The Pleasures of Hope: With Other Poems |
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... glows divinely there . What potent spirit guides the raptured eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend , with all her heav'nly pow'r , The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour ? Ah , no ! she darkly sees the fate of man ...
... glows divinely there . What potent spirit guides the raptured eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity ? Can Wisdom lend , with all her heav'nly pow'r , The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour ? Ah , no ! she darkly sees the fate of man ...
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... admiring HOPE the while , At every artless tear , and every smile ! How glows the joyous parent to descry A guileless bosom , true to sympathy ! Where is the troubled heart , consigned to share Tumultuous PLEASURES OF HOPE . 21.
... admiring HOPE the while , At every artless tear , and every smile ! How glows the joyous parent to descry A guileless bosom , true to sympathy ! Where is the troubled heart , consigned to share Tumultuous PLEASURES OF HOPE . 21.
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... glow , His blood - dy'd waters murmuring far below ; The storm prevails , the rampart yields a way , Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , 30 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... glow , His blood - dy'd waters murmuring far below ; The storm prevails , the rampart yields a way , Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , 30 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... with Fancy's energy , to glow , And rival all but Shakspeare's name below ! And say , supernal Powers ! who deeply scan Heaven's dark decrees , unfathom'd yet by man , When shall the world call down , to cleanse her 336 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... with Fancy's energy , to glow , And rival all but Shakspeare's name below ! And say , supernal Powers ! who deeply scan Heaven's dark decrees , unfathom'd yet by man , When shall the world call down , to cleanse her 336 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... 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 injured realm The oppressor to dethrone , the proud to ...
... 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 injured realm The oppressor to dethrone , the proud to ...
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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