The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... earth below , When Murder bared her arm , and rampant War Yoked the red dragons of her iron car , When Peace and Mercy , banish'd from the plain , Sprung on the viewless winds to Heaven again ; All , all forsook the friendless guilty ...
... earth below , When Murder bared her arm , and rampant War Yoked the red dragons of her iron car , When Peace and Mercy , banish'd from the plain , Sprung on the viewless winds to Heaven again ; All , all forsook the friendless guilty ...
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... Earth's loneliest bounds , and Ocean's wildest shore . Lo ! to the wintry winds the pilot yields His bark careering o'er unfathom'd fields ; Now on Atlantic waves he rides afar , Where Andes , giant of the western star , With meteor ...
... Earth's loneliest bounds , and Ocean's wildest shore . Lo ! to the wintry winds the pilot yields His bark careering o'er unfathom'd fields ; Now on Atlantic waves he rides afar , Where Andes , giant of the western star , With meteor ...
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... 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 ! from bright spires that gild the Delphian height , From ...
... 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 ! from bright spires that gild the Delphian height , From ...
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... earth to plead the cause of Hea . ven ; The proud , the cold untroubled heart of stone , That never mused on sorrow but its own , Unlocks a generous store at thy command , Like Horeb's rocks beneath the prophet's hand . ( 6 ) The living ...
... earth to plead the cause of Hea . ven ; The proud , the cold untroubled heart of stone , That never mused on sorrow but its own , Unlocks a generous store at thy command , Like Horeb's rocks beneath the prophet's hand . ( 6 ) The living ...
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... Earth shook - red meteors flashed along the sky , And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh ! righteous Heaven ! ere Freedom found a grave , Why slept the sword , omnipotent to save ? Where was thine arm , O Vengeance ! where thy ...
... Earth shook - red meteors flashed along the sky , And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh ! righteous Heaven ! ere Freedom found a grave , Why slept the sword , omnipotent to save ? Where was thine arm , O Vengeance ! where thy ...
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