The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... fate of a brave people re- cently conspicuous in their struggles for independ- ence - description of the capture of Warsaw , of the last contest of the oppressors and the oppressed , and the massacre of the Polish patriots at the bridge ...
... fate of a brave people re- cently conspicuous in their struggles for independ- ence - description of the capture of Warsaw , of the last contest of the oppressors and the oppressed , and the massacre of the Polish patriots at the bridge ...
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... Can Wisdom lend , with all her heavenly power , The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour ? Ah , no ! she darkly sees the fate of man- Her dim horizon bounded to a span ; Or , if she hold an image to the view Pleasures of Hope-Part I.
... Can Wisdom lend , with all her heavenly power , The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour ? Ah , no ! she darkly sees the fate of man- Her dim horizon bounded to a span ; Or , if she hold an image to the view Pleasures of Hope-Part I.
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... I mourn , with sympathizing mind , The wrongs of fate , the woes of human kind , Thy blissful omens bid my spirit see The boundless fields of rapture yet to be ; I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan , And 20 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... I mourn , with sympathizing mind , The wrongs of fate , the woes of human kind , Thy blissful omens bid my spirit see The boundless fields of rapture yet to be ; I watch the wheels of Nature's mazy plan , And 20 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... amid her chosen throng , The Thracian trumpet and the Spartan song ; Or , wandering thence , behold the later charms Of England's glory , and Helvetia's arms ! See Roman fire in Hampden's bosom swell , And fate PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... amid her chosen throng , The Thracian trumpet and the Spartan song ; Or , wandering thence , behold the later charms Of England's glory , and Helvetia's arms ! See Roman fire in Hampden's bosom swell , And fate PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... fate and freedom in the shaft of Tell ! Say , ye fond zealots to the worth of yore , Hath Valour left the world to live no more ? No more shall Brutus bid a tyrant die , And sternly smile with vengeance in his eye ? Hampden no more ...
... fate and freedom in the shaft of Tell ! Say , ye fond zealots to the worth of yore , Hath Valour left the world to live no more ? No more shall Brutus bid a tyrant die , And sternly smile with vengeance in his eye ? Hampden no more ...
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