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" E'en now, how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they are not made for me— The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances from my love, And for soft breathing sighs the cannon's roar. "
Recollections of a Chaperon - Page 220
by Arabella Jane Sullivan - 1833
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A Series of Plays: In which it is Attempted to Delineate the Stronger ...

Joanna Baillie - 1798 - 434 pages
...youth, war has my mistress been> And. tho' a rugged one, I'll constant prove, And not forsake her now. There, may be joys Which to the strange o'erwhelming...how dearly do I feel there may ! But what; of them ? they are not made for mc-^ The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances from...
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A series of plays, in which it is attempted to delineate the ..., Volume 1

Joanna Baillie - 1800 - 430 pages
...youth, war has my mistress been, And tho' a rugged one, I'll constant prove, And not forsake her now. There may be joys Which, to the strange o'erwhelming...how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they arc not made for me— The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances from...
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A dictionary of quotations from the British poets, by the author of The ...

British poets - 1824 - 676 pages
...youth, war has my mistress been, And though a rugged one, I'll constant prove, And not forsake her now. There may be joys Which, to the strange o'erwhelming...how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they are not made for me — The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances...
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The busy-bodies, by the authors of 'The odd volume'.

M. Corbett - 1827 - 1116 pages
...They instantly obeyed the summons, and ra a few moments they were seated in the carriage. CHAPTER V. There may be joys Which, to the strange o'erwhelming...how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they are not made for me. JOANNA BAILLIL. " WHAT a charming day we have got for P !" said Sir Thomas,...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie

Joanna Baillie - 1832 - 584 pages
...youth, war has my mistress been, And though a rugged one, I'll constant prove, And not forsake her now. There may be joys Which, to the strange o'erwhelming...how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they are not made for me — The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances...
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Recollections of a Chaperon, Volumes 1-3

Arabella Jane Sullivan, Barbarina Brand (baroness Dacre) - 1833 - 1028 pages
...and for the ability with which he would counteract tlie designs of the conspirators. She would set him return, crowned with fresh laurels, more beloved,...how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they are not made for me, The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances of...
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Select Works of the British Poets: In a Chronological Series from Falconer ...

John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pages
...youth, war has my mistress been, And though a rugged one, I'll constant prove, And not forsake her now. There may be joys Which, to the strange o'erwhelming...how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they are not made for me— The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances from...
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Select Works of the British Poets, in a Chronological Series from Falconer ...

John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...forsake her now. There may be joys Which, to the strange o'crwhelming of the soul, Visit the luver's s and braes o' bonnie Doon, How ? they are not made for me — The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances...
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The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie ; Complete in One Volume

Joanna Baillie - 1851 - 884 pages
...youth, war has my mistress been, And tho' a rugged one, I'll constant prove. And not forsake her now. There may be joys Which, to the strange o'erwhelming...how dearly do I feel there may ! But what of them ? they are not made for me — The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances...
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The Works of the British Poets, Selected and Chronologically Arranged ...

John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...youth, war has my mistress been, And though a rugged one, I'll constant prove, And not forsake her now. There may be joys Which, to the strange o'erwhelming...how dearly do I feel there may ' But what of them ? they are not made for me — The hasty flashes of contending steel Must serve instead of glances...
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