Wounded Beauty and Tender Vanishing in Poem
Fragmentary verse by Rimthrop Mackworth Praed praising beauty that outshines wealth and power. The speaker laments the beloved's charm as a light against earthly darkness, with monarchs and sages softened by her bold presence.
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Rimthrop Mackworth
What the Dog Brought to Shore
An elderly laird recalls a harsh Arctic loch winter and the 1850s Crimea war era. Duncan Cameron and his son Ian trek ice and shore seeking game while a fevered quest tests endurance and loyalty as the river and loch yield danger and a mysterious man on thinning ice.
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Acre
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Duncan
Dome
Ron
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Cameron
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Veorach
Daredevil Ice Rescue on Loch and Loyal Dog Feorach
A perilous ice break on a loch forces a tense rescue. Cameron and Duncan, aided by Feorach the dog, battle cracking ice to pull a drowned man and save the canine rider, while the tale shifts to reflections on American humor and a string of quip captions.
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