The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... Meets at each step a friend's familiar face , And flies at last to Helen's long embrace ; Wipes from her cheek the rapture - speaking tear , And clasps , with many a sigh , his children dear ! While , long neglected , but at length ...
... Meets at each step a friend's familiar face , And flies at last to Helen's long embrace ; Wipes from her cheek the rapture - speaking tear , And clasps , with many a sigh , his children dear ! While , long neglected , but at length ...
Page 37
... ' Tis yours , unmoved , to sever and to meet ; No pledge is sacred , and no home is sweet ! Who that would ask a heart to dulness wed , The waveless calm , the slumber of the dead ? No ; the wild bliss of Nature needs alloy ,
... ' Tis yours , unmoved , to sever and to meet ; No pledge is sacred , and no home is sweet ! Who that would ask a heart to dulness wed , The waveless calm , the slumber of the dead ? No ; the wild bliss of Nature needs alloy ,
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... meet again What plaintive sobs thy filial spirit drew , What sorrow choked thy long and last adieu ! Daughter of Conrad ! when he heard his knell , And bade his country and his child farewell ! Doom'd the long isles of Sydney - cove to ...
... meet again What plaintive sobs thy filial spirit drew , What sorrow choked thy long and last adieu ! Daughter of Conrad ! when he heard his knell , And bade his country and his child farewell ! Doom'd the long isles of Sydney - cove to ...
Page 78
... meet , she might enchant e'en you . You came . - I augur'd the event , ' tis true , But how was UDOLPH's mother to exclude The guest that claim'd our boundless gratitude ? And that unconscious you had cast a spell On JULIA's peace , my ...
... meet , she might enchant e'en you . You came . - I augur'd the event , ' tis true , But how was UDOLPH's mother to exclude The guest that claim'd our boundless gratitude ? And that unconscious you had cast a spell On JULIA's peace , my ...
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... meet : For , lo ! to love - lorn fantasy , The hero of her heart is nigh . IV . Bright as the bow that spans the storm , In Erin's yellow vesture clad , A son of light - a lovely form , He comes and makes her glad ; Now on the grass ...
... meet : For , lo ! to love - lorn fantasy , The hero of her heart is nigh . IV . Bright as the bow that spans the storm , In Erin's yellow vesture clad , A son of light - a lovely form , He comes and makes her glad ; Now on the grass ...
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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