Entombed Alive and Other Songs, Ballads, Etc: From the ChineseW.H. Allen and Company, 1878 - 252 páginas |
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... strange ? A miraculous change Has come over these swells ; -can they be the same men Who would swagger and fuss , Look down so on us ? What a wonderful difference betwixt now and then ! Their pride's had a fall , And they look rather ...
... strange ? A miraculous change Has come over these swells ; -can they be the same men Who would swagger and fuss , Look down so on us ? What a wonderful difference betwixt now and then ! Their pride's had a fall , And they look rather ...
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... strange to relate , No mortal has ever those stone lions counted . Of the many who've tried , Some have sickened and died ; Some have gone raving mad in the frantic endeavour- Some count on day by day , " Till they grow old and grey ...
... strange to relate , No mortal has ever those stone lions counted . Of the many who've tried , Some have sickened and died ; Some have gone raving mad in the frantic endeavour- Some count on day by day , " Till they grow old and grey ...
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... strange sight meets his eye , On every old limb fairy forms he can see ; Could he only join them — there seems no one nigh— He will try , and climb up the skeleton tree . Nearer , still nearer - he's ripening fast- Now he THE SKELETON ...
... strange sight meets his eye , On every old limb fairy forms he can see ; Could he only join them — there seems no one nigh— He will try , and climb up the skeleton tree . Nearer , still nearer - he's ripening fast- Now he THE SKELETON ...
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... strange freaks of the sun Gilt - edging the shade My green leaves have made , As hither and thither they run . Just a cursory glance , Through my branches bestow ; How my leaves wave and dance , And sway to and fro They are clapping ...
... strange freaks of the sun Gilt - edging the shade My green leaves have made , As hither and thither they run . Just a cursory glance , Through my branches bestow ; How my leaves wave and dance , And sway to and fro They are clapping ...
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... strange tale is derided— That it swings o'er the depths of a cavernous well ; Trunk and roots by a thin crust of earth are divided ; That the tree is suspended ' twixt heaven and hell . That its roots , like its branches , are thrust ...
... strange tale is derided— That it swings o'er the depths of a cavernous well ; Trunk and roots by a thin crust of earth are divided ; That the tree is suspended ' twixt heaven and hell . That its roots , like its branches , are thrust ...
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Entombed Alive and Other Songs, Ballads, Etc: From the Chinese George Carter Stent Vista completa - 1878 |
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