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... wild surge in thee ! Unsocial Stranger ! who is he ? Why comes he there to watch and weep ? No tongue can solve the mystery . But wild conjecture will not sleep ; And some surmise he crossed the sea Pursued by guilt - but what the crime ...
... wild surge in thee ! Unsocial Stranger ! who is he ? Why comes he there to watch and weep ? No tongue can solve the mystery . But wild conjecture will not sleep ; And some surmise he crossed the sea Pursued by guilt - but what the crime ...
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... Wild was his mien , and crazed his brain ; It seemed that o'er his brow the tide of care Had fretted long with cold and sullen wave , Leaving an epitaph , in furrows there , Of hopes and joys long mouldered in the grave . He was a moody ...
... Wild was his mien , and crazed his brain ; It seemed that o'er his brow the tide of care Had fretted long with cold and sullen wave , Leaving an epitaph , in furrows there , Of hopes and joys long mouldered in the grave . He was a moody ...
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... wild tale of blood is mine- In darkness done - in frenzy wrought- And mourned through half a life of thought . The Hermit falls into melancholy silence - then , with forced resolution , looks wildly around , and thus proceeds with his ...
... wild tale of blood is mine- In darkness done - in frenzy wrought- And mourned through half a life of thought . The Hermit falls into melancholy silence - then , with forced resolution , looks wildly around , and thus proceeds with his ...
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... wild Glencoe . Few scenes of earth might suit so well The deeds that wring my soul to tell . Nature in sackcloth sitteth there , Sad , solitary , bleak , and bare ; As if she mourned the havoc done By Man , her fairest , noblest son ! A ...
... wild Glencoe . Few scenes of earth might suit so well The deeds that wring my soul to tell . Nature in sackcloth sitteth there , Sad , solitary , bleak , and bare ; As if she mourned the havoc done By Man , her fairest , noblest son ! A ...
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... wild flame and fearful wail ; While frenzied forms , in weeds of white , Rushed through the wintry wastes of night , Like spirits winged by pain and fear From penal fires and dungeons drear , On every hearth a traitor stands , With ...
... wild flame and fearful wail ; While frenzied forms , in weeds of white , Rushed through the wintry wastes of night , Like spirits winged by pain and fear From penal fires and dungeons drear , On every hearth a traitor stands , With ...
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