Overland Monthly and Out West MagazineBret Harte A. Roman 1868-1875, 1909 |
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Page 5
... voice . Then , I knew why the country had never produced a poet to sing in clanging measures the song of war , for when the last battle was fought the last poet died , and since that time poetry has lived in the air , in the flowers ...
... voice . Then , I knew why the country had never produced a poet to sing in clanging measures the song of war , for when the last battle was fought the last poet died , and since that time poetry has lived in the air , in the flowers ...
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... voice so unpleas- ant and hideous that other maidens , jeal- ous of her unsurpassed natural beauty , made fun of her . Luahinepepii had a lover who lived at the beach near Pankukalo . Other maidens looked upon him as a possible suitor ...
... voice so unpleas- ant and hideous that other maidens , jeal- ous of her unsurpassed natural beauty , made fun of her . Luahinepepii had a lover who lived at the beach near Pankukalo . Other maidens looked upon him as a possible suitor ...
Page 84
... voice like wind in the trees , And she wandered on through the night A wailing presence of light , Over the ships to the seas . But one of the host awoke , His thin voice trembled and broke-- He said : " Tis to burn and destroy , He ...
... voice like wind in the trees , And she wandered on through the night A wailing presence of light , Over the ships to the seas . But one of the host awoke , His thin voice trembled and broke-- He said : " Tis to burn and destroy , He ...
Page 137
... voices of warrior ances- tors , of forest dwellers and huntsmen , came echoing out of the past ? Their spirit was aroused and the festival would last until the passion was quenched and their veins were cooled . The next dance was ...
... voices of warrior ances- tors , of forest dwellers and huntsmen , came echoing out of the past ? Their spirit was aroused and the festival would last until the passion was quenched and their veins were cooled . The next dance was ...
Page 138
... voices of the women rose in a piercing fal- setto , broken by a rapid utterance of the single syllable " la la , " repeated an in- credible length of time . The effect was singularly savage and strange , emphasiz- ing the barbarous joy ...
... voices of the women rose in a piercing fal- setto , broken by a rapid utterance of the single syllable " la la , " repeated an in- credible length of time . The effect was singularly savage and strange , emphasiz- ing the barbarous joy ...
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