An April Day: A NovelF. V. White, 1883 |
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... spoke , using the first words which came to his lips . " Were you the singer ? 99 There was a short pause , and then a voice , very soft and sweet , with a little tremble of suppressed laughter , an- swered , - 66 Yes . I - I - hope you ...
... spoke , using the first words which came to his lips . " Were you the singer ? 99 There was a short pause , and then a voice , very soft and sweet , with a little tremble of suppressed laughter , an- swered , - 66 Yes . I - I - hope you ...
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... spoke , her whole face lit up and sparkled like sunlight on water . " I am afraid I have disturbed you , " he said ; " won't you get on your scat again , it looks so awfully comfortable . " Yes , " said Miss Desmond , smiling ; " An ...
... spoke , her whole face lit up and sparkled like sunlight on water . " I am afraid I have disturbed you , " he said ; " won't you get on your scat again , it looks so awfully comfortable . " Yes , " said Miss Desmond , smiling ; " An ...
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... young man , retaining her hand in his as he spoke . " I can't tell you what a pleasure it would be to me to hear that song again . It has been haunt- ing me ever since . " " Certainly , " said Kathleen , " I shall 46 An April Day .
... young man , retaining her hand in his as he spoke . " I can't tell you what a pleasure it would be to me to hear that song again . It has been haunt- ing me ever since . " " Certainly , " said Kathleen , " I shall 46 An April Day .
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... spoke , signifi- cantly at Miss Wynne , " and Bertha is going to remain to dinner also . — No , Bertha , don't make any excuses , I won't let you go ; you said you were not in a hurry , and Denis will walk home with you afterwards , I ...
... spoke , signifi- cantly at Miss Wynne , " and Bertha is going to remain to dinner also . — No , Bertha , don't make any excuses , I won't let you go ; you said you were not in a hurry , and Denis will walk home with you afterwards , I ...
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... - teresting , for her eyes were sparkling like the sea on a sunny day , and the soft rich colour was coming and going in her cheeks as she spoke . " Mamma drove into Derrylinn this afternoon , " continued An April Day . 57.
... - teresting , for her eyes were sparkling like the sea on a sunny day , and the soft rich colour was coming and going in her cheeks as she spoke . " Mamma drove into Derrylinn this afternoon , " continued An April Day . 57.
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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.