An April Day: A NovelF. V. White, 1883 |
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... Kathleen Mavourneen ' ; " and then dropping his voice , he turned to the young lady sitting next him , " when he heard we were under orders for Ireland , Norwich immedi- ately went to a music shop and bought ' Kathleen Mavourneen ' and ...
... Kathleen Mavourneen ' ; " and then dropping his voice , he turned to the young lady sitting next him , " when he heard we were under orders for Ireland , Norwich immedi- ately went to a music shop and bought ' Kathleen Mavourneen ' and ...
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A Novel Philippa Prittie Jephson. ' Kathleen Mavourneen ' and ' Nora Crena ' -he had a vague idea Irish girls were all Kathleens and Norahs . " " Oh , Lord Norwich , do sing ' Kathleen Mavourneen , ' " exclaimed several voices together ...
A Novel Philippa Prittie Jephson. ' Kathleen Mavourneen ' and ' Nora Crena ' -he had a vague idea Irish girls were all Kathleens and Norahs . " " Oh , Lord Norwich , do sing ' Kathleen Mavourneen , ' " exclaimed several voices together ...
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... Kathleen Ma- vourneen , from singing the song so often , and have created an imaginary being . " " Oh , stop your chaff ! " exclaimed his friend impatiently . " Come back this way , and perhaps we may come across her again . " Captain ...
... Kathleen Ma- vourneen , from singing the song so often , and have created an imaginary being . " " Oh , stop your chaff ! " exclaimed his friend impatiently . " Come back this way , and perhaps we may come across her again . " Captain ...
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... to you ? And what has become of the horse and car ? And oh , you are all covered with dust ! " And Miss Desmond stepped back and surveyed her father with an alarmed ex- pression on her CHAPTER III KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN,"
... to you ? And what has become of the horse and car ? And oh , you are all covered with dust ! " And Miss Desmond stepped back and surveyed her father with an alarmed ex- pression on her CHAPTER III KATHLEEN MAVOURNEEN,"
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... Kathleen were together , for she used to steal out to meet him when it got dark , the soldiers saw and seized him . Poor Kathleen clung to him , and entreated them to let him go , but he was torn away from her , and taken up to Dublin ...
... Kathleen were together , for she used to steal out to meet him when it got dark , the soldiers saw and seized him . Poor Kathleen clung to him , and entreated them to let him go , but he was torn away from her , and taken up to Dublin ...
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66 Kathleen afternoon answer arms asked Lord Norwich beauty began Bertha Wynne boreen bough branch bright Captain Ashurst caught chaff cheeks child cloud colour cricket cried Kathleen dark daugh dead silence Denis O'Brien Denis's Dermot Astore Derrylinn dogcart door faint father fear fell FLORENCE MARRYAT followed frightened gazing girl glance glen Glencullin House grass grew hand haunted house heard heart hedge hedgerows hope horse hurt hussars impa Kath Kathleen felt Kathleen's eyes lane laughed leen light lips listened Miss Bayley Miss Desmond Miss Wynne mond moon moonlight never night papa paused pleasant quickly reached returned Kathleen road round sang seated side silence sing Kathleen Mavourneen smile soft song sound spoke stood strange suddenly Sutton tell thought told tone took turned voice walk watching wich wish wood nymph words young
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Page 7 - Kathleen Mavourneen, awake from thy slumbers! The blue mountains glow in the sun's golden light; Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, To think that from Erin and thee I must part!
Page 178 - O'er all there hung a shadow and a fear; A sense of mystery the spirit daunted, 458 And said, as plain as whisper in the ear, The place is haunted.
Page 13 - Her vest of gold Broidered with flowers, and clasped from head to foot: An emerald stone in every golden clasp; And on her brow, fairer than alabaster, A coronet of pearls. But then her face, So lovely, yet so arch, so full of mirth, — The overflowings of an innocent heart, — It haunts me still, though many a year has fled, Like some wild melody.
Page 6 - Ah, where is the spell that once hung on my numbers? Arise in thy beauty, thou star of my night ! Mavourneen, Mavourneen, my sad tears are falling, To think that from Erin and thee I must part ! It may be for years, and it may be forever ! Then why art thou silent, thou voice of my heart?
Page 225 - I and my love wont to gae ! 1 leaned my back unto an aik ; I thought it was a trusty tree ; But first it bowed, and syne it brak...
Page 67 - Good-night, good-night ! parting is such sweet sorrow. That I shall say — good-night, till it be morrow.
Page 88 - A something, light as air — a look, A word unkind or wrongly taken — Oh! love, that tempests never shook, A breath, a touch like this hath shaken.