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The children's book; a collection of the best and most famous stories and poems in the English language (1910)

Scudder, Horace Elisha, 1838-1902 · Boston, Houghton, Mifflin and company · leaf 468

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h his prey laden. THE BURIAL OF SIR JOHN MOORE. 423 So toward the open main,Beating to sea again,Through the wild hurricane,Bore I the maid- Three weeks wewestward bore, And wlien the stormwas oer. Cloudlike we sawthe shoreStretching to lee-ward ; There for my ladysbower Built I the loftytower.… … Neer shall the sunariseOn such another! Still grew my bosom then,Still as a stagnant fen!Hateful to me were men.The sun - light hateful!In the vast forest here,Clad in my warlike gear,Fell I upon my spear.Oh, death was grateful! Thus, seamed withmany scars, Bursting theseprison bars, Up to his…

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