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Page 15
... deeds they tell , And read the trembling world the tales of hell . " When Venus , throned in clouds of rosy hue , Flings from her golden urn the vesper dew , And bids fond man her glimmering noon employ , Sacred to love , and walks of ...
... deeds they tell , And read the trembling world the tales of hell . " When Venus , throned in clouds of rosy hue , Flings from her golden urn the vesper dew , And bids fond man her glimmering noon employ , Sacred to love , and walks of ...
Page 33
... deeds are dark ; Ye that expanding truth invidious view , And think , or wish , the song of HOPE untrue : Perhaps your little hands presume to span The march of Genius , and the powers of man ; Perhaps ye watch , at Pride's unhallow'd ...
... deeds are dark ; Ye that expanding truth invidious view , And think , or wish , the song of HOPE untrue : Perhaps your little hands presume to span The march of Genius , and the powers of man ; Perhaps ye watch , at Pride's unhallow'd ...
Page 37
... to bleed , And holy men give scripture for the deed ; Scourg'd and debased , no Briton stoops to save A wretch , a coward ; yes , because a slave ! — Eternal Nature ! when thy giant hand Had heaved the PLEASURES OF HOPE . 37.
... to bleed , And holy men give scripture for the deed ; Scourg'd and debased , no Briton stoops to save A wretch , a coward ; yes , because a slave ! — Eternal Nature ! when thy giant hand Had heaved the PLEASURES OF HOPE . 37.
Page 67
... 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 ! Heaven to thy charge resigns the awful hour ! Oh PLEASURES OF HOPE . 67.
... 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 ! Heaven to thy charge resigns the awful hour ! Oh PLEASURES OF HOPE . 67.
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... deeds were blameless , but the last , Poor lost Alonzo ! still I seem to hear The clod that struck thy hollow - sounding bier ! When Friendship paid , in speechless sorrow drown'd , Thy midnight rites , but not on hallow'd ground ...
... deeds were blameless , but the last , Poor lost Alonzo ! still I seem to hear The clod that struck thy hollow - sounding bier ! When Friendship paid , in speechless sorrow drown'd , Thy midnight rites , but not on hallow'd ground ...
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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