The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... 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 nature , shines ...
... 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 nature , shines ...
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... proud , the cold untroubled heart of stone , That never mused on sorrow but its own , Unlocks a generous store at thy command , Like Horeb's rocks beneath the prophet's hand . ( 6 ) The living lumber of his kindred earth , Charm'd into ...
... proud , the cold untroubled heart of stone , That never mused on sorrow but its own , Unlocks a generous store at thy command , Like Horeb's rocks beneath the prophet's hand . ( 6 ) The living lumber of his kindred earth , Charm'd into ...
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... proud Reason ! nor destroy The shadowy forms of uncreated joy , That urge the lingering tide of life , and pour Spontaneous slumber on his midnight hour . Hark ! the wild maniac sings , to chide the gale That wafts so slow her lover's ...
... proud Reason ! nor destroy The shadowy forms of uncreated joy , That urge the lingering tide of life , and pour Spontaneous slumber on his midnight hour . Hark ! the wild maniac sings , to chide the gale That wafts so slow her lover's ...
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... proud one 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 ...
... proud one 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 ...
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... proud arch the fires of ruin glow , His blood - dyed waters murmuring far below ; The storm prevails , the rampart yields a way , Bursts the wide cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , A thousand ...
... proud arch the fires of ruin glow , His blood - dyed waters murmuring far below ; The storm prevails , the rampart yields a way , Bursts the wide cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , A thousand ...
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