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EPILOGUE. INTRODUCTION. The admirers of “The Pilot,” one of the most magnificent of Cooper’s novels, have evinced a general feeling of regret, in which we ourselves have deeply participated, that th…
Hoarse o’er her side the rustling cable rings- The sails are furled—and anchoring, round she swings; And gathering loiterers on the land discern Her boat descending from the latticed stern.…
And oh! the little warlike world within! The well-reeved guns, the netted canopy; The hoarse command, the busy humming din- When, at a word, the tops are mann’d on high, Hark to …
The gallant vessels side by side did lie, Yard-arm and yard-arm, and the murd’rous guns Belch’d forth their flame and shot, ‘till the white decks Ran like a sea with blood. Uncertain s…
She was a woman Of virtue most austere; noble in birth, And of most royal presence—but sad thoughts Seemed to possess her wholly—her children, even, Seldom approached her, and when they did…
Woman’s love Once given, may break the heart that holds—but never Melts into air save with her latest sigh. Bulwer.—The Sea Captain, The name, as well as the appearance of the person thus…
Look kindly on them; I cannot bear Severity; My heart’s so tender, should you charge me rough, I should but weep and answer you with sobbing; But us…
O good old man; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world When service sweat for duty, not for need! Thou art not for the fashion of thes e times Where …
More than ten years have passed since I beheld him, The noble boy; now time annuls my oath And cancels all his wrongs. I took a solemn oath to veil the secret, Conceal thy rights, whi…
I shall a tale unfold Will harrow up thy soul; freeze thy young blood; Make thy two eyes like stars, start from their spheres; Thy knotted and combined locks to part. And each part…
