hat with a cockle or scallop - shell stuck in it , as sign that the wearer had visited the saint's shrine in Spain . He is dead and gone , lady , He is.
Page 10
He is dead and gone , lady , He is dead and gone ; At his head a grass - green turf , At his heels a stone . White his shroud as the mountain snow , Larded with sweet flowers , Which bewept to the grave did go With true - love showers ...
He is dead and gone , lady , He is dead and gone ; At his head a grass - green turf , At his heels a stone . White his shroud as the mountain snow , Larded with sweet flowers , Which bewept to the grave did go With true - love showers ...
Page 16
... dead of night , The sods with our bayonets turning , By the struggling moonbeam's misty light , And the lantern dimly burning . No useless coffin enclosed his breast , Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him : But he lay like a warrior ...
... dead of night , The sods with our bayonets turning , By the struggling moonbeam's misty light , And the lantern dimly burning . No useless coffin enclosed his breast , Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him : But he lay like a warrior ...
Page 18
... , While follow eyes the steady keel , the vessel grim and daring ; But O heart ! heart ! heart ! O the bleeding drops of red ! Where on the deck my Captain lies , Fallen cold and dead . O Captain ! my Captain ! rise up and hear 18.
... , While follow eyes the steady keel , the vessel grim and daring ; But O heart ! heart ! heart ! O the bleeding drops of red ! Where on the deck my Captain lies , Fallen cold and dead . O Captain ! my Captain ! rise up and hear 18.
Page 19
... dead . My Captain does not answer , his lips are pale and still , My father does not feel my arm , he has no pulse nor will ; The ship is anchor'd safe and sound , its voyage closed and done , From fearful trip the victor ship comes in ...
... dead . My Captain does not answer , his lips are pale and still , My father does not feel my arm , he has no pulse nor will ; The ship is anchor'd safe and sound , its voyage closed and done , From fearful trip the victor ship comes in ...
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