Acrostics in prose and verse, a sequel to Double acrostics by various authors, ed. by A.E.H.1871 |
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... side . 2. An English queen , good - natur'd , kind , but little else beside . 3. A bishopric in France , which Bossuet adorn'd so well . 4. A Swiss canton , well - known to those who've heard of William Tell . 5. A Danish king , who ...
... side . 2. An English queen , good - natur'd , kind , but little else beside . 3. A bishopric in France , which Bossuet adorn'd so well . 4. A Swiss canton , well - known to those who've heard of William Tell . 5. A Danish king , who ...
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... sides do lie ; Thro ' the clear air Bright and transparent , Of sea and land and sky , The view is rare . 4. Thou hast an ancient city , Temples and grottoes deep , Stupendous relics of the past Within thy plains to keep . 5. Thou hast ...
... sides do lie ; Thro ' the clear air Bright and transparent , Of sea and land and sky , The view is rare . 4. Thou hast an ancient city , Temples and grottoes deep , Stupendous relics of the past Within thy plains to keep . 5. Thou hast ...
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... it . 5. And now homeward bended , My side he descended , The host all attended Their chieftain's return . 6. Not always to the swift or strong , Act 5-2 IN PROSE AND VERSE . 51 But should Second enact false deceiver to First, ...
... it . 5. And now homeward bended , My side he descended , The host all attended Their chieftain's return . 6. Not always to the swift or strong , Act 5-2 IN PROSE AND VERSE . 51 But should Second enact false deceiver to First, ...
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... side and four horses in hand . 9. No princess that ever existed Can boast ' mid her jewels so fine , Of brilliants so dazzling and lovely As adorn that fair girdle of thine . 10. What has no hue or form particular , Either in religion ...
... side and four horses in hand . 9. No princess that ever existed Can boast ' mid her jewels so fine , Of brilliants so dazzling and lovely As adorn that fair girdle of thine . 10. What has no hue or form particular , Either in religion ...
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... side descended , They call me this . 8. With terrors surrounded , I came once to tell Of a failure in duty , to ring the death - knell Of debauch and of riotous glee ; I made faces turn pale , and hands quiver with fear , At the thought ...
... side descended , They call me this . 8. With terrors surrounded , I came once to tell Of a failure in duty , to ring the death - knell Of debauch and of riotous glee ; I made faces turn pale , and hands quiver with fear , At the thought ...
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Acrostics in prose and verse, a sequel to Double acrostics by various ... Acrostics Vista completa - 1865 |
Acrostics in prose and verse, a sequel to Double acrostics by various ... Acrostics Vista completa - 1866 |
Acrostics in prose and verse, a sequel to Double acrostics by various ... Acrostics Vista completa - 1867 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 199 - And thou, Rochelle, our own Rochelle, proud city of the waters, Again let rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy, .For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.
Página 125 - DOES the road wind up-hill all the way ? Yes, to the very end. Will the day's journey take the whole long day ? From morn to night, my friend. But is there for the night a resting-place ? A roof for when the slow dark hours begin. May not the darkness hide it from my face? You cannot miss that inn.
Página 101 - O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Página 171 - He had lived for his love, for his country he died, They were all that to life had entwined him ; Nor soon shall the tears of his country be dried, Nor long will his love stay behind him.
Página 182 - BURY the Great Duke With an empire's lamentation, Let us bury the Great Duke To the noise of the mourning of a mighty nation, Mourning when their leaders fall, Warriors carry the warrior's pall, And sorrow darkens hamlet and hall.
Página 209 - Brunswick's fated chieftain; he did hear That sound the first amidst the festival, And caught its tone with Death's prophetic ear, And when they smiled because he...
Página 171 - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
Página 243 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Página 190 - Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he; not...
Página 165 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o...