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For never shall Albin a destiny meet | For never shall Albin a destiny meet | ||
So black with dishonor so foul with retreat | So black with dishonor so foul with retreat | ||
This my | This my perishing ranks should be strew'd in | ||
Like the oceanweeds heaped on the surf beaten where | Like the oceanweeds heaped on the surf beaten where | ||
Lo [1 illegible; same as title] untainted by flight or by chains | Lo [1 illegible; same as title] untainted by flight or by chains | ||
Revision as of 00:35, 10 July 2017
Where his heart shall be thrown eer [meaning e'er- ever] it ceases to beat with the smoke of its ashes to poison the gale [Title of the work written in left margin] Lo [1 illegible] Down [1 illegible: ***thly?] insulter I heed not thy tale For never shall Albin a destiny meet So black with dishonor so foul with retreat This my perishing ranks should be strew'd in Like the oceanweeds heaped on the surf beaten where Lo [1 illegible; same as title] untainted by flight or by chains While the kindling of life in his bosom remains Shall victor exult or in death be laid low With his back to the field + his feet to the foe And leaving in battle no blot on his name Look proudly to Heaven from the deathbed of Fame