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" LOOKED upon his brow, — no sign Of guilt or fear was there ; He stood as proud by that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power ; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could dare The deadliest form that Death could take. And... "
Ida, Or, The Last Struggles of the Welsh for Independence - Page 340
by Alice Somerton - 1858 - 411 pages
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Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 16

1824 - 770 pages
...was there, He stood as proud by that death-shrine Aa even o'er Despair He had a power ; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that Death could take, And dare it for the daring's sake. He stood, the fetters on his hand, He raised them haughtily ; And had that grasp been...
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 13

1823 - 496 pages
...As even o'er despair He had a power ; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that conld dare The deadliest form that death could take, And dare it for the daring's sake. He stood, the fetters on his hand, — He raised them haughtily ; And had that grasp...
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The Improvisatrice: And Other Poems

Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1824 - 866 pages
...fear was there, He stood as proud by that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that Death could take, And dare it for the daring's sake. He stood, the fetters on his hand, — Jte raised them haughtily; And had that grasp...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 16

1824 - 822 pages
...was there, He stood as proud by that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power ; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that Death could take, And dare it for the daring's sake. He stood, the fetters on his hand, He raised them haughtily ; And had that grasp been...
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The Improvisatrice: And Other Poems

Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1825 - 298 pages
...was there ; He stood as proud by that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power ; in his eye There was a quenchless, energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that Death could take And dare it for the daring's sake. He stood,, the fetters on his hand,—- He raised them haughtily,; And had that grasp...
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The Improvisatrice; and Other Poems

Letitia Elizabeth Landon - 1824 - 354 pages
...was there ; He stood as proud by that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that Death could take, And dare it for the daring's sake. u2 He stood, the fetters on his hand, — He raised them haughtily; And had that grasp...
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The New-York Literary Gazette, and Phi Beta Kappa Repository, Volume 1

1826 - 450 pages
...was there, He stood aз proud hy that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power ; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that death could take?) And dare it for the daring's sake. He stond, the fetters on his hand, He raised them haughtily. And had that grasp heen...
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Specimens of the Lyrical, Descriptive, and Narrative Poets of Great Britain ...

John Johnstone (of Edinburgh.) - 1828 - 600 pages
...was there, He stood as proud by that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power ; in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that Death could take, And dare it for the daring's sake. He stood, the fetters on his hand, He raised them haughtily ; And had that grasp been...
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Stories of Waterloo and Other Tales: Second half

William Hamilton Maxwell - 1833 - 404 pages
...was there ; He stood as proud by that death shrine, As even o'er despair He hart a power : in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that death could take, And dare it for the daring's sake. L31,'L. MINE is an ancient name. My ancestors were possessed of immense estates, and...
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The Republic of Letters: A Selection, in Poetry and Prose, from ..., Volume 4

Alexander Whitelaw - 1835 - 476 pages
...was there, He stood as proud by that death-shrine As even o'er Despair He had a power j in his eye There was a quenchless energy, A spirit that could...deadliest form that Death could take. And dare it for the daring's sake. He stood, the fetters on his hand. He raised them haughtily ; And had that grasp been...
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