The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems |
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... Wide o'er the fields , a waste of ruin laid , - - Oh ! Heaven ! he cried , my bleeding country save ! — Is there no hand on high to shield the brave ? Yet , though destruction sweep these lovely plains , Rise 28 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... Wide o'er the fields , a waste of ruin laid , - - Oh ! Heaven ! he cried , my bleeding country save ! — Is there no hand on high to shield the brave ? Yet , though destruction sweep these lovely plains , Rise 28 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
Page 41
... cries of death each gentle gale , And bathed in blood the verdure of the vale ! Yet could no pangs the immortal spirit tame , When Brama's children perish'd for his name ; The martyr smiled beneath avenging power , And braved the ...
... cries of death each gentle gale , And bathed in blood the verdure of the vale ! Yet could no pangs the immortal spirit tame , When Brama's children perish'd for his name ; The martyr smiled beneath avenging power , And braved the ...
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... cries ; Could lock , with impious hands , their teeming store , While famish'd nations died along the shore ; n Could mock the groans of fellow - men , and bear The curse of kingdoms peopled with despair ; Could stamp disgrace on man's ...
... cries ; Could lock , with impious hands , their teeming store , While famish'd nations died along the shore ; n Could mock the groans of fellow - men , and bear The curse of kingdoms peopled with despair ; Could stamp disgrace on man's ...
Page 62
... cried , Spent on the prayer his bursting heart , and died ! Or will they learn how generous worth sublimes C The robber Moor , and pleads for all his crimes ! How poor Amelia kiss'd , with many a tear , His hand blood - stain'd , but ...
... cried , Spent on the prayer his bursting heart , and died ! Or will they learn how generous worth sublimes C The robber Moor , and pleads for all his crimes ! How poor Amelia kiss'd , with many a tear , His hand blood - stain'd , but ...
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... cried ! Oh ! that for thee thy father could have died ! For bloody was the deed , and rashly done , That slew my Absalom ! -my son ! —my son ! Unfading Hope ! when life's last embers burn , When soul to soul , and dust to dust return ...
... cried ! Oh ! that for thee thy father could have died ! For bloody was the deed , and rashly done , That slew my Absalom ! -my son ! —my son ! Unfading Hope ! when life's last embers burn , When soul to soul , and dust to dust return ...
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adamantine adieu afar anguish ANTISTROPHE Arion beauty Beauty's bleed bliss bosom bowers Brama brave bright Briton brow burst cease charm child clime command cried deed deep delight doom'd dread dust dust return earth eternal fate fire fond friendless Gilderoy glow hail hand Hark Hast thou hath heart Heaven heavenly Hindoo hour hurl'd isles James Ballantyne life's light lingering lonely lyre MEDEA Mercy midnight mingles mournful Murder murmur Muse Nature Nature's NOTE numbers o'er pang parricide Peace pensive Plato PLEASURES OF HOPE poor dog Tray Prague proud rapture red dragons sacred sapient scenes seraph shade shalt shore sigh slumber smile song sooth sorrow soul spirit storm strings sublime sweep sweet tears thee thine trembling triumph Truth twas unfathom'd vale Vengeance viewless wandering watch wave weep wheels wild winds wing wounded Hussar wrath wretch yonder