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Young Arthur

Or, The Child of Mystery: A Metrical Romance, by C. Dibdin

Dibdin, Charles (1768-1833)

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THE YOUTH'S HISTORY.

THE RUIN AND THE IVY.

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THE STRANGER'S TALE.

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THE STRANGER'S TALE CONTINUED.

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THE TALE OF ALICE.

THE SAGE'S HISTORY.

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THE STRANGER'S TALE CONTINUED.

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ALLAN'S LAMENT.

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SIR ERNEST'S TALE—concluded.

HUBERT AND ELLEN.

ERNEST'S LAMENT IN PRISON.

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VARIATION VIII.

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SIR BRANDON'S HISTORY.

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THE MINSTREL'S WARNING.

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With innocence and peace the pair,
When truth's refinement join'd 'em there,
Delighted stray'd, nor ever knew
The blush of shame till taught by you;
The first adorning then was worn,
While the glad tempter laugh'd with scorn,
And mercy wept that ever shame was born.