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... o'er the place Where slept the generations of his race , A marble pillar rose . " Oh Heaven ! " he cried , " Has ... o'er and o'er ; - Grew blind with eagerness , and shook the more , As with each touch , the feeling o'er him came 32 ...
... o'er the place Where slept the generations of his race , A marble pillar rose . " Oh Heaven ! " he cried , " Has ... o'er and o'er ; - Grew blind with eagerness , and shook the more , As with each touch , the feeling o'er him came 32 ...
Page 38
... o'er the grave ; And I have read in his blessed book , How in his hand a little child He took , And said that such in heaven should greatest be : Then , weep not , mother - do not weep for me ; For if I be angel when I die , I'll watch ...
... o'er the grave ; And I have read in his blessed book , How in his hand a little child He took , And said that such in heaven should greatest be : Then , weep not , mother - do not weep for me ; For if I be angel when I die , I'll watch ...
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... o'er the happy pair , at life's calm eve Age like a shadow fell , and seemed to weave So fair a twilight round each silvered brow , That they ne'er felt so young , so blest as now ; Though threescore winters o'er their path had fled ...
... o'er the happy pair , at life's calm eve Age like a shadow fell , and seemed to weave So fair a twilight round each silvered brow , That they ne'er felt so young , so blest as now ; Though threescore winters o'er their path had fled ...
Contents
THE LAWYERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 5 |
THE ORPHAN John Mackay Wilson | 36 |
THE BURGHERS TALES Alexander Leighton | 44 |
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