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Page 67
... hears a rustling among the leaves , Some pattering feet are drawing near ; Like autumn's breathings among the sheaves , So sweet at eventide to hear : His Ailie Faa , who is sweeter far Than the white rose hanging upon the tree , Who is ...
... hears a rustling among the leaves , Some pattering feet are drawing near ; Like autumn's breathings among the sheaves , So sweet at eventide to hear : His Ailie Faa , who is sweeter far Than the white rose hanging upon the tree , Who is ...
Page 84
... hear . You might have deemed it came from teylin sweet , Touched by some gentle fairy's cunning hand , To tell us of those joys that we shall meet In some far distant and far happier land ; And oft at night , as time still passed away ...
... hear . You might have deemed it came from teylin sweet , Touched by some gentle fairy's cunning hand , To tell us of those joys that we shall meet In some far distant and far happier land ; And oft at night , as time still passed away ...
Page 117
... hears the merlin sing , In vain she seeks her flower alcove , In vain for her the roses spring . If holy peace she tries to seek , She hears Clorinda's maniac song , Or Florabel's ecstatic shriek , Sounding the stilly woods among . What ...
... hears the merlin sing , In vain she seeks her flower alcove , In vain for her the roses spring . If holy peace she tries to seek , She hears Clorinda's maniac song , Or Florabel's ecstatic shriek , Sounding the stilly woods among . What ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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