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Page 49
... fled . Stoic Cato ' mid the ruins Of old Rome the Fate defied , And proudly on the coast of Afric With self - planted dagger died . Now the big round globe is CESAR'S ; What thing now shall CESAR do , Through those veins corrupt and ...
... fled . Stoic Cato ' mid the ruins Of old Rome the Fate defied , And proudly on the coast of Afric With self - planted dagger died . Now the big round globe is CESAR'S ; What thing now shall CESAR do , Through those veins corrupt and ...
Page 77
... a hot unpriestly fashion , At the battle of Culdreimhne , When from all the brave O'Neills Diarmid and the men of Connaught Fled with terror at their heels . Malise , priest of Innish Murry , On COLUMBA laid COLUMBA . 77.
... a hot unpriestly fashion , At the battle of Culdreimhne , When from all the brave O'Neills Diarmid and the men of Connaught Fled with terror at their heels . Malise , priest of Innish Murry , On COLUMBA laid COLUMBA . 77.
Page 94
... fled , but might not yield ; In a tangled maze of marshes , Westmost Somerset did shield England's saviour . Lurking lowly With the lowliest in the land , There , a cowherd with the cowherds , And a scanty faithful band , Feeding pigs ...
... fled , but might not yield ; In a tangled maze of marshes , Westmost Somerset did shield England's saviour . Lurking lowly With the lowliest in the land , There , a cowherd with the cowherds , And a scanty faithful band , Feeding pigs ...
Page 101
... Fled from Vectis . England now Breathed with full lungs free from fear ; Nor again in face of ALFRED Might the plundering Dane appear . Eastward where old Thames majestic Laves the fort of stout King Lud , Westward where the bluff ...
... Fled from Vectis . England now Breathed with full lungs free from fear ; Nor again in face of ALFRED Might the plundering Dane appear . Eastward where old Thames majestic Laves the fort of stout King Lud , Westward where the bluff ...
Page 123
... ; Which the fear - struck , far beholding , Fled like children from a ghost ; And their king , with floating bridle , Galloped from the dwindling host . Forth and Bannock drank the red blood Of ten times WALLACE AND BRUCE . 123.
... ; Which the fear - struck , far beholding , Fled like children from a ghost ; And their king , with floating bridle , Galloped from the dwindling host . Forth and Bannock drank the red blood Of ten times WALLACE AND BRUCE . 123.
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