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THE GUERILLA HEAD-QUARTERS. "I made a mountain brook my guide, Through a wild Spanish glen, And wandered, on its grassy side, Far from the homes of men. It lured me with a singing tone,…
A REPRISAL. "Proud of the favours mighty Jove has shown, On certain dangers we too rashly run; If 'tis His will our haughty foes to tame, Oh, may this instant end the Grecian name! Here fa…
DON BALTASAR DE SALDOS. "We must not fail, we must not fail, However fraud or force assail; By honour, pride, or policy, By Heaven itself! we must be free. We spurned the thought, our prison bu…
DONNA ISIDORA. "She sung of love—while o'er her lyre The rosy rays of evening fell, As if to feed with their soft fire The soul within that trembling shell. The same rich light hun…
THE JOURNEY. "Meanwhile the gathering clouds obscure the skies, From pole to pole the forky lightning flies, The rattling thunders roll, and Juno pours A wintry deluge down and sounding showers…
A SURPRISE. "Preciosa. Is this a dream? O, if it be a dream, Let me sleep on, and do not wake me yet! Repeat thy story! say I'm not deceived! Say that I do not dream! I am awake; This is t…
THE VILLA DE MACIERA. "Innocence makes him careless now. * * * * Youth hath its whimsies, nor are we To examine all their paths too strictly: We went awry ourselves when we were young." …
OUR LADY DEL PILAR. "The foe retires—she heads the sallying host, Who can appease like her a lover's ghost? Who can so well appease a lover's fall? What maid retrieve when man's …
