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Page 43
... moved around her stately steps . Heroes loved -but shrunk away in their fears . Yet , midst the pride of all her charms , her heart was soft and her soul was kind . She saw the mourn- Transient darkness ful with tearful eyes . arose in ...
... moved around her stately steps . Heroes loved -but shrunk away in their fears . Yet , midst the pride of all her charms , her heart was soft and her soul was kind . She saw the mourn- Transient darkness ful with tearful eyes . arose in ...
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James Macpherson. sounding woods to Gormal's head of snow . Nor moved the maid alone , & c . The same versified . Where fair - hair'd Harold , o'er Scandinia reign'd , And held with justice what his valour gain'd , Sevo , in snow , his ...
James Macpherson. sounding woods to Gormal's head of snow . Nor moved the maid alone , & c . The same versified . Where fair - hair'd Harold , o'er Scandinia reign'd , And held with justice what his valour gain'd , Sevo , in snow , his ...
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... moved the maid alone , & c . One of the chief improvements , in this edi- tion , is the care taken in arranging the Poems , in the order of time ; so as to form a kind of regular history of the age to which they relate . The writer has ...
... moved the maid alone , & c . One of the chief improvements , in this edi- tion , is the care taken in arranging the Poems , in the order of time ; so as to form a kind of regular history of the age to which they relate . The writer has ...
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... moved first towards the plains of Lena ; and we followed like a ridge of fire . Spread the sail , said the king of Morven , and catch the winds that pour from Lena . We rose on the waves with songs ; and rushed with joy through the foam ...
... moved first towards the plains of Lena ; and we followed like a ridge of fire . Spread the sail , said the king of Morven , and catch the winds that pour from Lena . We rose on the waves with songs ; and rushed with joy through the foam ...
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... moved behind a storm . The green hills lift their dewy heads . The blue streams rejoice in the vale . The aged hero comes forth on his staff ; and his grey hair glit . ters in the beam . ' Never was there a finer group of objects . It ...
... moved behind a storm . The green hills lift their dewy heads . The blue streams rejoice in the vale . The aged hero comes forth on his staff ; and his grey hair glit . ters in the beam . ' Never was there a finer group of objects . It ...
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