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... Swells with hopeful overflow . I will sing the son of Terah , ABRAHAM in tented state , With his sheep and goats and asses , Bearing high behests from Fate ; Journeying from beyond Euphrates , Where cool Orfa's bubbling well Lured the ...
... Swells with hopeful overflow . I will sing the son of Terah , ABRAHAM in tented state , With his sheep and goats and asses , Bearing high behests from Fate ; Journeying from beyond Euphrates , Where cool Orfa's bubbling well Lured the ...
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... swelling pride , To the pleasant land of Shechem , To the flowered and fragrant ground " Twixt Mount Ebal and Gerizim , Where the bubbling wells abound ; To the stony slopes of Bethel , And to Hebron's greening glade , Where the grapes ...
... swelling pride , To the pleasant land of Shechem , To the flowered and fragrant ground " Twixt Mount Ebal and Gerizim , Where the bubbling wells abound ; To the stony slopes of Bethel , And to Hebron's greening glade , Where the grapes ...
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... swelling pasture , Grassy mead , and rocky scars ; From lone converse with the mild - faced Moon and silent - marching stars ; From the lion and the she - bear , When they leapt the wattled pen , To a fight with worse than lions , Tiger ...
... swelling pasture , Grassy mead , and rocky scars ; From lone converse with the mild - faced Moon and silent - marching stars ; From the lion and the she - bear , When they leapt the wattled pen , To a fight with worse than lions , Tiger ...
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... swell to leave free passage To the footsteps of the brave . Onward where high - ridged Amanus Towered o'er Issus ' widespread waters , Where Damascus ' leafy gardens Wove green bowers for Syria's daughters . Onward where the hold of ...
... swell to leave free passage To the footsteps of the brave . Onward where high - ridged Amanus Towered o'er Issus ' widespread waters , Where Damascus ' leafy gardens Wove green bowers for Syria's daughters . Onward where the hold of ...
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... Swelled a tide no bar could break . Like a mighty unmoored trireme Drifting helmless from the blast , Great Darius with his princes O'er the Zagrian mountains passed : There to seek ' mid traitor - Bactrians Refuge , which more wisely ...
... Swelled a tide no bar could break . Like a mighty unmoored trireme Drifting helmless from the blast , Great Darius with his princes O'er the Zagrian mountains passed : There to seek ' mid traitor - Bactrians Refuge , which more wisely ...
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