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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: throat with one hand, and the weapon of death in the other See, standing around her a crowd of brutal savages, the sons of violence; foul tormentors. In vain do I attempt to paint the scene. Nor will I pretend to describe the feelings of a kind and tender mother, who, reposing in the arms of sleep, with her infant at her bosom, is roused from her slumbers by the approach of a tribe of savage Indians, at her bed-side. No dangers seen; no fear to raise a sigh; No dangers fear'd; and yet was ruin nigh. Dark was the night, and scarce a trembling breze Was heard to whisper thro' the neighboring trees. When to sleep's arms the household was withdrawn, To rest in safety till the morrow's dawn; The morrow dawns and blushes at the sight Of bloody scenes, that shun detecting light; Urg'd by a nameless thirst for human prey, A savage band approach'd where beauty lay; Where innocence, and youth, and age reclin'd In sleep, refreshing as the southern wind. The sire, though bending with a load of years, To save his daughter?every danger dares; By some rough hand this ancient hero dies The trembling mother for her husband sighs; chapter{{Section 4Sighs and entreats to spare her infant's life, Her sighs they hear, and spare him?with the knife. Pleas'd with the charm of beauty drench'd in tears, The savage tribe to gloomy desarts bears The weeping mother, void of all defence, Save what she hoped from Heav'n and innocence. To prevent an alarm from being sounded abroad, they commanded the prisoners to keep silence, on pain of death. While the afflicted inhabitants beheld their property wasted, and their lives exposed to the arrows of death, it caused their hearts to swell with grief. But they were debarred the privilege of making known their sufferings to their neares...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217088879 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217088872 |
| Weight | 0.27 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.18 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 74 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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