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Page 87
... hope of seeing her within the appointed time was dominant over all the fascinations which charmed the senses . But when the month came in which he ought to have received a letter , no letter came - not much this to be thought of ...
... hope of seeing her within the appointed time was dominant over all the fascinations which charmed the senses . But when the month came in which he ought to have received a letter , no letter came - not much this to be thought of ...
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... hope of hopes that animates the grave ! Though , to have felt that hope , he would have changed His station with the mendicant who ranged Homeless from door to door and begged his bread , While heaven hurled its tempest round his head ...
... hope of hopes that animates the grave ! Though , to have felt that hope , he would have changed His station with the mendicant who ranged Homeless from door to door and begged his bread , While heaven hurled its tempest round his head ...
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... hope dawned gently o'er his soul , Like the sun's shadow at the freezing pole , Seen by the shiv'ring Greenlander , or e'er Its front of fire does his horizon cheer ; While brighter still that ardent hope became , Till in his bosom ...
... hope dawned gently o'er his soul , Like the sun's shadow at the freezing pole , Seen by the shiv'ring Greenlander , or e'er Its front of fire does his horizon cheer ; While brighter still that ardent hope became , Till in his bosom ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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