The Indian: a Poem: In Six CantosLackington, Allen and Company, 1806 - 91 pages |
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... bosom pain'd ; But sounds of mirth th ' echoing waste resound , And from the shades the branching elks rebound , 20 Pursued by dogs that love the bloody chase , And savage men that own the Indian race . Amidst the group a lovely Squa ...
... bosom pain'd ; But sounds of mirth th ' echoing waste resound , And from the shades the branching elks rebound , 20 Pursued by dogs that love the bloody chase , And savage men that own the Indian race . Amidst the group a lovely Squa ...
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... bosoms warm , And lighted pipes the Indian heroes charm ; Green boughs of spruce rough carpets soon supply , And sheets of bark the utmost storm defy ; * Indian tents covered with the bark of the birch - tree . 46 Untutor'd breasts the ...
... bosoms warm , And lighted pipes the Indian heroes charm ; Green boughs of spruce rough carpets soon supply , And sheets of bark the utmost storm defy ; * Indian tents covered with the bark of the birch - tree . 46 Untutor'd breasts the ...
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... bosoms rage . God made a mould , and first the white man threw , Till , by the clay , the mould soon darker grew ; Next sprung the Indian with his copper cast , 186 And from the dross the slavish black came last . " - Here ceas'd the ...
... bosoms rage . God made a mould , and first the white man threw , Till , by the clay , the mould soon darker grew ; Next sprung the Indian with his copper cast , 186 And from the dross the slavish black came last . " - Here ceas'd the ...
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... bosoms thrill , And flutes melodious drown the gurgling rill ; Now various reels and various tunes abound , 145 And horrid capers have their fearful round ; There thriving cares had somehow miss'd their birth , As ev'ry hour produc'd ...
... bosoms thrill , And flutes melodious drown the gurgling rill ; Now various reels and various tunes abound , 145 And horrid capers have their fearful round ; There thriving cares had somehow miss'd their birth , As ev'ry hour produc'd ...
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... lower world , 185 That's round the earth in awful grandeur hurl'd , Should Fate's decrees within thy bosom dwell , Will boist'rous waves my future ills foretell ? In you confide , I'll trust this mortal clay , THE INDIAN . 45.
... lower world , 185 That's round the earth in awful grandeur hurl'd , Should Fate's decrees within thy bosom dwell , Will boist'rous waves my future ills foretell ? In you confide , I'll trust this mortal clay , THE INDIAN . 45.
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