RECORD ID

2550

FIGURE

Spirit

NARRATIVE

Descriptive Belief Records

PRINTED LABEL

spirit

PUBLICATION

Old Melbourne Memories; Rolf Boldrewood

AUTHOR

Not specified

ir lives are dearly sold. They are but three; a woman fair, A boy of fearless brow, He, whom she vowed to love is there-- God help her! then and now. With fiercer leaguer never did Those rugged stones resound, As the swarthy yelling masses swayed The time-worn keep around. Our death-doomed brothers fired fast, Our sister loaded well; With each rifle-crack a spirit passed; By scores the rebels fell. Though corses choke the narrow way, Still swarms the demon hive; Like a tolling bell each heart _will_ say "We ne'er go forth alive!" Undaunted still--the leaden rain Slacks not one moment's space-- With a crashing bullet through his.

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1. 01spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
2. 02spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
3. 03spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
4. 04spirit in A Descriptive Vocabulary of the Language in Common Use Amongst the Aborigines of Western Australia1842 · Internet Archive
5. 05spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive
6. 06spirit in How did the Natives of Australia become Acquainted with the Demigods and Daemonia, and with the Superstitions of the Ancient Races?1854 · Internet Archive