Curious EpitaphsWilliam Andrews William Andrews & Company, 1899 - 241 páginas |
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... lost its tone , Its shrill and thrilling sounds are gone ; My valves are now thrown open wide ; My flanges all refuse to guide , My clacks also , though once so strong , Refuse to aid the busy throng : No more I feel each urging breath ...
... lost its tone , Its shrill and thrilling sounds are gone ; My valves are now thrown open wide ; My flanges all refuse to guide , My clacks also , though once so strong , Refuse to aid the busy throng : No more I feel each urging breath ...
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... lost my friend , which put an end To all my interest there . To land I came as ' twere by chance , At twenty then I taught to dance , And yet unsettled in my mind , To something else I was inclined ; At twenty - five laid dancing down ...
... lost my friend , which put an end To all my interest there . To land I came as ' twere by chance , At twenty then I taught to dance , And yet unsettled in my mind , To something else I was inclined ; At twenty - five laid dancing down ...
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William Andrews. Who strove with death , but lost his cause : A stranger genius ne'er need be Than many a merry year was he . Some faults he had , some virtues too ( the devil himself should have his due ) ; And as dame fortune's wheel ...
William Andrews. Who strove with death , but lost his cause : A stranger genius ne'er need be Than many a merry year was he . Some faults he had , some virtues too ( the devil himself should have his due ) ; And as dame fortune's wheel ...
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... lost their wind ; My fire's extinct , my forge decayed , And in the dust my vice is laid . My coal is spent , my iron's gone , My nails are drove , my work is done ; My fire - dried corpse lies here at rest , And , smoke - like , soars ...
... lost their wind ; My fire's extinct , my forge decayed , And in the dust my vice is laid . My coal is spent , my iron's gone , My nails are drove , my work is done ; My fire - dried corpse lies here at rest , And , smoke - like , soars ...
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... lost his awl , -Death gave his last , And buried in oblivion all the past . Respecting Robert Gray , a correspondent writes : He was a native of Taunton , and at an early age he lost his parents , and went to London to seek his fortune ...
... lost his awl , -Death gave his last , And buried in oblivion all the past . Respecting Robert Gray , a correspondent writes : He was a native of Taunton , and at an early age he lost his parents , and went to London to seek his fortune ...
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