(The Pleasures of Memory, with Other Poems1821 - 68 pages |
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... wild bee murmurs on the wing , What peaceful dreams thy handmaid spirits bring ! What viewless forms th ' Eolian organ play , And sweep the furrow'd lines of anxious thought away ! Angel of life ! thy glittering wings explore Earth's ...
... wild bee murmurs on the wing , What peaceful dreams thy handmaid spirits bring ! What viewless forms th ' Eolian organ play , And sweep the furrow'd lines of anxious thought away ! Angel of life ! thy glittering wings explore Earth's ...
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... wild , and mermaids on the shore ; Till , led by thee o'er many a cliff sublime , He found a warmer world , a milder clime , A home to rest , a shelter to defend , Peace and repose , a Briton and a friend ! ( d ) Congenial Hope ! thy ...
... wild , and mermaids on the shore ; Till , led by thee o'er many a cliff sublime , He found a warmer world , a milder clime , A home to rest , a shelter to defend , Peace and repose , a Briton and a friend ! ( d ) Congenial Hope ! thy ...
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... wild maniac sings , to chide the gale That wafts so slow her lover's distant sail ; She , sad spectatress , on the wintry shore Watch'd the rude surge his shroudless corse that bore , Knew the pale form , and , shrieking in amaze ...
... wild maniac sings , to chide the gale That wafts so slow her lover's distant sail ; She , sad spectatress , on the wintry shore Watch'd the rude surge his shroudless corse that bore , Knew the pale form , and , shrieking in amaze ...
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... wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smould'ring piles with thunder 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 ...
... wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smould'ring piles with thunder 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 ...
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... wild wave contemns your scepter'd hand ; - It roll'd not back when Canute gave command ! Man ! can thy doom no brighter soul allow ? Still must thou live a blot on Nature's brow ? Shall War's polluted banner ne'er be furl'd ? Shall ...
... wild wave contemns your scepter'd hand ; - It roll'd not back when Canute gave command ! Man ! can thy doom no brighter soul allow ? Still must thou live a blot on Nature's brow ? Shall War's polluted banner ne'er be furl'd ? Shall ...
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