The pleasures of hope; with other poems1801 |
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... d , And breathe a holy madness o'er thy mind . 160 I see thee roam her guardian pow'r bencath , And talk with fpirits on the midnight heath ; Inquire of guilty wand'rers whence they came , And ask 14 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... d , And breathe a holy madness o'er thy mind . 160 I see thee roam her guardian pow'r bencath , And talk with fpirits on the midnight heath ; Inquire of guilty wand'rers whence they came , And ask 14 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... See Roman fire in Hampden's bofom fwell , And fate and freedom in the fhaft of Tell ! Say , ye fond zealots to the worth of 450 No more fhall Brutus bid a tyrant die , 455 And fternly fmile with vengeance in his eye ? Hampden no more ...
... See Roman fire in Hampden's bofom fwell , And fate and freedom in the fhaft of Tell ! Say , ye fond zealots to the worth of 450 No more fhall Brutus bid a tyrant die , 455 And fternly fmile with vengeance in his eye ? Hampden no more ...
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... See Exodus , chap . xvii . 3 , 5 , 6 . Note 7. Wild Obi flies . ] Among the negroes of the Weft Indies , Obi , or Obiah , is the name of a magical power , which is believed by them to affect the object of its malignity with dismal ...
... See Exodus , chap . xvii . 3 , 5 , 6 . Note 7. Wild Obi flies . ] Among the negroes of the Weft Indies , Obi , or Obiah , is the name of a magical power , which is believed by them to affect the object of its malignity with dismal ...
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... See the defcription of the Cape of Good Hope , tran- flated from Camoens , by Mickle . Note 13. While famih'd nations died along the fhore . The following account of British conduct , and its con- I NOTES ON PART I. 93R Aruction of a ...
... See the defcription of the Cape of Good Hope , tran- flated from Camoens , by Mickle . Note 13. While famih'd nations died along the fhore . The following account of British conduct , and its con- I NOTES ON PART I. 93R Aruction of a ...
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... See Falconer's Shipwreck , Canto III . Note 3 . The Robber Moor . See Schiller's tragedy of the Robbers , Scene V. G Note 4. What millions died that Cæfar might be great NOTES ON PART II . Note 1. ...
... See Falconer's Shipwreck , Canto III . Note 3 . The Robber Moor . See Schiller's tragedy of the Robbers , Scene V. G Note 4. What millions died that Cæfar might be great NOTES ON PART II . Note 1. ...
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Page 30 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 21 - So speaks affection, ere the infant eye Can look regard, or brighten in reply ; But when the cherub lip hath learnt to claim A mother's ear by that endearing name ; Soon as the playful innocent can prove A tear of pity, or a smile of love, Or cons his...
Page 32 - Departed spirits of the mighty dead! Ye that at Marathon and Leuctra bled! Friends of the world! restore your swords to man, Fight in his sacred cause, and lead the van! Yet for Sarmatia's tears of blood atone, And make her arm puissant as your own! Oh! once again to Freedom's cause return The patriot TELL — the BRUCE OF BANNOCKBURN!
Page 42 - Britons cross'd the Indian wave ? Ah, no ! — to more than Rome's ambition true, The Nurse of Freedom gave it not to you ! She the bold route of Europe's guilt began, And, in the march of nations, led the van...
Page 68 - When soul to soul, and dust to dust return ! Heaven to thy charge resigns the awful hour! Oh! then, thy kingdom comes! Immortal Power! What though each spark of earth-born rapture fly The quivering lip, pale cheek, and closing eye! Bright to the soul thy seraph hands convey The morning dream of life's eternal day— Then, then, the triumph and the trance begin, And all the phoenix spirit burns within!
Page 34 - Shall crimes and tyrants cease but with the world ? What ! are thy triumphs, sacred Truth, belied ? Why then hath Plato...
Page 21 - ... brighten in reply ; But when the cherub lip hath learnt to claim A mother's ear by that endearing name ; Soon as the playful innocent can prove A tear of pity, or a smile of love, Or cons his murmuring task beneath her care, Or lisps with holy 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...
Page 69 - Heaven's commanding trumpet, long and loud. Like Sinai's thunder, pealing from the cloud ! While Nature hears, with terror-mingled trust, The shock that hurls her fabric to the dust ; And, like the trembling Hebrew...
Page 3 - Aonian Muses say, When Man and Nature mourn'd their first decay | When every form of death, and every woe, Shot from malignant stars to earth below ; When Murder bared her arm, and rampant War Yoked the red dragons of her iron car ; When Peace and Mercy, banish'd from the plain, Sprung on the viewless winds to Heaven again ; All, all forsook the friendless, guilty mind, But HOPE, the charmer, linger'd still behind.