The Crescent and the Cross: Or, Romance and Realities of Eastern Travel, Volume 1H. Colburn, 1848 |
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Page 236 - Not all the water in the rough rude sea Can wash the balm from an anointed king ; The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord.
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Page 33 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
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