(The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems1821 - 68 pages |
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... fall ; While Beauty's deeply - pictur'd smiles impart A pang more dear than pleasure to the heart ; Warm as thy sighs shall flow the Lesbian strain , And plead in Beauty's ear , nor plead in vain . Or wilt thou Orphean hymns more sacred ...
... fall ; While Beauty's deeply - pictur'd smiles impart A pang more dear than pleasure to the heart ; Warm as thy sighs shall flow the Lesbian strain , And plead in Beauty's ear , nor plead in vain . Or wilt thou Orphean hymns more sacred ...
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... fall , A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shook - red meteors flash'd along the sky , And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh , righteous Heaven ! ere Freedom found a grave , Why slept the sword , omnipotent to ...
... fall , A thousand shrieks for hopeless mercy call ! Earth shook - red meteors flash'd along the sky , And conscious Nature shudder'd at the cry ! Oh , righteous Heaven ! ere Freedom found a grave , Why slept the sword , omnipotent to ...
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... Freedom calls , Encounter fate , and triumph as he falls ? Nor Tell disclose , through peril and alarm , The might that slumbers in a peasant's arm ? Yes ; in that generous cause , for ever strong 18 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... Freedom calls , Encounter fate , and triumph as he falls ? Nor Tell disclose , through peril and alarm , The might that slumbers in a peasant's arm ? Yes ; in that generous cause , for ever strong 18 PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... ) Revolving ages bring the bitter day , When Heav'n's unerring arm shall fall on you , And blood for blood these Indian plains bedew ; Nine times have Brama's wheels of lightning hurl'd His awful PLEASURES OF HOPE 21.
... ) Revolving ages bring the bitter day , When Heav'n's unerring arm shall fall on you , And blood for blood these Indian plains bedew ; Nine times have Brama's wheels of lightning hurl'd His awful PLEASURES OF HOPE 21.
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... fall of music far away ; And oft he lingers from his home a while To watch the dying notes , and start , and smile ! Let Winter come ! let polar spirits sweep The dark'ning world , and tempest - troubled deep ! Though boundless snows ...
... fall of music far away ; And oft he lingers from his home a while To watch the dying notes , and start , and smile ! Let Winter come ! let polar spirits sweep The dark'ning world , and tempest - troubled deep ! Though boundless snows ...
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adieu ANTISTROPHE Belfast bleed blest bliss bosom breath'd breathe breeze bright burst burst of joy calm charm charm'd clime confest deep delight doom'd dread dust Erin go bragh eternal Fancy fate fire fond gale glows hail hallow'd hand Hark hath hear heart Heav'n heav'nly Hindoo Hope hour isles kindred life's light linger live lone lov'd lyre MEDEA melancholy Memory midnight mind mingles murmurs Muse native Nature Nature's night NOTE numbers o'er pangs parricide peace pensive Plato pleasure poor dog Tray pow'r rapture resign'd rocks round rude sacred scene seraph shade shore sigh silent sleep slumber smile song sooth sorrow soul sphere spirit storm sublime sweet swell tears thee thine thought thro trace trembling triumph Truth Twas vale Vespasian Virgil's tomb Virtue wake watch wave weep wild winds wing worlds unknown youth