The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... hath been ; And every form , that Fancy can repair From dark oblivion , glows divinely there . What potent spirit guides the raptured eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend , with all her heavenly power , The pledge ...
... hath been ; And every form , that Fancy can repair From dark oblivion , glows divinely there . What potent spirit guides the raptured eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend , with all her heavenly power , The pledge ...
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... hath learnt to claim A mother's ear by that endearing name ; Soon as the playful innocent can prove A tear of pity , or a smile of love , Or cons his murmuring task beneath her care , Or lisps with holy look his evening prayer , Or ...
... hath learnt to claim A mother's ear by that endearing name ; Soon as the playful innocent can prove A tear of pity , or a smile of love , Or cons his murmuring task beneath her care , Or lisps with holy look his evening prayer , Or ...
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... hath yet a soul - and dare be free ! A little while , along thy saddening plains , The starless night of Desolation reigns ; Truth shall restore the light by Nature given , And , like Prometheus , bring the fire of Heaven ! Prone to the ...
... hath yet a soul - and dare be free ! A little while , along thy saddening plains , The starless night of Desolation reigns ; Truth shall restore the light by Nature given , And , like Prometheus , bring the fire of Heaven ! Prone to the ...
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... hath Plato lived - or Sidney died ? - Ye fond adorers of departed fame Who warm at Scipio's worth , or Tully's name ! Ye that , in fancied vision , can admire The sword of Brutus , and the Theban lyre ! Rapt in historic ardour , who ...
... hath Plato lived - or Sidney died ? - Ye fond adorers of departed fame Who warm at Scipio's worth , or Tully's name ! Ye that , in fancied vision , can admire The sword of Brutus , and the Theban lyre ! Rapt in historic ardour , who ...
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... 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 , when suffering Freedom calls , Encounter Fate , and triumph as he falls ? Nor Tell ...
... 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 , when suffering Freedom calls , Encounter Fate , and triumph as he falls ? Nor Tell ...
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