The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... gave , to charm the sense of wo , Ideal peace , that truth could ne'er bestow ; Warm on her heart the joys of Fancy beam , And aimless HOPE delights her darkest dream . Oft when yon moon has climb'd the midnight sky , And the lone sea ...
... gave , to charm the sense of wo , Ideal peace , that truth could ne'er bestow ; Warm on her heart the joys of Fancy beam , And aimless HOPE delights her darkest dream . Oft when yon moon has climb'd the midnight sky , And the lone sea ...
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... gave command ! Man ! can thy doom no brighter soul allow ? Still must thou live a blot on Nature's brow ? Shall War's polluted banner ne'er be furl'd ? Shall crimes and tyrants cease but with the world ? What are thy triumphs , sacred ...
... gave command ! Man ! can thy doom no brighter soul allow ? Still must thou live a blot on Nature's brow ? Shall War's polluted banner ne'er be furl'd ? Shall crimes and tyrants cease but with the world ? What are thy triumphs , sacred ...
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... more than Rome's ambition true , The Nurse of Freedom gave it not to you ! She the bold route of Europe's guilt began , And , in the march of nations , led the van ! Rich in the gems of India's gaudy zone , And PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... more than Rome's ambition true , The Nurse of Freedom gave it not to you ! She the bold route of Europe's guilt began , And , in the march of nations , led the van ! Rich in the gems of India's gaudy zone , And PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... gave the glacier tops their richest glow , And tinged the lakes like molten gold below . Warmth flush'd the wonted regions of the storm , Where , Phoenix - like , you saw the eagle's form , That high in heaven's vermilion wheel'd and ...
... gave the glacier tops their richest glow , And tinged the lakes like molten gold below . Warmth flush'd the wonted regions of the storm , Where , Phoenix - like , you saw the eagle's form , That high in heaven's vermilion wheel'd and ...
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... Gave boundless thanks for benefits conferr'd , Of which the boy , in secret , sent them word , Whose memory Time , they said , would never blot ; But which the giver had himself forgot . In time , the stripling , vigorous and heal'd ...
... Gave boundless thanks for benefits conferr'd , Of which the boy , in secret , sent them word , Whose memory Time , they said , would never blot ; But which the giver had himself forgot . In time , the stripling , vigorous and heal'd ...
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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