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Peruvian Tales: Cora, Tale VI

The troops of ALMAGRO and ALPHONSO meet on the plain of CUZCO --. MANCO -CAPAC attacks them by nights--His army is defeated, and he is forced to fly with its scattered remains--CORA goes in search of him-- Her infant in her arms--Overcome with fatigue, she rests at the foot of a mountain--An earthquake--A band of Indians fly to the mountain for shelter--CORA discovers her husband--Their interview--Her death --He escapes with his infant--ALMAGRO claims a share of the spoils of Cuzco--His contention with PIZARRO --The Spaniards destroy each other--ALMAGRO is taken prisoner, and put to death--His soldiers, in revenge, assassinate PIZARRO in his palace--LAS CASAS dies--The annual festival of the PERUVIANS --Their victories over the Spaniards in Chili--A wish for the restoration of their liberty--Conclusion.

At length ALMAGRO and ALPHONSO'S train,
Each peril past, unite on Cuzco's plain;
CAPAC resolves beneath the shroud of night
To pierce the hostile camp, and brave the fight;
Though weak the wrong'd PERUVIANS ' arrowy showers
To the dire weapons stern IBERIA pours,
Fierce was th' unequal contest, for the soul,
When rais'd by some high passion's strong controul,
New strings the nerves, and o'er the glowing frame
Breathes the warm spirit of heroic flame.
But from the scene where raging slaughter burns,
The timid muse with silent horror turns;
The blended sounds of grief she panting hears,
Where anguish dims a mother's eye with tears;
Or where the maid, who gave to love's soft power
Her faithful spirit, weeps the parting hour;
And O, till death shall ease the tender woe,

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Spanish Is The Loving Tongue

Broke my heart, lost my soul
Adios,mi cora sole
Spanish is the loving tongue
Soft as music, light as spring
It was a girl I learned it from
Living down sonora way
Well, I dont look much like a lover
Still I say her love words over
Mostly when Im all alone
Mi amor, mi cora sole.
Havent seen her since that night
I cant cross the line you know
They want me for a gamblin fight
Like as not its better so
Still I always kind of missed her
Since that last sad night I kissed her
Broke her heart, lost my own
Adios, mi cora sole
Broke her heart, lost my own
Adios, mi cora sole

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Peruvian Tales: Cora, Tale IV

ALMAGRO'S expedition to Chili--His troops suffer great hardships from cold, in crossing the Andes--They reach Chili--The Chilians make a brave resistance--The revolt of the Peruvians in Cuzco---They are led on by MANCO CAPAC , the successor of ATALIBA --Parting with CORA , his wife--The Peruvians regain half their city--ALMAGRO leaves Chili--To avoid the Andes, he crosses a vast desert--His troops can find no water--They divide into two bands--ALPHONSO leads the second band, which soon reaches a fertile valley--The Spaniards observe that the natives are employed in searching the streams for gold--They resolve to attack them.

Now the stern partner of PIZARRO'S toils,
ALMAGRO , lur'd by hope of golden spoils,
To distant Chili's ever-verdant meads,
Through paths untrod, a band of warriors leads;
O'er the high Andes' frozen steeps they go,
And wander 'mid eternal hills of snow:
In vain the vivifying orb of day
Darts on th' impervious ice his fervent ray;
Cold, keen as chains the oceans of the pole,
Numbs the shrunk frame, and chills the vig'rous soul;
At length they reach luxuriant Chili's plain,
Where ends the dreary bound of winter's reign.
When first the brave Chilese, with eager glance,
Beheld the hostile sons of Spain advance,
Their threat'ning sabres red with purple streams,
Their lances quiv'ring in the solar beams,
With pale surprise they saw th' impending storm,

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Conquest Of Paradise

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In noreni per ipe,
In noreni cora;
Tira mine per ito,
Ne domina.
In noreni per ipe,
In noreni cora;
Tira mine per ito,
Ne domina.
In noreni per ipe,
In noreni cora;
Tira mine per ito,
Ne domina.
In romine tirmeno,
Ne romine to fa,
Imaginas per meno per imentira
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Spirit Voices

We sailed up a river wide as a sea
And slept on the banks
On the leaves of a banyan tree
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
Some stories are magical, meant to be sung
Song from the mouth of the river
When the world was young
And all of these spirit voices rule the night
By moon
We walk
To the brujos door
Along a path of river stone
Women with their nursing children
Seated on the floor
We join the fevers
And the broken bones
The candlelight flickers
The falcon calls
A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin wall
And all of these spirit voices

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The Battle Of The Lake Regillus

A Lay Sung at the Feast of Castor and Pollux on the Ides of Quintilis in the year of the City CCCCLI.

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Ho, trumpets, sound a war-note!
Ho, lictors, clear the way!
The Knights will ride, in all their pride,
Along the streets to-day.
To-day the doors and windows
Are hung with garlands all,
From Castor in the Forum,
To Mars without the wall.
Each Knight is robed in purple,
With olive each is crowned;
A gallant war-horse under each
Paws haughtily the ground.
While flows the Yellow River,
While stands the Sacred Hill,
The proud Ides of Quintilis
Shall have such honor still.

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To Edward Noel Long, Esq.

'Nil ego contulerim jucundo sanus amico.'~Horace.

Dear Long, in this sequester'd scene,
While all around in slumber lie,
The joyous days, which ours have been
Come rolling fresh on Fancy's eye;
Thus, if, amidst the gathering storm,
While clouds the darken'd noon deform,
Yon heaven assumes a varied glow,
I hail the sky's celestial bow,
Which spreads the sign of future peace,
And bids the war of tempests cease.
Ah! though the present brings but pain,
I think those days may come again;
Or if, in melancholy mood,
Some lurking envious fear intrude,
To check my bosom's fondest thought,
And interrupt the golden dream
I crush the fiend with malice fraught,

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Brillantin Acute;Brutal Acute ;

We are talking bout inside outside
Zeichen der zeit verschont uns blo
Wo wir sind ist vorne, sind wir hinten,
Dann ist hinten vorne, schonungslos
Und was hier jeder wei, dazu ist es immer noch zu hei
No plastic money an der bar, was seh ich oh lala - wunderbar
Nehmen sie hoch das bein, treten sie ein
Unser tanz, er mu der nchste sein
Play again, sam, machs nochmal
Wir tanzen wieder brillantin brutal
Still talking bout software, hardware
Going nowhere hatten wir doch schon
Hei von pelz umkleidet, jeder herz erleidet schmerz
Ist das der liebe lohn
Und was hier jeder wei, lust und luxus nehmen ihren preis
Accept no credit cards an der bar, was seh ich oh lala - wunderbar
Nehmen sie hoch das bein, treten sie ein
Unser tanz, er mu der nchste sein
Play again, sam, machs nochmal
Willst du der schsse hall Im club fatal

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Brillantin´ Brutal´

We are talking bout inside outside
Zeichen der zeit verschont uns blo
Wo wir sind ist vorne, sind wir hinten,
Dann ist hinten vorne, schonungslos
Und was hier jeder wei, dazu ist es immer noch zu hei
No plastic money an der bar, was seh ich oh lala - wunderbar
Nehmen sie hoch das bein, treten sie ein
Unser tanz, er mu der nchste sein
Play again, sam, mach's nochmal
Wir tanzen wieder brillantin' brutal'
Still talking bout software, hardware
Going nowhere hatten wir doch schon
Hei von pelz umkleidet, jeder herz erleidet schmerz
Ist das der liebe lohn
Und was hier jeder wei, lust und luxus nehmen ihren preis
Accept no credit cards an der bar, was seh ich oh lala - wunderbar
Nehmen sie hoch das bein, treten sie ein
Unser tanz, er mu der nchste sein
Play again, sam, mach's nochmal
Willst du der schsse hall im club fatal

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He was also very clear that the decision to cast me as Cora was all Michael's.

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