The Spirit of the Old DominionShepherd & Pollard, 1827 - 293 sider |
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Side 7
... wished - for spot , but his hopes were at once blasted , when instead of a comforta- ble cottage , with all its attendant provisions of kind- ness and hospitality , he beheld nought but pros- trate THE SOLDIER'S GRATITUDE. ...
... wished - for spot , but his hopes were at once blasted , when instead of a comforta- ble cottage , with all its attendant provisions of kind- ness and hospitality , he beheld nought but pros- trate THE SOLDIER'S GRATITUDE. ...
Side 10
... once a commissioned officer in the Virginia line , but now proceeding as a volunteer to join Lee's legion . " " And I , " said the stranger , grasping the officer by the hand , " am Tom Howard , vulgarly called fight- ing Tom , sergeant ...
... once a commissioned officer in the Virginia line , but now proceeding as a volunteer to join Lee's legion . " " And I , " said the stranger , grasping the officer by the hand , " am Tom Howard , vulgarly called fight- ing Tom , sergeant ...
Side 13
... once or twice he had accosted him , but with an em- phatic grasp of the arm he had discouraged conver- sation , and in a low whisper told him that he must act as if he was certain that every bush and tree upon the road - side , harbored ...
... once or twice he had accosted him , but with an em- phatic grasp of the arm he had discouraged conver- sation , and in a low whisper told him that he must act as if he was certain that every bush and tree upon the road - side , harbored ...
Side 22
... once sur- charged with a tide of grateful emotions . " Kind lady , " said he , " you have saved my life , and in doing so , have only protracted the hour of my fate . But , for the humanity which impelled you in this hour of trial , be ...
... once sur- charged with a tide of grateful emotions . " Kind lady , " said he , " you have saved my life , and in doing so , have only protracted the hour of my fate . But , for the humanity which impelled you in this hour of trial , be ...
Side 28
... sabres , with the firing of a volley of pistol - shots , for a few moments succeeded . " Down with the Tories , " roared out a voice , which Jarvis at once recognized as that of the sergeant . The 28 THE SOLDIER's gratitude .
... sabres , with the firing of a volley of pistol - shots , for a few moments succeeded . " Down with the Tories , " roared out a voice , which Jarvis at once recognized as that of the sergeant . The 28 THE SOLDIER's gratitude .
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appearance army Arnold awaiting Bacon battle of Trenton beloved beneath Benedict Arnold body bosom burst Carle Carmine cause Cavalier Champ Colonel Pyle commander commenced cottage countenance death deep desperate door Drumhead earth Edgar enemy enemy's escape excited exclaimed face faithful band fate father feelings fellow fire Flint Mills Flora Fosdyck gallant gave gazed glow Governor hand Haw river head heard heart honour horse horses hoofs hour Insurgent Chief Jamestown Jarvis Kanawha river lady Lee's legion legion length looked loud ment miserable morning Nathaniel Bacon neighbourhood never night officer once party Peaks of Otter prisoners rapidly rendered replied retired river scene seemed sergeant Sir William Berkeley slowly song soon sorrow spirit spot strange stranger sunk sword Tarleton Templeton Thornhill thought tink tion tone Tory traitor troops uncle Virginia voice whole wild young Mountaineer
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Side 249 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Side 293 - Oh for a tongue to curse the slave, Whose treason, like a deadly blight, Comes o'er the councils of the brave, And blasts them in their hour of might...
Side 293 - Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips ! His country's curse, his children's shame. Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame. May he, at last, with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die, — While lakes that shone in mockery nigh...
Side 293 - Be drugg'd with treacheries to the brim, — With hopes, that but allure to fly, With joys, that vanish while he sips, Like Dead- Sea fruits, that tempt the eye, But turn to ashes on the lips...
Side 64 - BALQUHITHER. LET us go, lassie, go, To the braes o' Balquhither, Where the blaeberries grow 'Mang the bonnie Highland heather ; Where the deer and the rae, Lightly bounding together, Sport the lang summer day On the braes o
Side 65 - I'll cover it o'er Wi' the flowers o' the mountain ; I will range through the wilds, And the deep glens sae dreary, And return wi" their spoils To the bower o' my dearie. When the rude wintry win...
Side 70 - But she'll plague you, and vex you, Distract and perplex you ; False-hearted and ranging, Unsettled and changing, What then do you think, she is like ? Like a sand ? like a rock ? Like a wheel ? like a clock ? Ay, a clock that is always at strike.
Side 92 - Which like a pestilence sweeps the lower sky, Dreaded by every orb and planet nigh. This hath my father heard. Oh ! Marcian, He is a worldly and a cruel man, And made me once a victim ; but again It shall not be. I have had too much of pain, Too much for such short hours as life affords, And I would fain from out the golden hoards Of joy, pluck Some fair ornament, at last, To gild my life with — but my life hath past.
Side 293 - ... Outcast of virtue, peace, and fame. May he, at last, with lips of flame On the parch'd desert thirsting die, — While lakes that shone in mockery nigh Are fading off...
Side 64 - twas wild and grand, The praise of hearts that scorn the world's control, Disdaining all but Love's delicious band, The chain of gold and flowers, the tie of soul.