Fitz-Raymond; Or, The Rambler on the Rhine: A Metrico- Political Sketch of Past and Present Times |
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Ay ! spite the pelting showers , and biting air , Which make our June a winter , -- and the dreams , Long wove , of all that's beautiful and fair , On thy loud - lauded banks -- thou Prince of Streams , Half realized : -- Ay ! spite the ...
Ay ! spite the pelting showers , and biting air , Which make our June a winter , -- and the dreams , Long wove , of all that's beautiful and fair , On thy loud - lauded banks -- thou Prince of Streams , Half realized : -- Ay ! spite the ...
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Then , too , it was that Hanseatic League , First sought by thee and Lubec , ( soon embrac'd By the fair kindred cities , spite th ' intrigue Of many a haughty lord , who so disgrac'd Their heraldry ) , - most manfully unlac'd Those ...
Then , too , it was that Hanseatic League , First sought by thee and Lubec , ( soon embrac'd By the fair kindred cities , spite th ' intrigue Of many a haughty lord , who so disgrac'd Their heraldry ) , - most manfully unlac'd Those ...
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Soon brave Hengist came , And Horsa too ; and their dread emigration ; Dauntless the Picts and Scots they first would tame ; Then , spite of Arthur ?, claim'd the diadem . Saxons . A. D. 78. Having by his courage and conduct overcome ...
Soon brave Hengist came , And Horsa too ; and their dread emigration ; Dauntless the Picts and Scots they first would tame ; Then , spite of Arthur ?, claim'd the diadem . Saxons . A. D. 78. Having by his courage and conduct overcome ...
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Divided empire led but to distrust ; So , spite the power of Hengist — nay , th ' address Of Cedric — there were frequent found , unjust , And bitter feud , and foray and excess ;Till , after years of wretchedness , ( The heptarchy ...
Divided empire led but to distrust ; So , spite the power of Hengist — nay , th ' address Of Cedric — there were frequent found , unjust , And bitter feud , and foray and excess ;Till , after years of wretchedness , ( The heptarchy ...
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Or , spite the harsh discordance roaring nigh , Can list with joy his country's harmony ? " Tis not with vanity - No ! ' tis with pride He calls that speck his home , —the melody Is Rule Britannia ! The flowing tide Of its rich music !
Or , spite the harsh discordance roaring nigh , Can list with joy his country's harmony ? " Tis not with vanity - No ! ' tis with pride He calls that speck his home , —the melody Is Rule Britannia ! The flowing tide Of its rich music !
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| Title | Fitz-Raymond; Or, The Rambler on the Rhine: A Metrico- Political Sketch of Past and Present Times |
| Author | Sir Whitelaw Ainslie |
| Publisher | A. Black, 1831 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2007 |
| Length | 200 pages |
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