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... fear resign what theft supplied , He , pitying , from the prostrate Foe recoils.- Mark then the Victor , great in honest pride , Content with conquest , rest upon his spoils ! Tho ' high in health , the pleas of hunger strong , In ...
... fear resign what theft supplied , He , pitying , from the prostrate Foe recoils.- Mark then the Victor , great in honest pride , Content with conquest , rest upon his spoils ! Tho ' high in health , the pleas of hunger strong , In ...
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... fear'd , ' mid crashing Nature's war , The threaten'd ruin of her shaking sky . To yonder tower , that frowns upon the steep , At fall of eve , as village legends tell , Mysterious forms in shadowy terrors sweep , To act the orgies of ...
... fear'd , ' mid crashing Nature's war , The threaten'd ruin of her shaking sky . To yonder tower , that frowns upon the steep , At fall of eve , as village legends tell , Mysterious forms in shadowy terrors sweep , To act the orgies of ...
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... fear shall learn to cease , If with thy love I still am blest ; Chearful I'll meet the varied pains , That hard Necessity ordains , And not a sigh my breast shall flee , Unless that sigh be breath'd for thee . My aspect , late so pale ...
... fear shall learn to cease , If with thy love I still am blest ; Chearful I'll meet the varied pains , That hard Necessity ordains , And not a sigh my breast shall flee , Unless that sigh be breath'd for thee . My aspect , late so pale ...
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... starting from yon haunted glade With tresses tost , and eyes that weep ; High o'er the gulf screams Danger loud , And Fear on phantoms wrapt in cloud Howls dreadfully and deep ! Fell Anger with his clenching hand Rude dashes on the 47.
... starting from yon haunted glade With tresses tost , and eyes that weep ; High o'er the gulf screams Danger loud , And Fear on phantoms wrapt in cloud Howls dreadfully and deep ! Fell Anger with his clenching hand Rude dashes on the 47.
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... fears , Tho ' pale Refinement sicken as she hears . Now is it June's bright morn , and Beauty twines The glowing wreaths that deck her thousand shrines . On the Lark's wing sweet music hails the day , And o'er the sun - beam pours her ...
... fears , Tho ' pale Refinement sicken as she hears . Now is it June's bright morn , and Beauty twines The glowing wreaths that deck her thousand shrines . On the Lark's wing sweet music hails the day , And o'er the sun - beam pours her ...
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ANACREON Bard beam beauty blank verse blest bloom blushing bosom breast breath bright brow CASTARA charms cheek dæmons dark dear death delight dream DUNDRENNAN ABBEY e'er fade fair fame Fancy fate flowers fond Friendship gale Genius gentle glow grace grief heart heaven Hector Macneill Henry James Pye hope hour JAMES SHIRLEY Lassie life's light lonely lyre mind MISS SEWARD morn mourn Muse Nature's ne'er night o'er pain pale peace Pindar pleasure poem Poet poetical Poetry praise R. A. DAVENPORT rapture RICHARD LOVELACE rise rose round scene shade shine sigh Small 8vo smile soft song SONNET soothe sorrow soul spirit strain sweet taste tear thee thine Thomas Rodd thou thro throne toil translation vale versification volume wandering wave weep wild WILLIAM HABINGTON William Sotheby wing youth
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Page 289 - A rich pomegranate gemm'd her crown, A ripe sheaf bound her zone. But howling Winter fled afar, To hills that prop the polar star, And loves on deer-borne car to ride, With barren Darkness by his side, Round the shore where loud Lofoden Whirls to death the roaring...
Page 469 - That from beneath the seat of Jove doth spring ; Begin, and somewhat loudly sweep the string. Hence with denial vain, and coy excuse ; So may some gentle Muse With lucky words favour my destined urn ; And as he passes turn, And bid fair peace be to my sable shroud.
Page 308 - Where the hunter of deer and the warrior trode To his hills that encircle the sea. Yet wandering, I found on my ruinous walk, By the dial-stone aged and green, One rose of the wilderness left on its stalk, To mark where a garden had been. Like a brotherless hermit, the last of its race, All wild in the silence of nature, it drew, From each wandering sun-beam, a lonely embrace For the night-weed and thorn overshadow'd the place, Where the flower of my forefathers grew.
Page 288 - WHEN first the fiery-mantled Sun His heavenly race began to run, Round the earth and ocean blue His children four the Seasons flew. First, in green apparel dancing, The young Spring smiled with...
Page 289 - Darkness by his side, Round the shore where loud Lofoden Whirls to death the roaring whale, Round the hall where Runic Odin Howls his war-song to the gale ; Save when adown the ravaged globe He travels on his native storm, Deflowering Nature's grassy robe, And trampling on her faded form...
Page 289 - Oh, sire of storms! whose savage ear The Lapland drum delights to hear, When Frenzy with her blood-shot eye Implores thy dreadful deity — Archangel! Power of desolation! Fast descending as thou art, Say, hath mortal invocation Spells to touch thy stony heart?
Page 335 - O ! sacred to the fall of day Queen of propitious stars, appear, And early rise, and long delay, When Caroline herself is here! Shine on her chosen green resort Whose trees the sunward summit crown, And wanton flowers, that well may court An angel's feet to tread them down...
Page 225 - To Lucasta, Going Beyond the Seas IF to be absent were to be Away from thee; Or that when I am gone You or I were alone ; Then, my Lucasta, might I crave Pity from blustering wind, or swallowing wave.
Page 54 - Twas the Herald of the Tomb, And the HERO felt the call — Felt — and raised his arm on high ; Victory well the signal knew, Darted from his awful eye, And the force of FRANCE o'erthrew.
Page 409 - Why, Damon, with the forward day Dost thou thy little spot survey, From tree to tree, with doubtful cheer, Pursue the progress of the year, What winds arise, what rains descend, When thou before that year...