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... human tread Save his , unvexed ; till thither came Those Scanian chiefs , in quest of game . Blandly the blushing star of even Smiled , through the deep , blue vault of heaven ; And the last , lingering beams of day Scarce glimmered on ...
... human tread Save his , unvexed ; till thither came Those Scanian chiefs , in quest of game . Blandly the blushing star of even Smiled , through the deep , blue vault of heaven ; And the last , lingering beams of day Scarce glimmered on ...
Strona 46
... human wrong- On each presumptuous mortal's head , Who dared , thus boldly , to invade The freedom of an Indian maid . Little did Ruric ken or care If it were vengeance or despair Which flushed her cheek , and lent her eye That glance ...
... human wrong- On each presumptuous mortal's head , Who dared , thus boldly , to invade The freedom of an Indian maid . Little did Ruric ken or care If it were vengeance or despair Which flushed her cheek , and lent her eye That glance ...
Strona 69
... human gore . The runners , by their Chief's command , ( 7 ) The war - club , tinged with fearful red , Reared high in air , a signal dread , And waved it through the land . It glanced amid the pathless wood That shadowed Susquehannah's ...
... human gore . The runners , by their Chief's command , ( 7 ) The war - club , tinged with fearful red , Reared high in air , a signal dread , And waved it through the land . It glanced amid the pathless wood That shadowed Susquehannah's ...
Strona 78
... human guise Had veiled his godhead , left the skies And joined the Scanian host , to be Their harbinger of victory . The line is forming : broad and bright , Like meteors on the brow of night , As to the wind their light folds stream ...
... human guise Had veiled his godhead , left the skies And joined the Scanian host , to be Their harbinger of victory . The line is forming : broad and bright , Like meteors on the brow of night , As to the wind their light folds stream ...
Strona 82
... human footstep , and so full Of hateful things - so high and rife With peril to the climber's life , Its banks - ' twas deemed impassable ; And therefore , by the Scanian power Lies guardless , in this per❜lous hour . Like the tiger ...
... human footstep , and so full Of hateful things - so high and rife With peril to the climber's life , Its banks - ' twas deemed impassable ; And therefore , by the Scanian power Lies guardless , in this per❜lous hour . Like the tiger ...
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American archery Areskou arms array band blast bliss blush boast bosom brave breath bright brown heath burst chase chiefs coursers dark dark tide Dashed deem deep drear e'en earth END OF CANTO ESCALALA fable falchion fame fear feast fierce fight gallant galliot glance gleam glow Gondibert hand hath haunts heart heaven honor hope host hounds Indian inhumed joys king light Lord Harold lyre maid maize mammoth mingled mortal native night nobles Norway NOTE III NOTES TO CANTO numbers o'er Odin Odin's peace pipe of peace plain pride proud race rank red deer Reta revenge round roused rude Ruric rush savage scalds Scanian scorned seemed shade sharpened stone shout skies slumbering song soul spirit steed stern strife swell tale throng thunder tide toil trace tribes tumuli Twas vengeance war-club Warredondo warriors waves wild Witch of Hesleggen wood wound yell
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