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Page 19
... dear father ! This arm beneath your head ! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and 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 ...
... dear father ! This arm beneath your head ! It is some dream that on the deck You've fallen cold and 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 ...
Page 25
... dear babie , to thee . Oh ! fear not the bugle , though loudly it blows , It calls but the warders that guard thy repose ; Their bows would be bended , their blades would be red , Ere the step of a foeman draws near to thy bed . Oh ...
... dear babie , to thee . Oh ! fear not the bugle , though loudly it blows , It calls but the warders that guard thy repose ; Their bows would be bended , their blades would be red , Ere the step of a foeman draws near to thy bed . Oh ...
Page 58
' The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast . ' I saw a third - I heard his voice : It is the Hermit good ! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes ...
' The Pilot and the Pilot's boy , I heard them coming fast : Dear Lord in Heaven ! it was a joy The dead men could not blast . ' I saw a third - I heard his voice : It is the Hermit good ! He singeth loud his godly hymns That he makes ...
Page 59
... Dear Lord ! it hath a fiendish look ( The Pilot made reply ) " I am a - fear'd . " - " Push on , push on ! " Said the Hermit cheerily . ' The boat came closer to the ship , But I nor spake nor stirr'd ; The boat came close beneath the ...
... Dear Lord ! it hath a fiendish look ( The Pilot made reply ) " I am a - fear'd . " - " Push on , push on ! " Said the Hermit cheerily . ' The boat came closer to the ship , But I nor spake nor stirr'd ; The boat came close beneath the ...
Page 61
... dear God who loveth us , He made and loveth all . ' -The Mariner , whose eye is bright , Whose beard with age is hoar , Is gone and now the Wedding - Guest Turn'd from the bridegroom's door . He went like one that hath been stunn'd ...
... dear God who loveth us , He made and loveth all . ' -The Mariner , whose eye is bright , Whose beard with age is hoar , Is gone and now the Wedding - Guest Turn'd from the bridegroom's door . He went like one that hath been stunn'd ...
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