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" From his home, in the dark rolling clouds of the north ? Lo ! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction abroad; But down let him stoop from his havoc on high ! Ah ! home let him speed, for the spoiler is nigh. Why... "
Gertrude of Wyoming, and other poems - Page 81
by Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 160 pages
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The Poets of the Nineteenth Century

Robert Aris Willmott, Evert Augustus Duyckinck - American poetry - 1858 - 644 pages
...From his home, in the dark-rolling clouds of the North '? Lo ! the death-shot of foemen outspecding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction abroad : But down let him stoop from his havoc on high ! All ! home let him speed — for the spoiler is nigh. Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the...
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Waverley Novels, Volume 12

Walter Scott - 1858 - 390 pages
...this warld , whilk it is muckle to be doubted that he never will do." CHAPTER XXVI. Why flames yon far summit — why shoot to the blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast? — 'Tls the are-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From thine eyry, that beacons the darkness of...
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The Fourth Reader; Or, Exercises in Reading and Speaking

Salem Town - 1858 - 418 pages
...exultingly forth, From his home in the dark rolling clouds of the north ? Lo ! the death-shot of foeman outspeeding, he rode Companionless, bearing destruction abroad : But down let him stoop from his havec on high ! Ah ! home let him speed, for the spoiler is nigh. Why flames the far summit? Why shoot...
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The Standard First[-fifth] Reader ...

Epes Sargent - Readers - 1859 - 450 pages
...rushed the bold eagle exultingly forth, From his home m the dark-rolling clouds of the North ? Ix> ! the death-shot of foemen out-speeding, he rode Companionless,...blast Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? T is the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven Fr:m his eyry, that beacons the darkness of Heaven....
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Select English Poems: With Gaelic Translations, [arranged on Opposite Pages ...

English poetry - 1859 - 374 pages
...exultingly forth, From his home in the dark rolling clouds of the north ? Lo ! the death shot of foeman outspeeding he rode Companionless, bearing destruction...embers like stars from the firmament cast ? 'Tis the fire shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyry, that beacons the darkness of heaven. Oh,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: With a Memoir of His Life ...

Thomas Campbell - 1859 - 424 pages
...torn ! Say, rush'd the bold eagle exultingly forth, From his home, in the dark rolling clouds of the north \ Lo ! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding,...let him stoop from his havoc on high ! * Ah ! home lot him speed, — for the spoiler is nigh. Why flames the far summit? Why shoot to the blast Those...
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An Essay on Elocution: With Elucidatory Passages from Various Authors to ...

John Hanbury Dwyer - Elocution - 1860 - 372 pages
...torn! Say, rushed the bold eagle exultingly forth, From his home in the dark rolling clouds of the north! Lo! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding he...summit? Why shoot to the blast Those embers, like slars from the firmanent cast? 'Tis the fire-shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven • The Gaelic appellation...
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The practical elocutionist

Conrad Hume Pinches - 1860 - 480 pages
...appear, Draw, dotard, around thy old wavering sight, This mantle, to cover the phantoms of fright. But down let him stoop from his havoc on high! Ah ! home let him speed,—for the spoiler is nigh ! Why flames the far summit ? Why shoot to the blast Those emhers,...
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A First Class Reader: Consisting of Extracts, in Prose and Verse, with ...

George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Secondary) - 1861 - 562 pages
...torn : Say, rushed the bold eagle exultingly forth From his home in the dark-rolling clouds of the north ? Lo, the death-shot of foemen outspeeding,...embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? 'Tis the fire shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven From his eyry that beacons the darkness of heaven. O. crested...
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The Jacobite Songs and Ballads of Scotland from 1688 to 1746: With an ...

Charles Mackay - Ballads, English - 1861 - 372 pages
...torn ! Say, rush'd the bold eagle exultingly forth, From his home, in the dark rolling clouds of the north! Lo ! the death-shot of foemen outspeeding,...blast, Those embers, like stars from the firmament cast ? "I is the fire shower of ruin, all dreadfully driven, From his eyrie, that beacons the darkness of...
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