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... sound ; With Franklin grasp the lightning's fiery wing , Or yield the lyre of heaven another string . * " The Swedish sage † admires , in yonder bowers , His winged insects , and his rosy flowers ; Calls from their woodland haunts the ...
... sound ; With Franklin grasp the lightning's fiery wing , Or yield the lyre of heaven another string . * " The Swedish sage † admires , in yonder bowers , His winged insects , and his rosy flowers ; Calls from their woodland haunts the ...
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... sounds along their banners fly , Revenge , or death , the watchword and reply ; Then peal'd the notes , omnipotent to charm , And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm ! — In vain , alas ! in vain , ye gallant few ! From rank to rank ...
... sounds along their banners fly , Revenge , or death , the watchword and reply ; Then peal'd the notes , omnipotent to charm , And the loud tocsin toll'd their last alarm ! — In vain , alas ! in vain , ye gallant few ! From rank to rank ...
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... sounds , that awe the listening mind , Roll on the azure paths of every wind . " Foes of mankind ! ( her guardian spirits say ) , Revolving ages bring the bitter day , When Heaven's unerring arm shall fall on you , And blood for blood ...
... sounds , that awe the listening mind , Roll on the azure paths of every wind . " Foes of mankind ! ( her guardian spirits say ) , Revolving ages bring the bitter day , When Heaven's unerring arm shall fall on you , And blood for blood ...
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... sounds that shook the firmament of heaven , Careers the fiery giant , fast and far , On bickering wheels , and adamantine car ; From planet whirl'd to planet more remote , He visits realms beyond the reach of thought ; But wheeling ...
... sounds that shook the firmament of heaven , Careers the fiery giant , fast and far , On bickering wheels , and adamantine car ; From planet whirl'd to planet more remote , He visits realms beyond the reach of thought ; But wheeling ...
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... sound the march of Time , Thy joyous youth began - but not to fade.- When all the sister planets have decay'd ; When wrapt in fire the realms of ether glow , And Heaven's last thunder shakes the world below ; Thou , undismay'd , shalt o ...
... sound the march of Time , Thy joyous youth began - but not to fade.- When all the sister planets have decay'd ; When wrapt in fire the realms of ether glow , And Heaven's last thunder shakes the world below ; Thou , undismay'd , shalt o ...
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Page 122 - Twas autumn, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 108 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 358 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 28 - 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 101 - Tis thine, oh Glenullin! whose bride shall await, Like a love-lighted watch-fire, all night at the gate. A steed comes at morning — no rider is there; But its bridle is red with the sign of despair. Weep, Albin!* to death and captivity led! Oh weep! but thy tears cannot number the dead: For a merciless sword on Culloden shall wave, Culloden! that reeks with the blood of the brave.
Page 115 - I'm the chief of Ulva's isle, And this Lord Ullin's daughter. — " And fast before her father's men Three days we've fled together, For should he find us in the glen, My blood would stain the heather. " His horsemen hard behind us ride ; Should they our steps discover...
Page 102 - Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before. I tell thee, Culloden's dread echoes shall ring With the bloodhounds that bark for thy fugitive king. Lo ! anointed by Heaven with the vials of wrath, Behold where he flies on his desolate path...
Page 116 - The water-wraith was shrieking; And in the scowl of heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer. " O haste thee, haste!" the lady cries, "Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Page 122 - The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw, By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain ; At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamed it again.
Page 105 - Again ! again ! again ! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back Their shots along the deep slowly boom : Then ceased — and all is wail, As they strike the shattered sail, Or in conflagration pale Light the gloom.