The Royal Readers, Numéro 5Nelson, 1879 |
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... of the travellers advise ? Who opposed this ? Where did he lead the party ? What did he presently instruct them to do ? How did he at last save them from the fire ? • MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS.1 I LOOKED far back 32 THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE .
... of the travellers advise ? Who opposed this ? Where did he lead the party ? What did he presently instruct them to do ? How did he at last save them from the fire ? • MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS.1 I LOOKED far back 32 THE PRAIRIE ON FIRE .
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Thomas Nelson Publishers. • MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS.1 I LOOKED far back into other years , and lo ! in bright array · I saw , as in a dream , the forms of ages passed away . It was a stately convent2 with its old and ... QUEEN OF SCOTS . 33.
Thomas Nelson Publishers. • MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS.1 I LOOKED far back into other years , and lo ! in bright array · I saw , as in a dream , the forms of ages passed away . It was a stately convent2 with its old and ... QUEEN OF SCOTS . 33.
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... broils : - But hark ! the tramp of armèd men ! the Douglas'10 battle - cry ! They come ! -they come ! -and lo ! the scowl of Ruthven's 11 hollow eye ! Thin And swords are drawn , and daggers gleam , 34 MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS .
... broils : - But hark ! the tramp of armèd men ! the Douglas'10 battle - cry ! They come ! -they come ! -and lo ! the scowl of Ruthven's 11 hollow eye ! Thin And swords are drawn , and daggers gleam , 34 MARY , QUEEN OF SCOTS .
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... Queen o'er my remorseless foes ! " A red spot burned upon her cheek - streamed her rich tresses down , She wrote the words - she stood erect - a Queen without a crown ! The scene was changed . A royal host 15 a. HOLYROOD PALACE ...
... Queen o'er my remorseless foes ! " A red spot burned upon her cheek - streamed her rich tresses down , She wrote the words - she stood erect - a Queen without a crown ! The scene was changed . A royal host 15 a. HOLYROOD PALACE ...
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... Queen once more . She stayed her steed upon a hill — she saw them marching by— She heard their shouts she read success in every flashing eye . The tumult of the strife begins - it roars - it dies away ; And Mary's troops and banners now ...
... Queen once more . She stayed her steed upon a hill — she saw them marching by— She heard their shouts she read success in every flashing eye . The tumult of the strife begins - it roars - it dies away ; And Mary's troops and banners now ...
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Page 78 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 228 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street ; On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Page 229 - And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Page 198 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loitered o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endeared each scene...
Page 9 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 229 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Page 228 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 228 - But hark! - that heavy sound breaks in once more, As if the clouds its echo would repeat; And nearer, clearer, deadlier than before! Arm! Arm! it is - it is - the cannon's opening roar!
Page 12 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord!
Page 21 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret, By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever.