The Indian: a Poem: In Six CantosLackington, Allen and Company, 1806 - 91 pages |
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... wat'ry plain . To eastward still she keeps her steady flight , When fawning breezes tell th ' approach of night . Rejoicing , Edward hails the ev'ning gale , The halliards pulls , and shows his swelling sail ! 130 With smiles of Fate ...
... wat'ry plain . To eastward still she keeps her steady flight , When fawning breezes tell th ' approach of night . Rejoicing , Edward hails the ev'ning gale , The halliards pulls , and shows his swelling sail ! 130 With smiles of Fate ...
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... wat'ry road , When true it is , tho ' strange it may appear , Not one alive escap'd her fatal spear : Five salmon too , that left the deeper tides , Expiring lie , and beat their golden sides . Now fish and fowl in such abundance lie ...
... wat'ry road , When true it is , tho ' strange it may appear , Not one alive escap'd her fatal spear : Five salmon too , that left the deeper tides , Expiring lie , and beat their golden sides . Now fish and fowl in such abundance lie ...
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