The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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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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... ! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil , a charm for every wo ; Won by their sweets , in Nature's languid hour , The way - worn pilgrim seeks thy summer bower ; There , as the wild bee murmurs on the wing 10 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... ! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil , a charm for every wo ; Won by their sweets , in Nature's languid hour , The way - worn pilgrim seeks thy summer bower ; There , as the wild bee murmurs on the wing 10 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... hour , Intrepid Virtue looks to thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On stormy floods , and carnage - cover'd fields , When front to front the banner'd hosts combine , Halt ere they close , and form the ...
... hour , Intrepid Virtue looks to thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On stormy floods , and carnage - cover'd fields , When front to front the banner'd hosts combine , Halt ere they close , and form the ...
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... 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 boundless fields of fame ! Lo ! Newton , priest of ...
... 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 boundless fields of fame ! Lo ! Newton , priest of ...
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... hour The social pleasures of his humble bower . Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps , Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps ; She , while the lovely babe unconscious lies , Smiles on her slumbering child with pensive eyes ...
... hour The social pleasures of his humble bower . Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps , Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps ; She , while the lovely babe unconscious lies , Smiles on her slumbering child with pensive eyes ...
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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