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Description:This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 ...thy care, O shield her from the blast--her tender form Hath suffer'd much in misery's wasting storm; Pale want, or cruel insult long hath been, Our fireside guest, or partner on the green, And two days since we lost our little all, By legal plunderers driven from house and hall. Thus far I wander'd, here I hid my head--For without money who would give me bread? Nor yet could bread, nor friends, nor human art, E'er cure this broken, doubly broken heart." She added not, for on her faltering tongue, Half-form'd the words at once suspended hung; Her eyes on trembling Damon fearful roll, And in a groan escap'd her weary soul. Her babe soon follow'd--in one grave they lie; And Damon, though he lives, lives but to sigh. Even life he hates, society he shuns, But, where the brook beneath yon copse-wood runs, There you may see him sit a summer day, Lamenting her, untimely ta'en away; Or, in the shelter of yon echoing cave, What time the winds of winter rudely rave, Or by the margin of the yelling flood, With maniac step he roams in mournful And oft, by wild imagination led, Among the tombs he makes his clay cold bed, Where, wakeful, on the midnight wind he flings The saddest notes that sleep on Fancy's strings; And though no method guide his wandering song, Yet still it speaks of violence and wrong--Of tyranny triumphant--virtue laid To weep in secret, far from human aid; And often, anxious, puts the question--When Will God arise to judge his world-destroying men? JAMIE GRAY. Who, yonder, heaves the painful sigh Beneath the taper's waning glare, Whose faded cheek and haggard eye, Betray the workings of despair? Yet, still the baneful draught he quaffs, And labours for a jest--the while Around each base associate laughs, Derisive of his fruitless toil. 'Tis...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Poetical Works of John Struthers; With Autobiography .... To get started finding The Poetical Works of John Struthers; With Autobiography ..., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 ...thy care, O shield her from the blast--her tender form Hath suffer'd much in misery's wasting storm; Pale want, or cruel insult long hath been, Our fireside guest, or partner on the green, And two days since we lost our little all, By legal plunderers driven from house and hall. Thus far I wander'd, here I hid my head--For without money who would give me bread? Nor yet could bread, nor friends, nor human art, E'er cure this broken, doubly broken heart." She added not, for on her faltering tongue, Half-form'd the words at once suspended hung; Her eyes on trembling Damon fearful roll, And in a groan escap'd her weary soul. Her babe soon follow'd--in one grave they lie; And Damon, though he lives, lives but to sigh. Even life he hates, society he shuns, But, where the brook beneath yon copse-wood runs, There you may see him sit a summer day, Lamenting her, untimely ta'en away; Or, in the shelter of yon echoing cave, What time the winds of winter rudely rave, Or by the margin of the yelling flood, With maniac step he roams in mournful And oft, by wild imagination led, Among the tombs he makes his clay cold bed, Where, wakeful, on the midnight wind he flings The saddest notes that sleep on Fancy's strings; And though no method guide his wandering song, Yet still it speaks of violence and wrong--Of tyranny triumphant--virtue laid To weep in secret, far from human aid; And often, anxious, puts the question--When Will God arise to judge his world-destroying men? JAMIE GRAY. Who, yonder, heaves the painful sigh Beneath the taper's waning glare, Whose faded cheek and haggard eye, Betray the workings of despair? Yet, still the baneful draught he quaffs, And labours for a jest--the while Around each base associate laughs, Derisive of his fruitless toil. 'Tis...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Poetical Works of John Struthers; With Autobiography .... To get started finding The Poetical Works of John Struthers; With Autobiography ..., you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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