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. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ...on the ground--'twas a skeleton's features, And Death was the Lord of the high-born Ladye! THE INDIAN BOAT. 'twas midnight dark, The seaman's bark, Swift o'er the waters bore him, When, through the night, He spied a light Shoot o'er the wave before him. " A sail I a sail! " he cries; " She comes from the ...
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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. 1853 edition. Excerpt: ...on the ground--'twas a skeleton's features, And Death was the Lord of the high-born Ladye! THE INDIAN BOAT. 'twas midnight dark, The seaman's bark, Swift o'er the waters bore him, When, through the night, He spied a light Shoot o'er the wave before him. " A sail I a sail! " he cries; " She comes from the Indian shore, " And to-night shall be our prize, " With her freight of golden ore: " Sail on! sail on I " When morning shone He saw the gold still clearer; But, though so fast The waves he pass'd, That boat seem'd never the nearer. Bright daylight came, And still the same Rich bark before him floated; While on the prize His wishful eyes Like any young lover's doated: " More sail! more sail I " he cries, While the waves o'ertop the mast; And his bounding galley flies, Like an arrow before the blast. Thus on, and on, Till day was gone, And the moon through heaven did hie her, He swept the main, But all in vain, That boat seem'd never the nigher And many a day To night gave way, And many a morn succeeded: While still his flight, Through day and night, That restless mariner speeded. Who knows--who knows what seas He is now careering o'er? Behind, the eternal breeze, And that mocking bark, before! For, oh, till sky And earth shall die, And their death leave none to rue it, That boat must flee O'er the boundless sea, And that ship in vain pursue it Nor ev'n in the grave is her sad heart reposing--Still hovers the spirit of grief round her tomb; For oft, when the shadows of midnight are closing, The same strain of music is heard through the gioom. A MELOLOGUE NATIONAL MUSIC. ADVERTISEMENT, These verses were written for a Benefit at the Dublin Theatre, and were spoken by Miss Smith, with a degree of svccess, which they owed solely to her admirable manner...
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