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Narrative poems on the Female Character

in the various relations of life. By Mary Russell Mitford ... Vol. I
Mitford, Mary Russell (1787-1855)
  
[dedication]

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BLANCH;
  
Introduction.
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CANTO I.
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XII.
  
Serenade continued.
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XLII. THE SENTENCE.
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CANTO II.
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CANTO III.
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CANTO IV.
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THE RIVAL SISTERS;
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
 III. 
CANTO III.

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II.

'Midst whispers of subdu'd applause,
The Queen, with blushing grace, withdraws.
Alfonzo, pausing, stoop'd to hear
Each low, half-murmur'd sound;
No praise escap'd his watchful ear,
And when he join'd his lady dear,
In beauty's self new charms he found.
'Twas for the fair Queen Isabel
The tourney and the feast were given,
In playful fight stout coursers driven,
And helm and targe and buckler riven,
Her peerless charms to tell:
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Whilst Spanish Knights proclaim their Queen
In grace, in goodness, and in mien,
All other dames excelling;
Her form is beauty's throne serene!
Her heart is virtue's dwelling!
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