The Indian: a Poem: In Six CantosLackington, Allen and Company, 1806 - 91 pages |
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In Six Cantos William Crow. THE ARGUMENT . Edward , the hero of the Poem , lands upon the Ame rican Continent , where he falls in with a party of Indians in pursuit of the Elk : a beautiful young Squa calls upon him to join the chase ...
In Six Cantos William Crow. THE ARGUMENT . Edward , the hero of the Poem , lands upon the Ame rican Continent , where he falls in with a party of Indians in pursuit of the Elk : a beautiful young Squa calls upon him to join the chase ...
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... Edward lays , Till rous'd and startled at the sudden blaze : The swarthy circle meets his op'ning eye , While from ... young , the pride of all the chase , That instant enter'd with superior grace.- 100 Her long black hair with ...
... Edward lays , Till rous'd and startled at the sudden blaze : The swarthy circle meets his op'ning eye , While from ... young , the pride of all the chase , That instant enter'd with superior grace.- 100 Her long black hair with ...
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... young Edward's mind ; 210 For mem'ry's pow'r some heav'nly goddess breaks , And from past cares a new - born man awakes . But lo ! some foot the peaceful bank disturbs , And kind Susannah spoke the well - tim'd words : 215 " If Edward's ...
... young Edward's mind ; 210 For mem'ry's pow'r some heav'nly goddess breaks , And from past cares a new - born man awakes . But lo ! some foot the peaceful bank disturbs , And kind Susannah spoke the well - tim'd words : 215 " If Edward's ...
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... young Edward sits with care , In simple converse with the royal pair : 30 35 Thus in a trice each ship's equipp'd for sea ; With sails all bent , the squadron's under weigh ; Fresh from the land springs up the whistling breeze , And ...
... young Edward sits with care , In simple converse with the royal pair : 30 35 Thus in a trice each ship's equipp'd for sea ; With sails all bent , the squadron's under weigh ; Fresh from the land springs up the whistling breeze , And ...
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In Six Cantos William Crow. But Edward's skill no Indian hug could boast , And by its art the first hard round he lost : Again he clos ... Edward ! bawl'd the aged King ; 60 While Susan young , with heart devoid of guile , 38 THE INDIAN .
In Six Cantos William Crow. But Edward's skill no Indian hug could boast , And by its art the first hard round he lost : Again he clos ... Edward ! bawl'd the aged King ; 60 While Susan young , with heart devoid of guile , 38 THE INDIAN .
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