Entombed Alive and Other Songs, Ballads &c. (from the Chinese)W.H. Allen, 1878 - 260 páginas |
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... dead , bloodless and dry— Like so many skeletons , bony and gaunt- With their long fleshless arms stretching up in the sky ? — ' Neath those skeleton trees is the " Suicides ' Haunt . " The wayfarer foredoomed to pass there at night ...
... dead , bloodless and dry— Like so many skeletons , bony and gaunt- With their long fleshless arms stretching up in the sky ? — ' Neath those skeleton trees is the " Suicides ' Haunt . " The wayfarer foredoomed to pass there at night ...
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... dead now this many a day The branches still bear their grim fruit as before . Some men like to walk ' neath those old trees and brood- They are easily known by the scowl on their face , For they all seem unhappy and fretful in mood ...
... dead now this many a day The branches still bear their grim fruit as before . Some men like to walk ' neath those old trees and brood- They are easily known by the scowl on their face , For they all seem unhappy and fretful in mood ...
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... morn near the spear In the stream's pebbly bed ; Like wild - fire the joyful news spread far and near That the pirate was dead . The square bar remains in the stream to this hour- 36 THE SQUARE IRON BAR OF LU - KOU .
... morn near the spear In the stream's pebbly bed ; Like wild - fire the joyful news spread far and near That the pirate was dead . The square bar remains in the stream to this hour- 36 THE SQUARE IRON BAR OF LU - KOU .
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... dead ; - When a new monarch rules , on the spot where it fell , Another green sapling springs up in its stead . Each Emperor carefully watches the growth Of the sapling which represents him , for he knows That what affects one must be ...
... dead ; - When a new monarch rules , on the spot where it fell , Another green sapling springs up in its stead . Each Emperor carefully watches the growth Of the sapling which represents him , for he knows That what affects one must be ...
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... dead were enclosed in the wall , No matter their rank , ' twas a vast tomb for all . One night , on retiring , the Emperor dreamt , In Soochow was a lad who from vice was exempt- Who , whatever he did , or wherever he went , Would a ...
... dead were enclosed in the wall , No matter their rank , ' twas a vast tomb for all . One night , on retiring , the Emperor dreamt , In Soochow was a lad who from vice was exempt- Who , whatever he did , or wherever he went , Would a ...
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