Cooper's Novels: Mercedes of CastileW. A. Townsend, 1861 |
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admiral adventurers answered appearance Aragon beauty blessed cacique caravel Castilian Cathay Christian Christoval Columbus dilla Don Christopher Don Fernando Don Luis Doña Beatriz Doña Isabella Doña Mercedes Dost thou doth doubt duty earth enterprise exclaimed eyes fancied favor feelings felucca Ferdinand Genoese girl Guacanagari hath heart heaven hero holy honor hope hour Isabella of Castile island Juan Perez king King of Aragon lady land leagues Llera look Luis de Bobadilla manner Marchioness mariners Martin Alonzo matter Mattinao MERCEDES OF CASTILE mind mistress Moguer naught navigator never night Niña noble ocean Ozema Palos passed Pedro Pepe Pinta Pinzon poop princess queen Queen of Castile returned royal sail Sancho Santa Maria seamen seemeth seen Señor Almirante Señor Colon Señor Don Almirante ship smiling sovereigns Spain thee thine thou art thou hast thou wilt thought tion truth vessels voyage wife wind young youth
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Page 368 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Page 225 - O'ER the glad waters of the dark blue sea, Our thoughts as boundless, and our souls as free, Far as the breeze can bear, the billows foam, Survey our empire, and behold our home!
Page 339 - We praise Thee, we bless Thee, we worship Thee, we glorify Thee, we give thanks to Thee for Thy great glory, O LORD GOD, heavenly KING, GOD the FATHER Almighty.
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Page 282 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 96 - Looke backe, who list, unto the former ages, And call to count what is of them become : Where be those learned wits and antique Sages, Which of all wisedome knew the perfect somme ? Where those great warriors, which did overcome The world with conquest of their might and maine, And made one meare of th...
Page 125 - Oh, ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower But 'twas the first to fade away ; I never nursed a dear gazelle, To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die.
Page 28 - Leave to the nightingale her shady wood ; A privacy of glorious light is thine; Whence thou dost pour upon the world a flood Of harmony, with instinct more divine; Type of the wise who soar, but never roam; True to the kindred points of Heaven and Home...
Page vii - Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers.
Page 517 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...