The Pleasures of Hope, and Other Poems: From the Last London EdLeavitt, Trow, 1849 - 186 pages |
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... thee , sweet HOPE ! resides the heavenly light , That pours remotest rapture on the sight ; Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way , That calls each slumbering passion into play . Waked by thy touch , I see the sister band , On ...
... thee , sweet HOPE ! resides the heavenly light , That pours remotest rapture on the sight ; Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way , That calls each slumbering passion into play . Waked by thy touch , I see the sister band , On ...
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... 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 still on ...
... 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 still on ...
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... thee o'er many a cliff sublime , Ile found a warmer world , a milder clime , A home to rest , a shelter to defend , Peace and repose , a Briton and a friend ! ( 2 ) Congenial HOPE ! thy passion - kindling power , How bright , how strong ...
... thee o'er many a cliff sublime , Ile found a warmer world , a milder clime , A home to rest , a shelter to defend , Peace and repose , a Briton and a friend ! ( 2 ) Congenial HOPE ! thy passion - kindling power , How bright , how strong ...
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... thee roam her guardian power beneath , And talk with spirits on the midnight heath ; Inquire of guilty wanderers whence they came , And ask each blood - stain'd form his earthly name ; Then weave in rapid verse the deeds they tell , And ...
... thee roam her guardian power beneath , And talk with spirits on the midnight heath ; Inquire of guilty wanderers whence they came , And ask each blood - stain'd form his earthly name ; Then weave in rapid verse the deeds they tell , And ...
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... thee , I lay my head beneath the willow tree , Wilt thou , sweet mourner ! at my stone appear , And soothe my parted spirit lingering near ? Oh , wilt thou come , at evening hour to shed The tears of Memory o'er my narrow bed ; With ...
... thee , I lay my head beneath the willow tree , Wilt thou , sweet mourner ! at my stone appear , And soothe my parted spirit lingering near ? Oh , wilt thou come , at evening hour to shed The tears of Memory o'er my narrow bed ; With ...
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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