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The bridal of Vaumond

A Metrical Romance
Sands, Robert Charles (1799-1832)

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THE BRIDAL OF VAUMOND;
  
PREFACE.
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PART FIRST.
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PART SECOND.
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PART THIRD.
  
INTRODUCTORY EPISTLE
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SCENE IX. ÆTNA.
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III.
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IV.
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V.
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VI.
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VII.
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VIII.
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IX.
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X.
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XI. Song of the Spirits in Aetna.
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XII. SONG CONTINUED.
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XIII. SONG CONTINUED.
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XIV. SONG CONTINUED.
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XV. SONG CONTINUED.
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XVI. SONG CONTINUED.
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XVII.
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XVIII.
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XIX.
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XX.
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XXI.
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XXII.
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XXIII.
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XXIV.
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XXVI.
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SCENE X. THE PEASANT
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SCENE XI. THE BRIDAL.
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SCENE XII. THE COMBAT.
  
CONCLUSION.

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XIII.

Mid uproar fierce and discord loud,
The rush and scattering of the crowd,
The clanging din of shivering steel,
And that dread trump's awaken'd peal,—
Around the throne to guard the king
Firm rooted form'd a brazen ring.
In legiance, more than armour mail'd.
By the fierce bandits round assail'd
They stood;—as vain the foemen pour'd
To break the ranks that girt their lord,
As if they strove, the sons of earth,
To tear spher'd Saturn from his girth.
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