Taken at the flood, by the author of 'Lady Audley's secret'., Volume 1 |
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Page 167 - The heath this night must be my bed, The bracken curtain for my head, My lullaby the warder's tread, Far, far, from love and thee, Mary; To-morrow eve, more stilly laid, My couch may be my bloody plaid, My vesper song thy wail, sweet maid! It will not waken me, Mary!
Page 5 - She follows no common type of loveliness ; her placid beauty recalls the form and colouring of an old Venetian picture. The features are classic in their delicate regularity. The nose, straight and finely chiselled, the upper lip short, the mouth a cupid's bow...