The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
Page 10
... bright career . Primeval HOPE , the Aƶnian Muses say , When Man and Nature mourn'd their first decay ; When every form of death , and every wo , Shot from malignant stars to earth below , When Murder bared her arm , and rampant War ...
... bright career . Primeval HOPE , the Aƶnian Muses say , When Man and Nature mourn'd their first decay ; When every form of death , and every wo , Shot from malignant stars to earth below , When Murder bared her arm , and rampant War ...
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... bright , how strong , in youth's untroubled hour . On yon proud height , with Genius hand in hand , I see thee light , and wave thy golden wand . " Go , child of Heaven ! ( thy winged words pre claim ) " Tis thine to search the ...
... bright , how strong , in youth's untroubled hour . On yon proud height , with Genius hand in hand , I see thee light , and wave thy golden wand . " Go , child of Heaven ! ( thy winged words pre claim ) " Tis thine to search the ...
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... bright dictates of the Father sage : ' Shall nature bound to Earth's diurnal span The fire of God , th ' immortal soul of man ? ' " Turn , child of Heaven , thy rapture - lighten'd eye Tc Wisdom's walks , the sacred Nine are nigh : Hark ...
... bright dictates of the Father sage : ' Shall nature bound to Earth's diurnal span The fire of God , th ' immortal soul of man ? ' " Turn , child of Heaven , thy rapture - lighten'd eye Tc Wisdom's walks , the sacred Nine are nigh : Hark ...
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... Bright as the pillar rose at Heaven's command , When Israel march'd along the desert land , Blazed through the night on lonely wilds afar , And told the path , -a never - setting star ; So , heavenly Genius , in thy course divine , HOPE ...
... Bright as the pillar rose at Heaven's command , When Israel march'd along the desert land , Blazed through the night on lonely wilds afar , And told the path , -a never - setting star ; So , heavenly Genius , in thy course divine , HOPE ...
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ANTISTROPHE ARGYLESHIRE arms battle beauty Beauty's beneath bleeding bliss bosom bower brave breath bright brother brow burst charm child clime Connocht Moran's CONSTANCE cried Culloden dark death deep despair dread dream e'en earth Erin Erin go bragh fame fate fire glaciers Glenara glow grief hand harp hath heart Heaven heavenly Highland HOPE hour Innisfail Irish isles JULIA kindred land life's light Lochiel lonely LOVE LIES BLEEDING Love's Loxian lyre MEDEA mind mountain murmuring Muse native Nature Nature's night NOTE numbers O'Connor's o'er pass'd peace pensive pride proud psaltery rapture rocks sacred scene scorn second sight shore sigh sight slumber smile song sorrow soul spirit Stamp'd storm stormy tempests blow sublime sweep sweet sword tears thee THEODRIC thine thou thought trembling triumph Twas UDOLPH vale VERSE Vex'd vision wave weep Western Isles wild winds