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Strona vi
... king and nobles ; in the course of which , Ruric , the king's son , surprises and carries off , by force , Escalala , the daughter of a power- ful Indian chief , and the heroine of the poem . This produces a general and destructive war ...
... king and nobles ; in the course of which , Ruric , the king's son , surprises and carries off , by force , Escalala , the daughter of a power- ful Indian chief , and the heroine of the poem . This produces a general and destructive war ...
Strona 11
... king of Scania's powerful race , Summoned his nobles , near and far , To grace the pomp of sylvan war . Three days , his royal will decreed To urge the chase with hound and steed ; And on the fourth , the gathered spoil Of all their ...
... king of Scania's powerful race , Summoned his nobles , near and far , To grace the pomp of sylvan war . Three days , his royal will decreed To urge the chase with hound and steed ; And on the fourth , the gathered spoil Of all their ...
Strona 12
... king : While there - broad , deep , impetuous , strong- Old Mississippi swept along ; As though he scorned the needless tide Ohio's feebler founts supplied . The deep , embowering woods , around , With vines and mantling ivy crowned ...
... king : While there - broad , deep , impetuous , strong- Old Mississippi swept along ; As though he scorned the needless tide Ohio's feebler founts supplied . The deep , embowering woods , around , With vines and mantling ivy crowned ...
Strona 13
... through night's profound . And Gondibert's imperial sway Six hundred thousand souls obey All Scanians true ; the ninth was he Of Naddohr's royal pedigree , Who claimed as kings all claim — their line Should CANTO 1 . 13 ESCALALA .
... through night's profound . And Gondibert's imperial sway Six hundred thousand souls obey All Scanians true ; the ninth was he Of Naddohr's royal pedigree , Who claimed as kings all claim — their line Should CANTO 1 . 13 ESCALALA .
Strona 14
An American Tale Samuel Bellamy Beach. Who claimed as kings all claim — their line Should fill the throne , by right divine . ' Tis evening , and the Whippowill Trills merry ... king himself to - night , with those His 14 CANTO 1 . ESCALALA .
An American Tale Samuel Bellamy Beach. Who claimed as kings all claim — their line Should fill the throne , by right divine . ' Tis evening , and the Whippowill Trills merry ... king himself to - night , with those His 14 CANTO 1 . ESCALALA .
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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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