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TOO LATE. "The storm of fight is hushed; the mingled roar Of charging squadrons swells the blast no more: Gone are the bands of France; the crested pride Of war, which lately clothed the mounta…
MADAME DE RIBEAUPIERRE. "Who should it be? Where shouldst thou look for kindness? When we are sick, where can we look for succour? When we are wretched, where can we complain? And when the worl…
THE "BIEN AIMÉ." "He had fought the red English, he said, In many a battle in Spain; He cursed the red English, and prayed To meet and fight them again!"—THACKERAY. Le Bien Aim…
MINDEN LODGE. "What thing is Love, which not can countervail Naught save itself? even such a thing is Love. And worldly wealth in worth as far doth fail, As lowest earth doth yield to h…
THE REVELATIONS OF A NIGHT. "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. Then be not coy, but use your…
