PoemsT. Cadell, and E. Moxon, 1836 |
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Page 38
... he , thy willing gift - bearer , Live to become a giver ; and , at length , When thou art full of honour and wouldst rest , The staff of thine old age ! In a strange land Such things , however trivial , reach the heart , 38.
... he , thy willing gift - bearer , Live to become a giver ; and , at length , When thou art full of honour and wouldst rest , The staff of thine old age ! In a strange land Such things , however trivial , reach the heart , 38.
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... thou art ! Yet I could weep - for thou art lying , alas , Low in the dust ; and we admire thee now As we admire the beautiful in death . Thine was a dangerous gift , when thou wert born , The gift of Beauty . Would thou hadst it not ...
... thou art ! Yet I could weep - for thou art lying , alas , Low in the dust ; and we admire thee now As we admire the beautiful in death . Thine was a dangerous gift , when thou wert born , The gift of Beauty . Would thou hadst it not ...
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... thou descend ? ' Tis in a darksome vault Under the Chapel and there nightly now , As in the narrow niche , when smooth and fair , And as if nothing had been done or thought , The stone - work rose before her , till the light Glimmered ...
... thou descend ? ' Tis in a darksome vault Under the Chapel and there nightly now , As in the narrow niche , when smooth and fair , And as if nothing had been done or thought , The stone - work rose before her , till the light Glimmered ...
Page 53
... thou hast done , Late may it be . . it will , like PROSPERO'S staff , Be buried fifty fathoms in the earth , ) I would portray the Italian - Now I cannot . Subtle , discerning , eloquent , the slave Of Love , of Hate , for ever in ...
... thou hast done , Late may it be . . it will , like PROSPERO'S staff , Be buried fifty fathoms in the earth , ) I would portray the Italian - Now I cannot . Subtle , discerning , eloquent , the slave Of Love , of Hate , for ever in ...
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... Thou wert an honest lad ; Wert generous , grateful , not without ambition . Had it depended on thy will alone , Thou wouldst have numbered in thy family At least six Doges and the first in fame . But that was not to be . In thee I saw ...
... Thou wert an honest lad ; Wert generous , grateful , not without ambition . Had it depended on thy will alone , Thou wouldst have numbered in thy family At least six Doges and the first in fame . But that was not to be . In thee I saw ...
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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