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... NEVER SMILED AGAIN . - Mrs. Hemans . Henry I. king of England , who commenced his reign A. D. 1100 , had a son called William , a brave and noble minded youth , who had arrived at his eighteenth year . The king loved him most tenderly ...
... NEVER SMILED AGAIN . - Mrs. Hemans . Henry I. king of England , who commenced his reign A. D. 1100 , had a son called William , a brave and noble minded youth , who had arrived at his eighteenth year . The king loved him most tenderly ...
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... never smiled again ! 3. He sat where festal bowls ' went round ; He heard the minstrel ' sing ; He saw the tourney's ' victor crowned ' Amid the mighty ring ' ; - A murmur of the restless deep ' Mingled with every strain ' , A voice of ...
... never smiled again ! 3. He sat where festal bowls ' went round ; He heard the minstrel ' sing ; He saw the tourney's ' victor crowned ' Amid the mighty ring ' ; - A murmur of the restless deep ' Mingled with every strain ' , A voice of ...
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... never did , nor never shall , So much as frown on you ? Hub . I have sworn to do it ; And with hot irons must I burn them out . Arth . Ah , none but in this iron age would do it : The iron of itself , though heat red - hot , Approaching ...
... never did , nor never shall , So much as frown on you ? Hub . I have sworn to do it ; And with hot irons must I burn them out . Arth . Ah , none but in this iron age would do it : The iron of itself , though heat red - hot , Approaching ...
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DIRECTIONS FOR READING | 13 |
Falling Inflection | 20 |
The Town Pump | 23 |
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