The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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Page 11
... Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world ! Now far he sweeps , where scarce a summer smiles , On Behring's rocks , or Greenland's naked isles : Cold on his midnight watch the breezes blow , From wastes that slumber in eternal ...
... Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world ! Now far he sweeps , where scarce a summer smiles , On Behring's rocks , or Greenland's naked isles : Cold on his midnight watch the breezes blow , From wastes that slumber in eternal ...
Page 12
... 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 dreadful line . When all is ...
... 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 dreadful line . When all is ...
Page 18
... look his evening prayer , Or gazing , mutely pensive , sits to hear The mournful ballad warbled in his ear ; How fondly looks admiring HOPE the while , At every artless tear , and every smile ! How glows the joyous parent to descry A ...
... look his evening prayer , Or gazing , mutely pensive , sits to hear The mournful ballad warbled in his ear ; How fondly looks admiring HOPE the while , At every artless tear , and every smile ! How glows the joyous parent to descry A ...
Page 20
... looks - and passes by , Condemn'd on Penury's barren path to roam , Scorn'd by the world , and left without a home- Even he , at evening , should he chance to stray Down by the hamlet's hawthorn - scented way , Where , round the cot's ...
... looks - and passes by , Condemn'd on Penury's barren path to roam , Scorn'd by the world , and left without a home- Even he , at evening , should he chance to stray Down by the hamlet's hawthorn - scented way , Where , round the cot's ...
Page 39
... her kindred energies impart That burn the brightest in the purest heart . When first the Rhodian's mimic art array'di The queen of Beauty in her Cyprian shade , The happy master mingled on his piece Each look that PLEASURES OF HOPE . 39.
... her kindred energies impart That burn the brightest in the purest heart . When first the Rhodian's mimic art array'di The queen of Beauty in her Cyprian shade , The happy master mingled on his piece Each look that PLEASURES OF HOPE . 39.
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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