The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell: Including Theodric and Many Other Pieces Not Contained in Any Former EditionS. & D. A. Forbes, 1830 - 221 pages |
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... sigh , his children dear ! While , long neglected , but at length caressed , His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest , Points to the master's eyes ( where'er they roam ) His wistful face , and whines a welcome home . Friend of the ...
... sigh , his children dear ! While , long neglected , but at length caressed , His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest , Points to the master's eyes ( where'er they roam ) His wistful face , and whines a welcome home . Friend of the ...
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... sighs shall flow the Lesbian strain , And plead - in Beauty's ear , nor plead in vain . " Or wilt thou Orphean hymns more sacred deem , And steep thy song in Mercy's mellow stream ; To pensive drops the radiant eye beguile— For Beauty's ...
... sighs shall flow the Lesbian strain , And plead - in Beauty's ear , nor plead in vain . " Or wilt thou Orphean hymns more sacred deem , And steep thy song in Mercy's mellow stream ; To pensive drops the radiant eye beguile— For Beauty's ...
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... sigh that rends thy father's heart and mine ; Bright as his manly sire , the son shall be In form and soul ; but , ah ! more blest than he ! Thy fame , thy worth , thy filial love , at last , Shall soothe this aching heart for all the ...
... sigh that rends thy father's heart and mine ; Bright as his manly sire , the son shall be In form and soul ; but , ah ! more blest than he ! Thy fame , thy worth , thy filial love , at last , Shall soothe this aching heart for all the ...
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... sigh ! So Virtue dies , the spouse of Liberty ! But not to Libya's barren climes alone , To Chili , or the wild Siberian zone , Belong the wretched heart and haggard eye , Degraded worth , and poor misfortune's sigh ! Ye orient realms ...
... sigh ! So Virtue dies , the spouse of Liberty ! But not to Libya's barren climes alone , To Chili , or the wild Siberian zone , Belong the wretched heart and haggard eye , Degraded worth , and poor misfortune's sigh ! Ye orient realms ...
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... sigh ? Who hath not owned with rapture - smitten frame , The power of grace , the magic of a name ? There be , perhaps , who barren hearts avow , Cold as the rocks on Torneo's hoary brow ; There be , whose loveless wisdom never failed ...
... sigh ? Who hath not owned with rapture - smitten frame , The power of grace , the magic of a name ? There be , perhaps , who barren hearts avow , Cold as the rocks on Torneo's hoary brow ; There be , whose loveless wisdom never failed ...
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adieu amidst ANTISTROPHE arms bark battle beauty beauty's beneath bleeding blest blood bosom bower brave breath bright brow burst burst of Joy charms chief child clime cried Culdees Daingean dark dear death deep despair doom dread dream earth England Erin go bragh ev'n fair fame fate fire Gertrude GERTRUDE OF WYOMING glow grief hand hath heard heart Heaven Hope hour Indian Innisfail Irish isles kindred knew land life's light living Lochiel lonely look Love's Loxian midnight mind morn mountain mourn murmur Nature's night numbers o'er pale peace pride psaltery rapture rocks sacred scene scorn second sight shade shore sigh sight Sir John Johnson sire smile song soul spirit Stanza star storm sweet sword tears tempests thee Theodric thine thou thought trembling triumph Twas Udolph wampum waves weep wild winds woods wrath
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Page 104 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 23 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 89 - Lo ! anointed by Heaven with the vials of wrath, Behold, where he flies on his desolate path ! Now in darkness and billows, he sweeps from my sight'.
Page 7 - Heaven's ethereal bow Spans with bright arch the glittering hills below, Why to yon mountain turns the musing eye, Whose sunbright summit mingles with the sky ? Why do those cliffs of shadowy tint appear More sweet than all the landscape smiling near ?'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
Page 104 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below — As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow! When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow. The meteor flag of England Shall yet terrific burn; Till danger's troubled night depart And the star of peace return. Then, then, ye ocean warriors ! Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow!
Page 103 - YE Mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze — Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow, — While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 108 - By the festal cities' blaze, While the wine cup shines in light ; And yet amidst that joy and uproar, Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore...
Page 106 - OF Nelson and the North Sing the glorious day's renown, When to battle fierce came forth All the might of Denmark's crown, And her arms along the deep proudly shone; By each gun the lighted brand In a bold determined hand, And the Prince of all the land Led them on.
Page 103 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 54 - As monumental bronze unchanged his look : A soul that pity touch'd, but never shook : Train'd, from his tree-rock'd cradle to his bier, The fierce extremes of good and ill to brook Impassive — fearing but the shame of fear — A stoic of the woods — a man without a tear.