Roderick, the Last of the Goths, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... Lord . Then what a shout Rung through the valley ! From their clay - built nests , Beneath the overbrowing battlements , Now first disturbed , the affrighted martins flew , And uttering notes of terror short and shrill , Amid the yellow ...
... Lord . Then what a shout Rung through the valley ! From their clay - built nests , Beneath the overbrowing battlements , Now first disturbed , the affrighted martins flew , And uttering notes of terror short and shrill , Amid the yellow ...
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... . Oh that the Musselman were here , he cried , With all his myriads ! While thy day endures , Moor ! thou mayst lord it in the plains ; but here Hath Nature for the free and brave prepared A sanctuary 26 XVI . COVADONGA .
... . Oh that the Musselman were here , he cried , With all his myriads ! While thy day endures , Moor ! thou mayst lord it in the plains ; but here Hath Nature for the free and brave prepared A sanctuary 26 XVI . COVADONGA .
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... lord , Laid side by side , must Hermesind partake The everlasting marriage - bed , when he , Leaving a name perdurable on earth , Hath changed his earthly for a heavenly crown . Dear child , upon that fated spot she stood , In all the ...
... lord , Laid side by side , must Hermesind partake The everlasting marriage - bed , when he , Leaving a name perdurable on earth , Hath changed his earthly for a heavenly crown . Dear child , upon that fated spot she stood , In all the ...
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... Lord , Proud as I was to know that they were thine , Was it a sin if I almost believed , That Spain , her destiny being linked with theirs , Would save the precious charge ? So let us think , The chief replied , so 36 XVI . COVADONGA .
... Lord , Proud as I was to know that they were thine , Was it a sin if I almost believed , That Spain , her destiny being linked with theirs , Would save the precious charge ? So let us think , The chief replied , so 36 XVI . COVADONGA .
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... Lord that hour Let no misgiving thoughts intrude : she fixed Her hopes on him , and his were fixed on Heaven ; And hope in that courageous heart derived Such rooted strength and confidence assured In righteousness , that ' twas to him ...
... Lord that hour Let no misgiving thoughts intrude : she fixed Her hopes on him , and his were fixed on Heaven ; And hope in that courageous heart derived Such rooted strength and confidence assured In righteousness , that ' twas to him ...
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