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...usual form of the ceremonies: One of them calls out and addresses the high priest thus: "To Mil Wah Kee, Adahm!" Then the high priest pours out the libation to Mil Wah Kee in high bowls, and the youths, taking each a bowl, hold it in one hand and blow across the top, and then swallow the liquid without taking breath. If they are highly devoted they make several libations. They must be very religious and conscientious in the performance of their rites, for when I tasted of their libation I found it exceeding bitter, and I marvelled much...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: INTERCEPTED LETTERS. | 6/18/1880 | See Source »

Tugging at its chain, if but the night breeze blow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ANCHORED. | 5/7/1880 | See Source »

...sunlit silence; white clouds blow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: SEPTEMBER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. | 5/7/1880 | See Source »

...laid my head upon the block. Not even then was I awed by the moment. I felt my pulse. It was beating regularly and firmly. With my hand I held up a lock of hair at the back of my neck, so that the blow might be a clean one; and then I waited...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ? | 4/23/1880 | See Source »

...feel love's warmth though winter breezes blow...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ON RECEIPT OF SOME AUTUMN LEAVES. | 3/19/1880 | See Source »

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