Contemplation: A Poem : with Tales, and Other Poetical Compositions

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Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - 217 من الصفحات

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الصفحة 73 - Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world; Or whether thou to our moist vows denied, Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus...
الصفحة 96 - Dozmare' Pool. But having in his lifetime, in order to enjoy the good things of this world, disposed of his soul and body to the devil, his infernal majesty takes great pleasure in tormenting him, by imposing on him difficult tasks ; such as spinning a rope of sand, dipping out the pool with a...
الصفحة 95 - It is about a mile in circumference, ''and the formation of such a body of water on high ground is considered singular and curious. There is a popular legend attached to this pool, which is this : — that a person named Tregeagle, rich and powerful, but very wicked, guilty of murder and other heinous crimes, lived near this place, and that after his death his spirit haunted the neighbourhood, but was at length exorcised and laid to rest in Dozmare...
الصفحة 97 - In Cornwaile's famed land, bye the poole on the moore, Tregeagle the wickede did dwelle ; He once was a Shepherde, contented and poore, But growing ambitious, and wishing for more, Sad fortune the shepherde befelle.— OLD COKNISH POEM.

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