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'In tourney light, the Moor his jerrid

flings,

And on the land as evening seem'd to set,
The
-'s chaunt was heard from

mosque or minaret.”

"Prouder scene never hallow'd war's pomp to the mind,

Than when Christendom's pennons woo'd
social the wind,

And the flower of her brave for the
combat combined,

Their watchword, humanity's vow."

6. "As on some black and troublous night The star of --, whose proud light Never hath beam'd on those who rest In the white island of the west."

I.

15.

"He was not all unhappy. His resolve Upbore him, and firm faith, and evermore Prayer from a living source within the will."

Of

"Not that fair field

,

when Proserpine gathering

flowers,

Herself a fairer flower, by gloomy Dis
Was gather'd."

2. "Wide through the landscape of his dreams,

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Beneath the palm trees on the plain
Once more a king he strode."

"Ever witness for him

Those twins of learning, that he rais'd in

you

Ipswich, and

with him."

one of which fell

4.

"Who knows not

The daughter of the sun."

5. "I once beheld at the approach of day, The orient sky all stained with roseate

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"One who, no more than mortal brave,
Fought for the land his soul adored."

I. "She's pu'd an apple red and white,
To wyle the bonny boy in."

2. "Upon the murderous spot she seem'd to

3.

grow,

Like to a native lily of the dell.”

"Cease then, my friend! a moment cease, And leave these classic tomes in peace; These ancients; as might say,

'Were pretty fellows in their day.'"

4. "How sour sweet music is

5.

When time is broke and no proportion kept."

"Of noble race I came;

One of the wealthy of the earth, my sire."

17.

A Distinguished General.

I. "He whose delightful seat

Was fair Damascus, on the fertile border
Of Abbana and Pharphar-lucid streams."

2. "Crossed by her friends, by her not disapproved,

3.

Nor yet preferred, nor like

So stood the affair."

"all fountains of the deep

loved,

shall heave the ocean to usurp

Beyond all bounds.”

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