PoemsT. Cadell, and E. Moxon, 1836 |
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... death awaits it ? grasp ? -May He who winged the shaft when Tell stood forth , And shot the apple from the youngling's head , Grant me the strength , the courage ! ' As he spoke , He aimed , he fired ; and at his feet they fell , The ...
... death awaits it ? grasp ? -May He who winged the shaft when Tell stood forth , And shot the apple from the youngling's head , Grant me the strength , the courage ! ' As he spoke , He aimed , he fired ; and at his feet they fell , The ...
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... death . Thine was a dangerous gift , when thou wert born , The gift of Beauty . Would thou hadst it not ; Or wert as once , awing the caitiffs vile That now beset thee , making thee their slave ! Would they had loved thee less , or ...
... death . Thine was a dangerous gift , when thou wert born , The gift of Beauty . Would thou hadst it not ; Or wert as once , awing the caitiffs vile That now beset thee , making thee their slave ! Would they had loved thee less , or ...
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... death , God - like example . Echoes that have slept Since ATHENS , LACEDEMON , were Themselves , Since men invoked ' By those in MARATHON ! ' Awake along the EGEAN ; and the dead , They of that sacred shore , have heard the call , And ...
... death , God - like example . Echoes that have slept Since ATHENS , LACEDEMON , were Themselves , Since men invoked ' By those in MARATHON ! ' Awake along the EGEAN ; and the dead , They of that sacred shore , have heard the call , And ...
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... death Lurked - or stood forth , declaring its bad purpose ; Nor was a hair of her unblemished head Hurt in that hour . Fresh as a flower just blown , And warm with life , her youthful pulses playing , She was walled up within the Castle ...
... death Lurked - or stood forth , declaring its bad purpose ; Nor was a hair of her unblemished head Hurt in that hour . Fresh as a flower just blown , And warm with life , her youthful pulses playing , She was walled up within the Castle ...
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... death the penalty ; And where a secret , once deposited , Lay till the waters should give up their dead . ' Yet what so gay as VENICE ? Every gale Breathed music ! and who flocked not , while she reigned , To celebrate her Nuptials with ...
... death the penalty ; And where a secret , once deposited , Lay till the waters should give up their dead . ' Yet what so gay as VENICE ? Every gale Breathed music ! and who flocked not , while she reigned , To celebrate her Nuptials with ...
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age to age AMALFI ancient ARIOSTO beautiful Boccaccio BOLOGNA breathed called Catullus church Cimabue City cliff cried cross darkness dead death delight Doge door dream drew dusk till dawn earth ELEONORA DI TOLEDO entered ere long eyes father fear fell fled Florence foot gate gazed GENOA glade glimmering gold Gondolier gone grave grove hadst hand heard heart heaven holy hour Italy La Scala lake length light lived look lost MARCOLINI MONTE CASSINO night noble noblest numbered o'er once Padua palaces passed Petrarch pleasure Pompeii ROME round sacred sail says seen sigh silent sitting sleep song soon splendour stir stood stranger sung temple thee things thou art thou hast thought thousand thro Titian tomb tower traveller turned Twas twelve tables Venetian VENICE verse voice walls wander waves whence wild young youth