Gaston de Blondeville, or The court of Henry III ::

Gaston de Blondeville, or The court of Henry III

Keeping festival in Ardenne, a romance. St. Alban's Abbey, a metrical tale; With some poetical pieces. By Anne Radcliffe ... To which is prefixed: A memoir of the author, with extracts from her journals. In four volumes

Radcliffe, Ann Ward (1764-1823)

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CANTO II. THE NIGHT BEFORE THE FIRST BATTLE.

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CANTO III. THE DAY OF THE FIRST BATTLE.

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CANTO IV. THE HOUR AFTER THE BATTLE.

CANTO V. THE EVENING AFTER THE BATTLE.

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CANTO VI. THE EVENING AFTER THE BATTLE.

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CANTO VII. SCENE IN THE MONASTERY.

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CANTO VIII. SOLEMN WATCH WITHIN THE ABBEY.

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CANTO IX. AMONG THE DEAD.

CANTO X. AMONG THE DEAD.

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

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He had been in the front of war,
Nor ever feared the deadly scar;
Had seen his comrades fall beside,
And shrunk not from the battle's tide;
Intent alone the foe to stem,
He felt not for himself nor them;
But now, when zeal, nor passion, bore
Their wonted sway his thronged mind o'er;
When stilly he might see and know
Each written character of woe;
And view, perchance, some well-known face,
All changed and shrunk from living grace;
Unconquerable dread arose,
To meet what Death might thus disclose!
The animated look—the eye,
That had so oft, all smilingly,
Dwelt on his with a kindly joy,—
How might he view, now stern and dim,
Bend not one beam of soul on him;

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Nor turn, at sound of step, or voice,
So oft its signal, to rejoice?

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