Pelayo: Or, The Cavern of Covadonga. A RomanceHarper & brothers, 1836 - 204 sider |
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Side 5
... seen anear— Then leave you victims of despair , To whom joys fleeting hour Like the stray sunbeam's glimpse hath been , Whose momentary ray is seen To light some ruin'd tower , Then fade in storm and rain , No more to shine again ...
... seen anear— Then leave you victims of despair , To whom joys fleeting hour Like the stray sunbeam's glimpse hath been , Whose momentary ray is seen To light some ruin'd tower , Then fade in storm and rain , No more to shine again ...
Side 15
... her flowing hair— Was costly gem or diamond's brightness seen ; And yet the grace , the majesty of her high air , That threw a hallow'd lustre o'er her mien , Far - far - outshone the light of gems , Canto I. ] THE CAVERN OF COVADONGA . 15.
... her flowing hair— Was costly gem or diamond's brightness seen ; And yet the grace , the majesty of her high air , That threw a hallow'd lustre o'er her mien , Far - far - outshone the light of gems , Canto I. ] THE CAVERN OF COVADONGA . 15.
Side 48
... with rain - drops weeping ! How often have I watch'd the rising sun's first golden beam , Sparkling like thousand diamonds o'er Deva's branch- ing stream ; And seen the mist , with graceful sweep , Roll 48 [ Canto II . PELAYO : OR ,
... with rain - drops weeping ! How often have I watch'd the rising sun's first golden beam , Sparkling like thousand diamonds o'er Deva's branch- ing stream ; And seen the mist , with graceful sweep , Roll 48 [ Canto II . PELAYO : OR ,
Side 49
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie. And seen the mist , with graceful sweep , Roll gently up the mountain's steep , And hang in wreaths upon its frozen brow , Until the sunbeam's light had made it glow , As ... seen the mist, with graceful sweep, ...
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie. And seen the mist , with graceful sweep , Roll gently up the mountain's steep , And hang in wreaths upon its frozen brow , Until the sunbeam's light had made it glow , As ... seen the mist, with graceful sweep, ...
Side 86
... seen -- it was a struggling of the great and weak , Within a mind , where both alike found dwelling seat : For in Alonzo she beheld , at once , her country's friend --- And the loved being , with whose life , her only joy must end ...
... seen -- it was a struggling of the great and weak , Within a mind , where both alike found dwelling seat : For in Alonzo she beheld , at once , her country's friend --- And the loved being , with whose life , her only joy must end ...
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Pelayo: Or, the Cavern of Covadonga. a Romance Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2023 |
Pelayo, Or the Cavern of Covadonga: A Romance (Classic Reprint) Anna Cora Ogden Mowatt Ritchie Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2017 |
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Alonzo Antonio art thou beam beauty's beneath blood bosom brave breast breath bright broke brow burst Cantabria CANTO CAVERN OF COVADONGA charms chase cheek chieftain clouds cold country's cried crimson dare dark death deep despair dread dream DUDLEY SELDEN e'en e'er earth ev'ry fade fair fair lady fancy fatal hour fear feel flash fled flow'rets fond gazed gentle glance glide gloom glow golden Goths grief hand hath heart heaven hope hour liberty light lips look lover lyre maid maiden Moor Moorish Munuza ne'er neath night noble o'er once Ormesinda Pelayo perchance Plutus pride princess proud radiant rocks round scarce scene seem'd shine smile soon soul Spain strain strife sweet sword talismanic band tears tell thee thine thou thought throne tone veil voice wake warrior waves ween wild wildly wilt wing wooing Ximena youth
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Side viii - False wizard, avaunt ! I have marshalled my clan : Their swords are a thousand, — their bosoms are one ! They are true to the last of their blood and their breath, And like reapers descend to the harvest of death.
Side vi - I lose my patience, and I own it too, When works are censur'd, not as bad but new ; While if our elders break all reason's laws, These fools demand not pardon, but applause.
Side viii - Alas ! — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships that have gone down at sea, When heaven was all tranquillity...
Side 160 - Hereditary bondsmen ! know ye not Who would be free themselves must strike the blow?
Side viii - A clergyman of special note For shunning those of his own coat ; Which made his brethren of the gown Take care betimes to run him down : No libertine, nor over nice, Addicted to no sort of vice, Went where he pleased, said what he thought ; Not rich, but owed no man a groat...
Side viii - Faith, sir, you know as much as I." "Ah, Doctor, how you love to jest! Tis now no secret" — I protest 'Tis one to me — "Then tell us, pray, When are the troops to have their pay?
Side iii - Romance' is founded strictly upon historical facts. The name of "T*J*yo>,''. te every Spanish ear, will long be a hallowed sound. Both Southey and Don Trueba (author of the Romance of Spain) have used their best endeavours to immortalize this renowned warrior. But as they very materially disa1* gree in some of the leading points, I have chosen for my tale the accounts which Don Trueba gives.
Side xvii - T was nature taught me first to rhyme, And my impatient, restless muse, To pen my thoughts scarce gives me time, And pruning wholly doth refuse, And when...
Side 13 - Scarce sixteen summers' bloom had shed O'er her young brow its rich'ning glory, And yet, her heart was fondly wed With one whose locks would soon...