Roderick, the Last of the Goths, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1818 |
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... Pelayo , Nature hath assigned Two sovereign remedies for human grief ; Religion , surest , firmest , first and best , Strength to the weak and to the wounded balm ; And strenuous action next . Think not I came With unprovided heart . My ...
... Pelayo , Nature hath assigned Two sovereign remedies for human grief ; Religion , surest , firmest , first and best , Strength to the weak and to the wounded balm ; And strenuous action next . Think not I came With unprovided heart . My ...
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... who led the company . Who then Had stood beside Pelayo , might have heard The beating of his heart . But vainly there Sought he with wistful eye the well - known forms Beloved ; and plainly might it now be seen That B 2 XIV . 3 THE RESCUE .
... who led the company . Who then Had stood beside Pelayo , might have heard The beating of his heart . But vainly there Sought he with wistful eye the well - known forms Beloved ; and plainly might it now be seen That B 2 XIV . 3 THE RESCUE .
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... Pelayo there he might behold The first - fruits of the harvest they should soon Reap in the field of war ! Benignantly , With voice and look and gesture , did the Prince To these warm greetings of tumultuous joy Respond ; and sure if at ...
... Pelayo there he might behold The first - fruits of the harvest they should soon Reap in the field of war ! Benignantly , With voice and look and gesture , did the Prince To these warm greetings of tumultuous joy Respond ; and sure if at ...
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... Pelayo's people , led them on In quick pursual , and victoriously Achieved the rescue , to her mind perverse Unwelcome as unlooked for . With dismay She recognized her brother , dreaded now More than he once was dear ; her countenance ...
... Pelayo's people , led them on In quick pursual , and victoriously Achieved the rescue , to her mind perverse Unwelcome as unlooked for . With dismay She recognized her brother , dreaded now More than he once was dear ; her countenance ...
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... Pelayo's heart almost Dispelled its boding . What he would have asked She knew , and bending from her palfrey down , Told him that they for whom he looked were safe , And that in secret he should hear the rest . XV . How calmly gliding ...
... Pelayo's heart almost Dispelled its boding . What he would have asked She knew , and bending from her palfrey down , Told him that they for whom he looked were safe , And that in secret he should hear the rest . XV . How calmly gliding ...
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