The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 54
... spirit bloom , Shield thee from all the glooms that might appal . Seldom on thee thy country's accents fall : In youth and health thou seek'st a living tomb . The comforts of an affluent English home , The voices of affection , that ...
... spirit bloom , Shield thee from all the glooms that might appal . Seldom on thee thy country's accents fall : In youth and health thou seek'st a living tomb . The comforts of an affluent English home , The voices of affection , that ...
Page 59
... spirits school , To fawn and cringe to British rule , With freedom - birth - land - bought and sold , For the accurs'd Feringi's gold ? Shall the Feringi's gentler voice Ravish unscath'd our household joys ? The recreant daughters of ...
... spirits school , To fawn and cringe to British rule , With freedom - birth - land - bought and sold , For the accurs'd Feringi's gold ? Shall the Feringi's gentler voice Ravish unscath'd our household joys ? The recreant daughters of ...
Page 60
... Spirit away the tedious hours , Disporting mid the laughing bowers , O'er - clustered thick with autumn flow'rs . The merry song - note rings on high , Twin'd with the rheband's harmony , And the light echoes sweetly roam Along the ...
... Spirit away the tedious hours , Disporting mid the laughing bowers , O'er - clustered thick with autumn flow'rs . The merry song - note rings on high , Twin'd with the rheband's harmony , And the light echoes sweetly roam Along the ...
Page 64
... spirits passed ) Unshaken defiance , and proud to the last . We have then an animated stanza , devoted to a record of the murder of Burnes : - Vainly they fought , as vainly fell : - For hark , a wild discordant yell Of savage triumph ...
... spirits passed ) Unshaken defiance , and proud to the last . We have then an animated stanza , devoted to a record of the murder of Burnes : - Vainly they fought , as vainly fell : - For hark , a wild discordant yell Of savage triumph ...
Page 67
... spirits of after - days Shall proudly re - echo their kindred praise ; Shall the wondering ear of their offspring court , Mayhap with a faltering voice to teach , How dauntless Raban o'er - crowned the breach , In the storm of Sherif ...
... spirits of after - days Shall proudly re - echo their kindred praise ; Shall the wondering ear of their offspring court , Mayhap with a faltering voice to teach , How dauntless Raban o'er - crowned the breach , In the storm of Sherif ...
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