This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ...From stranger lips thy praises to secure, --If every look and smile in memory hoarded Steal on my soul with all its former power, --If every tone within my heart recorded Become the music of its after hour, --If none on earth can set my spirit free, And this be nought, --I have forgotten thee! Forgotten thee!- ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ...From stranger lips thy praises to secure, --If every look and smile in memory hoarded Steal on my soul with all its former power, --If every tone within my heart recorded Become the music of its after hour, --If none on earth can set my spirit free, And this be nought, --I have forgotten thee! Forgotten thee!--methinks thou little knowest Of woman's love, --her faith, her constancy: Man! man! aside the priceless gem thou throwest, As 'twere the common freight of life's rough sea. Her heart's rich wealth in fear and trembling given, Once yielded up, can never be withdrawn: The rosy morn of love that lights her heaven, Once overshadowed, has no second dawn: Her life and love can never parted be, --Love is her life, --Have I forgotten thee? Miss Ross. THE SENTENCED. They say the blessed Spring is here, With all her buds and flowers, --With singing birds, and fountains clear, Soft winds, and sunny hours. They say the earth looks new and bright; That o'er the azure sky, The very clouds are fringed with light, And gaily floating by. They tell me nature's full of life, And man, of hope and joy; But, ah! not so my widowed wife, --My more than orphan boy! For smiling nature cannot give Such innocence as theirs To me; nor can she bid me live, In answer to their prayers. Beyond my dismal prison-bars The coy night-air steals by; And but a few pale, trembling stars Will greet my guilty eye. Ere thrice the rising morn shall spread Her mantle o'er the wave, I shall be numbered with the dead, And fill a felon's grave! To thee, alas! my noble son, I leave a withered name, --A life, for what thy sire hath done, Of bitter, blighting shame! And thou, to whom I gave a love More pure, and warm, and free, Than e'er I placed on aught above, What do I leave to thee? A bleeding...
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Very Good. 287pp. Red Leather, ornamental gold stamp on spine. Does not indicate any previous printings. Some moderate stains on cover. Edge wear. Original owner name on the free end paper with date 1852. Text is clean with minimal foxing at the front and back. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. BC.