PoemsT. Cadell, and E. Moxon, 1834 - 295 pages |
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Page 113
... slumbers fly . But not till Time has calmed the ruffled breast , Are these fond dreams of happiness confest . Not till the rushing winds forget to rave , Is Heaven's sweet smile reflected on the wave . From Guinea's coast pursue the ...
... slumbers fly . But not till Time has calmed the ruffled breast , Are these fond dreams of happiness confest . Not till the rushing winds forget to rave , Is Heaven's sweet smile reflected on the wave . From Guinea's coast pursue the ...
Page 116
... slumber cast ; With giant - grasp fling back the folds of night , And snatch the faithless fugitive to light . So thro ' the grove the impatient mother flies , Each sunless glade , each secret pathway tries ; Till the thin leaves the ...
... slumber cast ; With giant - grasp fling back the folds of night , And snatch the faithless fugitive to light . So thro ' the grove the impatient mother flies , Each sunless glade , each secret pathway tries ; Till the thin leaves the ...
Page 127
... slumbers of a friend ; To hover round his evening - walk unseen , And hold sweet converse on the dusky green ; To hail the spot where first their friendship grew , And heaven and nature opened to their view ! Oft , when he trims his ...
... slumbers of a friend ; To hover round his evening - walk unseen , And hold sweet converse on the dusky green ; To hail the spot where first their friendship grew , And heaven and nature opened to their view ! Oft , when he trims his ...
Page 152
... slumber on Till this vain pageant of a world is gone ; Lying too deep for things that perish here , Waiting for life — but in a nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves as in a heaven on earth ! Sun ...
... slumber on Till this vain pageant of a world is gone ; Lying too deep for things that perish here , Waiting for life — but in a nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves as in a heaven on earth ! Sun ...
Page 154
... slumbers like the brooding dove , And , if she can , exhaust a mother's love ! But soon a nobler task demands her care . Apart she joins his little hands in prayer , Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! — And now the volume on her ...
... slumbers like the brooding dove , And , if she can , exhaust a mother's love ! But soon a nobler task demands her care . Apart she joins his little hands in prayer , Telling of Him who sees in secret there ! — And now the volume on her ...
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