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Meantime from Persia's hosts the deep'ning shout Answer'd their shout; no time for cold delay; But ship 'gainst ship its brazen beak impell'd. First to the charge a Grecian galley rush'd; Ill the Phoenician bore the rough attack Its sculptured prow all shatter'd. Each advanced, Daring an opposite.
The bwoat went down wi' all hands, but us flinged a bottle to Bucca for en to wash ashore wi' the news. But it never comed, for why? 'Cause that damnation devil bringed the bottle 'gainst granite rocks, an' the message was washed away for mermaids to read an' laugh at; an' the grass-green splinters o' glass as held the last cry o' drownin' men why, lil childern plays wi' 'em now 'pon the sand.
Ah me! not thou nor I can bear the change! How then, if so be transplanted to yon sky? Hear I the roaring streams from Pirohitee's peak of spears, when they leap down the crags and drown the villages? The blast! the blast! Up, spine, and meet it! PORTUGUESE SAILOR. How the sea rolls swashing 'gainst the side!
So will I make for thee a song of love, as thus: open thine ears and hearken: "So fair, so sweet, so pure is she I do thank God; Her love an armour is to me 'Gainst sorrow and adversity, So in my song right joyfully I do thank God for love. "Her love a cloak is, round me cast, I do thank God; To cherish me 'gainst fortunes blast.
Howbeit," he added dropping his voice "I have heard of some who lie hid in Sherwood Forest who could show them strange targets." The Queen smiled and dismissed him. "Come hither, my lord Bishop of Hereford," quoth she, "would'st thou advance a sum to support my wager 'gainst the King?" "Nay, Your Majesty," said the fat Bishop, "an you pardon me, I'd not lay down a penny on such a bet.
And the burden of his song ran thus: A frondeur wind Got up to-day, 'Gainst Mazarin It blows, they say. I listened in amazement to his raven's voice.
It is evident that General Swayne's good intentions are nugatory from the want of faith on the part of those to whom he intrusted his order. These men have been recipients of office for years. Old associations, customs and prejudices, the pressure of public opinion, and the undying hostility to federal innovation, all conspire gainst impartiality to color.
'Tis late, and cold stir up the fire, Sit close, and draw the table nigher; Be merry and drink wine that's old, A hearty medicine 'gainst a cold, Welcome welcome shall fly round! Beaumont and Fletcher: Song in the Lover's Progress. As when the Great Poet,
They seem, however, to have been all written by Heywood himself. They are in terms too plain and positive to allow any one to doubt for a moment of their having been composed ex post facto. Speaking of Richard I, he says : "The Lion's heart will 'gainst the Saracen rise, And purchase from him many a glorious prize; The rose and lily shall at first unite, But, parting of the prey prove opposite.
Cultured Baalite, loyal wife, Jezebel, Martyr in a noble strife, Jezebel; Protestant for light and sweetness 'gainst the narrow incompleteness Of Elijah and Elisha's view of life, Jezebel; Of Elijah and Elisha's view of life. Why do ghosts walk at Christmas? What seduction hath Yule Tide for these phantastic fellows, that it lures them from their warm fireplaces?
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