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Page 113
... dark as those places they were to illumine with their white robes , alas ! not of innocence . But the darkness was not of the moon's absence in another hemisphere ; only that darkness which is cloud - born , and must cede in twink- ling ...
... dark as those places they were to illumine with their white robes , alas ! not of innocence . But the darkness was not of the moon's absence in another hemisphere ; only that darkness which is cloud - born , and must cede in twink- ling ...
Page 128
... dark woods of Balgay right aface of him , the house of Logie behind , and the declinations on either side , in one of which lay the little Golgotha . There , in the midst of the hollow , stood , grim and desolate , the dark brick ...
... dark woods of Balgay right aface of him , the house of Logie behind , and the declinations on either side , in one of which lay the little Golgotha . There , in the midst of the hollow , stood , grim and desolate , the dark brick ...
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... dark and dreary tomb . Thou lambkin on yon hillock's brow , That sportest in thy gamesome mood , Play on ! for thou remind'st me now Of one as innocent and good ; All emblems dear , for thoughts you bring Of her who loved you all to see ...
... dark and dreary tomb . Thou lambkin on yon hillock's brow , That sportest in thy gamesome mood , Play on ! for thou remind'st me now Of one as innocent and good ; All emblems dear , for thoughts you bring Of her who loved you all to see ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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