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... sword on high ! And swear for her to live ! -with her to die ! He said , and on the rampart - heights array'd His trusty warriors , few , but undismay'd ; Firm - pac'd and slow , a horrid front they form , Engraved by W Holl ...
... sword on high ! And swear for her to live ! -with her to die ! He said , and on the rampart - heights array'd His trusty warriors , few , but undismay'd ; Firm - pac'd and slow , a horrid front they form , Engraved by W Holl ...
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... ! ere Freedom found a grave , Why slept the sword , omnipotent to save ? Where was thine arm , O Vengeance ! where thy rod , That smote the foes of Zion and of God , • That crush'd proud Ammon , when his iron car 30 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... ! ere Freedom found a grave , Why slept the sword , omnipotent to save ? Where was thine arm , O Vengeance ! where thy rod , That smote the foes of Zion and of God , • That crush'd proud Ammon , when his iron car 30 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... 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 ! Yes ...
... 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 ! Yes ...
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... sword of Brutus , and the Theban lyre ! Wrapt in historic ardour , who adore Each classic haunt , and well - remember'd shore , Where Valour tun'd , amid her chosen throng , The Thracian trumpet and the Spartan song ; Or , wand'ring ...
... sword of Brutus , and the Theban lyre ! Wrapt in historic ardour , who adore Each classic haunt , and well - remember'd shore , Where Valour tun'd , amid her chosen throng , The Thracian trumpet and the Spartan song ; Or , wand'ring ...
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... sword ; his bright arms glow Like summer suns , and light the world below ; Earth , and her trembling isles in Ocean's bed , Are shook ; and Nature rocks beneath his tread ! To pour redress on India's injur'd realm , The oppressor 44 ...
... sword ; his bright arms glow Like summer suns , and light the world below ; Earth , and her trembling isles in Ocean's bed , Are shook ; and Nature rocks beneath his tread ! To pour redress on India's injur'd realm , The oppressor 44 ...
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adieu afar ANTISTROPHE Arion bark beauty Beauty's bleed bliss bosom bower Brama's bright Briton brow burst charm charm'd child clime cried deed deep delight doom'd dread dust dust return earth Engraved eternal fate fire fond friendless Gilderoy glows hail hallow'd hand Hark Hast thou hath heart Heath Heav'n Heav'n's command heav'nly Hindoo hour hurl'd isles life's light lonely Loxian lyre MEDEA Mercy midnight mingles mournful murmur Muse Nature Nature's NOTE numbers o'er pang parricide Peace pensive Plato PLEASURES OF HOPE poor dog Tray pow'r PRINTED FOR LONGMAN proud rapture red dragons rocks sacred sapient sculp seraph shade shalt shore sigh slumber smile song soothe sorrow soul spirit storm sublime sweep sweet tear thee thine THOMAS CAMPBELL trembling triumph Truth twas vale Vengeance watch wave weep wheels wild winds wing wounded Hussar wrath wretch
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Page 25 - Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time; And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore. On Erie's banks, where tigers steal along, And the dread Indian chants a dismal song, Where human fiends on midnight errands walk, And bathe in brains the murderous tomahawk ; There shall the flocks on thymy pasture stray, And shepherds dance at Summer's opening day ; Each wandering genius of the lonely glen Shall start...
Page 67 - Unfading HOPE ! when life's last embers burn, 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...
Page 29 - 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 54 - The world was sad! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smiled...
Page 58 - Hesperian planet hail, And the lone cuckoo sighs along the vale, His path shall be where streamy mountains swell Their shadowy grandeur o'er the narrow dell, Where mouldering piles and forests intervene, Mingling with darker tints the living green ; No circling hills his ravish'd eye to bound, Heaven, Earth, and Ocean, blazing all around.
Page 21 - twas there she wept in vain, Till Memory fled her agonizing brain ; — But Mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace, that truth could ne'er bestow ; Warm on her heart the joys of Fancy beam, And aimless HOPE delights her darkest dream. Oft when yon moon has...
Page 72 - Science search'd, on weary wing, By shore and sea — each mute and living thing ? Launched with Iberia's pilot from the steep, To worlds unknown, and isles beyond the deep ? Or round the cope her living chariot driven, And...