Opis: The Last of the Peshwas - Macmillan Michael

Excerpt from The Last of the Peshwas: A Tale of the Third Maratha War<br><br>The Exile's Dream<br><br>Our ship, as swift as the lightning flash,<br>Clove with her prow the waves that dash<br>Tumultuously with thunderous roar<br>At midnight on an Indian shore,<br>And those whereunder buried lie<br>Busiris' Memphian chivalry.<br>Then o'er the midland wavelets blue<br>To Calpe's cannoned steep we flew,<br>And in a moment southward far<br>St. Vincent left and Trafalgar.<br>Ah! joy to feel the northern blast<br>That on our brows the snowflake cast,<br>Till loomed a land of hodden gray<br>Half-hidden by the Atlantic spray,<br>Behind whose misty canopy<br>Was heard the peewit's eerie cry.<br>What magic ship thus bore my soul<br>Like flash of lightning to her goal<br>Across the seas that lay between<br>A dream of days that once had been.<br>And what that land of hodden gray<br>The bonnie hills of Galloway,<br>On which my steps no more may stray,<br>For ever and aye.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Szczegóły: The Last of the Peshwas - Macmillan Michael

Tytuł: The Last of the Peshwas
Podtytuł: A Tale of the Third Maratha War (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Macmillan Michael
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
ISBN: 9781330642252
Języki: angielski
Rok wydania: 2015
Ilość stron: 274
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

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