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Title: Tales of adventure and stories of travel of fifty years ago
Year: 1893 (1890s)
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Subjects: Voyages and travels Adventure and adventurers
Publisher: London : Sampson Low, Marston and Company, Limited
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University

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d when at last from thy sweet discourse springs The aerial music, like the dreams that veil Earths shadows with diviner thoughts and things, Oh, let the passion and the time prevail! Oh, bid thy spirit thro the mazes run ! For music is like love—and must be won! Oh, wake the rich chords with thy delicate fingers! Oh, loose the enchanted Music from mute sleep! Methinks the fine Phantasma near thee lingers, Yet will not come, unless tones strong and deep Compel him—Ah ! methinks (as love-avenger sRequite upon the heads of those who weep The sorrows which they gave) the sullen thin gDeserts thee, as thou leftst the vanquishd string. in No—no—it comes, sweeter than death or life, Sweeter than hope, or joy beneath the moon; Sweeter than all is that harmonious strife, From whose embrace is born a perfect tune, Where every varying note with thought is rife. Now—bid thy tender voice enchant us soon, With whatsoeer thou wilt—with love—with fears, The rage of passion, or the strength of tears.
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Woodbury-Gr THE LADY WALLSCOURT. By Sir Thomas Lawrence, P.R.A. 45 NOTES OF A SPANISH RAMBLE, IN THE SUMMER OF 1839 By Lord John Manners (Reprinted by permission of His Grace the Duke of Rutland, K.G.~\ It was now the end of July, and as our Rambles in Spain were soon to be concluded, we determined to leave our comfortable quarters at Oñati, but were not a little puzzled which way to bend our steps. Zaraetegui and Madrazo had advised us by all means to make an incursion into Navarre, and hinted at the probability of some real fighting taking place in that province in a few days. On the other hand, Don Sebastian and the Duke of Grenada had invited the whole court to a weeks festivities at Azpeitia; and Prince Carini and the young Frenchman pressed us to accompany them thither. After some hesitation, however, we decided in favour of Navarre; and accordingly, after dinner, on Monday, the 29th of July, mounted our mules and started, under a scorching sun, on our way to Estella, in which town Elio

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