The pleasures of hope, Gertrude of Wyoming, and other poems. To which are added, Collins' & Gray's poetical works1854 |
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... Song . 216 The Triumphs of Owen . The Death of Hoel . 217 218 A Long Story . Elegy written in a Country Church - Yard 223 Epitaph . 227 POSTHUMOUS POEMS AND Amatory Lines Tophet , an Epigram Impromptu , written at • 240 241 243 ...
... Song . 216 The Triumphs of Owen . The Death of Hoel . 217 218 A Long Story . Elegy written in a Country Church - Yard 223 Epitaph . 227 POSTHUMOUS POEMS AND Amatory Lines Tophet , an Epigram Impromptu , written at • 240 241 243 ...
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... Song . Lochiel's Warning Hohenlinden Ye Mariners of England 93 Glenara . Battle of the Baltic 94 • • 95 Lord Ullin's Daughter . 98 79 80 NOTES 101 86 87 • 88 92 Encomiums on Collins - 119 ORIENTAL ECLOGUES . I. Selim ; or , the Shep ...
... Song . Lochiel's Warning Hohenlinden Ye Mariners of England 93 Glenara . Battle of the Baltic 94 • • 95 Lord Ullin's Daughter . 98 79 80 NOTES 101 86 87 • 88 92 Encomiums on Collins - 119 ORIENTAL ECLOGUES . I. Selim ; or , the Shep ...
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... Song . 216 The Triumphs of Owen . The Death of Hoel . 217 218 A Long Story . Elegy written in a Country Church - Yard 223 Epitaph . 227 POSTHUMOUS POEMS AND Amatory Lines Tophet , an Epigram Impromptu , written at • 240 241 243 ...
... Song . 216 The Triumphs of Owen . The Death of Hoel . 217 218 A Long Story . Elegy written in a Country Church - Yard 223 Epitaph . 227 POSTHUMOUS POEMS AND Amatory Lines Tophet , an Epigram Impromptu , written at • 240 241 243 ...
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... song of other times , His cottage - home , his bark of slender sail , His glassy lake , and broomwood blossom'd vale , Rush on his thought ; he sweeps before the wind , Treads the lov'd shore he sigh'd to leave behind ; Meets at each ...
... song of other times , His cottage - home , his bark of slender sail , His glassy lake , and broomwood blossom'd vale , Rush on his thought ; he sweeps before the wind , Treads the lov'd shore he sigh'd to leave behind ; Meets at each ...
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... song in Mercy's mellow stream ; To pensive drops the radiant eye beguile- For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile ; - On Nature's throbbing anguish pour relief , And teach impassion'd souls the Joy of Grief ? " Yes ; to thy ...
... song in Mercy's mellow stream ; To pensive drops the radiant eye beguile- For Beauty's tears are lovelier than her smile ; - On Nature's throbbing anguish pour relief , And teach impassion'd souls the Joy of Grief ? " Yes ; to thy ...
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Page 138 - And though sometimes, each dreary pause between, Dejected Pity, at his side, Her soul-subduing voice applied, Yet still he kept his wild unaltered mien, While each strained ball of sight seemed bursting from his head.
Page 77 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 210 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstasy the living lyre.
Page 140 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round ; Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound : And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Page 76 - Tis morn; but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry!
Page 211 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Page 141 - IN yonder grave a Druid lies, Where slowly winds the stealing wave; The year's best sweets shall duteous rise To deck its poet's sylvan grave. In yon deep bed of whispering reeds His airy harp shall now be laid, That he, whose heart in sorrow bleeds, May love through life the soothing shade.
Page 182 - This pencil take' (she said), 'whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year: Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy! This can unlock the gates of joy; Of horror that, and thrilling fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic tears.
Page 179 - Awake, ^Eolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take : The laughing flowers that round them blow Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong. Thro
Page 82 - 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, Then who will cheer my bonny bride When they have slain her lover?