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... king With ruffled plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak , and lightnings of his eye . I. 3 . Thee the voice , the dance , obey , Temper'd to thy warbled lay . O'er Idalia's velvet ...
... king With ruffled plumes and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak , and lightnings of his eye . I. 3 . Thee the voice , the dance , obey , Temper'd to thy warbled lay . O'er Idalia's velvet ...
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... King ! Confusion on thy banners wait ; Tho ' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing , They mock the air with idle state . Helm , nor hauberk's twisted mail , Nor e'en thy virtues , Tyrant , shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly ...
... King ! Confusion on thy banners wait ; Tho ' fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing , They mock the air with idle state . Helm , nor hauberk's twisted mail , Nor e'en thy virtues , Tyrant , shall avail To save thy secret soul from nightly ...
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... King ! their hundred arms they wave , Revenge on thee in hoarser murmur breathe ; Vocal no more , since Cambria's fatal day , To high - born Hoel's harp , or soft Llewellyn's lay . I. 3 . " Cold is Cadwallo's tongue , That hush'd the ...
... King ! their hundred arms they wave , Revenge on thee in hoarser murmur breathe ; Vocal no more , since Cambria's fatal day , To high - born Hoel's harp , or soft Llewellyn's lay . I. 3 . " Cold is Cadwallo's tongue , That hush'd the ...
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abode affright alike ample arms azure baleful beneath blow blush born bosom breast breathe Cambria's cheer cries crown dauntless Dear Death deep dews Disdainful distant doom dreary E'en e'er Ecstasy ELEGY faded fame Fancy fate fears fire flame flowers fond Forbade forlorn Gales glitter glory golden grisly Hark Headlong hear heart Heav'n Helm hoary holy hush'd Jove kindred King Labor laid lance laughing lawn light Love lyre mighty mock morn Muse Muse's night noontide o'er pain Penury Pindaric Ode pleasing POEMS pomp prey pride Quench'd race Rapture reign rill rove sable sceptred scorn secret shade shaggy Shame Shrieks sleep slumber smile Snowdon's soft solemn Sorrow's soul spirit steep strains stray'd sublime sweet tear Thames thee Thine thou thro tremble turf Tyrant unroll vale Vocal voice warbled warm wave Weave Where'er wild wing wood woof yonder youth