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" The merchant-sails were sped ; Yet oft, before its midnight doom, They mark'd the high mast-head Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost ; While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter roar ; — At length they saw,... "
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The West Indies, and Other Poems

James Montgomery - English poetry - 1810 - 218 pages
...They mark'd the high mast head Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost ; While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...long to unbelieve, But never cease to ache ; Still doom'd, in sad suspense, to bear The Hope that keeps alive Despair. THE SEQUEL. HE sought his Sire...
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 6, Part 2

1810 - 590 pages
...mark'd the high mast head , Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost ; While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...and fear, and wish, and grieve, Believe, and long to unbclieve, But never cease to ache ; Still doom'tl, in sad suspense, to bear The Hope that.keeps alive...
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Poetical selections, consisting of the most approved pieces of our best ...

Poetical selections - 1811 - 324 pages
...vessel, tost Uv winds and floods, now seen, now lost; \\ hile every gun-fire spread A dimmertlas.il, a fainter roar; — At length they saw, they heard...long to unbelieve, But never cease to ache; Still doom'd, in sad suspense, to bear The hope that keeps alive despair. THE SEQUEL. MONTGOMERYHE sought...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 6

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1811 - 622 pages
...Throughout the living world, This sole memorial of their lot t. Remains, — they were, and they are not. There are to whom that ship was dear. For love and...long to unbelieve, But never cease to ache ; Still doom'd, in sad suspense, to bear The Hope that keeps alive Despair.' — p. 148. Let fne last poem...
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La Belle Assemblée, Volume 2

1811 - 462 pages
...They mark'd the high mast head Of that devoted vessel tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost, While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...more} There are, to whom that ship was dear, For love apd kindred's sake, When these the voice of Rumour hear, Their inmost heart shall quake, Shall doubt,...
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Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 7

Enos Bronson - Literature, Modern - 1812 - 562 pages
...Thoughout the living world, This sole memorial of thqir lot | Remains, — they -were, and they are not. There are to whom that ship was dear. For love and...long to unbelieve, But never cease to ache ; Still doom'd, in sad suspense, to bear The Hope that keeps alive Despair.' THE VOYAGE OP LOVE AND TLVIE....
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British melodies, extracts from the modern poets [signed J.H.R.].

British melodies - 1820 - 280 pages
...They mark'd the high mast-head Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost ; While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...long to unbelieve, But never cease to ache ; Still doom'd, in sad suspence, to bear The Hope that keeps alive Despair. THE SEQUEL. • HE sought his Sire...
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The Quarterly Review, Volume 6

William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - English literature - 1820 - 594 pages
...Throughout the living world, This sole memorial of their lot Remains, — they reerc, and they are not. There are to whom that ship was dear, For love and...long to unbelieve, But never cease to ache ; Still doom'd, in sad suspense, to bear The Hope that keeps alive Despair.' — p. 148. Let us now appeal...
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The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: Including Several Poems ..., Volume 1

James Montgomery - 1821 - 294 pages
...They mark'd the high mast-head Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost ; While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...wish, and grieve. Believe, and long to unbelieve, THE SEQUEL. HE sought his Sire from shore to shore, He sought him day by day ; The prow he track'd...
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Beauties of the Modern Poets: In Selections from the Works of Byron, Moore ...

English poetry - 1826 - 434 pages
...They mark'd the high mast head Of that devoted vessel, tost By winds and floods, now seen, now lost; While every gun-fire spread A dimmer flash, a fainter...long to unbelieve, But never cease to ache; Still doom'd, in sad suspense, to bear The hope that keeps alive despair. • The Cape of Good Hope, formerly...
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