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Pagina 26 - When other lips, and other hearts, Their tales of love shall tell, In language whose excess imparts The power they feel so well : There may, perhaps, in such a scene, Some recollection be Of days that have as happy been, And you'll remember me.
Pagina 30 - When the fair land of Poland was ploughed by the hoof Of the ruthless invader, — when might, With steel to the bosom and flame to the roof, Completed her triumph o'er right: In that moment of danger, when freedom invoked All the fetterless sons of her pride, In «. phalanx as dauntless as freedom e'er...
Pagina 14 - I dreamt that I dwelt in marble halls With vassals and serfs at my side And of all who assembled within those walls That I was the hope and the pride. I had riches too great to count, could boast Of a high ancestral name, But I also dreamt, which pleased me most, That you loved me still the same.
Pagina 26 - When other lips and other hearts Their tales of love shall tell In language whose excess imparts The pow'r they feel so well; There may perhaps in such a scene Some recollection be Of days that have as happy been, And you'll remember me! When coldness, or deceit, shall slight The beauty now they prize, And deem it but a faded light Which beams within .your eyes; When hollow hearts shall wear a mask 'Twill break your own to see, In such a moment I but ask That you'll remember me.
Pagina 14 - And of all who assembled within those walls That I was the hope and pride. I had riches too great to count — could boast Of a high ancestral name And I also dream'd, which charm'd me most That you loved me still the same. I dream'd that suitors besought my hand, That Knights upon bended knee And with vows no maiden heart could withstand, That they pledged their faith to me. And I dream'd that one of this noble host...
Pagina 14 - That knights upon bended knee, And with vows no maiden heart could withstand, That they pledged their faith to me. And I dream'd that one of this noble host Came forth my hand to claim ; Yet I also dream'd, which charra'd me most, That you loved me still the same.
Pagina 5 - CHORUS. In the gipsy's life you may read The life that all would like to lead : Through the wide world to rove, Be it sunny, or drear, With but little to love, And still less to fear : Sometimes under roof, and sometimes thrown Where the wild wolf makes his lair, For he who's no home to call his own Will find a home somewhere.
Pagina 3 - AHNHEIM are discovered preparing for the Chase. CHORUS. Up with the banner, and down with the slave Who shall dare to dispute the right, Wherever its folds in their glory wave, Of the Austrian eagle's flight ; Its pinion flies As free in the skies, As that of the airy king, And thro' danger fleets, Like the heart that beats Beneath his plumed wing.

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