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... Peace and Mercy , banish'd from the plain , Sprung on the viewless winds to Heaven again ; All , all forsook the friendless guilty mind , But Hope , the charmer , linger'd still behind . Thus , while Elijah's burning wheels prepare From ...
... Peace and Mercy , banish'd from the plain , Sprung on the viewless winds to Heaven again ; All , all forsook the friendless guilty mind , But Hope , the charmer , linger'd still behind . Thus , while Elijah's burning wheels prepare From ...
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... peaceful dreams thy handmaid spirits bring ! What viewless forms th ' Æolian organ play , And sweep the furrow'd lines of anxious thought away . Angel of life ! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds , and ocean's wildest ...
... peaceful dreams thy handmaid spirits bring ! What viewless forms th ' Æolian organ play , And sweep the furrow'd lines of anxious thought away . Angel of life ! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds , and ocean's wildest ...
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... Peace and repose , a Briton and a friend ! ( b ) Congenial Hope ! thy passion - kindling power , How bright , how strong , in youth's untroubled hour On yon proud height , with Genius hand in hand , I see thee light , and wave thy ...
... Peace and repose , a Briton and a friend ! ( b ) Congenial Hope ! thy passion - kindling power , How bright , how strong , in youth's untroubled hour On yon proud height , with Genius hand in hand , I see thee light , and wave thy ...
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... peace , the sabbath of his years , Health shall prolong to many a festive hour The social pleasures of his humble bower Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps , Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps ; She , while the lovely ...
... peace , the sabbath of his years , Health shall prolong to many a festive hour The social pleasures of his humble bower Lo ! at the couch where infant beauty sleeps , Her silent watch the mournful mother keeps ; She , while the lovely ...
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... peace , proud Reason ! nor destroy The shadowy forms of uncreated joy , That urge the lingering tide of life , and pour Spontaneous slumber on his midnight hour . Hark ! the wild maniac sings , to chide the gale That wafts so slow her ...
... peace , proud Reason ! nor destroy The shadowy forms of uncreated joy , That urge the lingering tide of life , and pour Spontaneous slumber on his midnight hour . Hark ! the wild maniac sings , to chide the gale That wafts so slow her ...
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adore afar beauty Beauty's behold blazing blest blood atone blooming bosom breathe breeze bright brow charm child Child of Heaven clime clouds deeds deep delight divine dread earth eternal Fancy fate fire fire of Heaven Freedom calls gaze Genesa Genius glow hail hand Hark hath heart Heaven heavenly hour light Loxian lyre MARK AKENSIDE MEMORY Mercy midnight mind mingles murmuring Muse native Nature Nature's northern wars o'er Ordain'd Peace pensive Plato PLEASURES OF HOPE proud rapture rocks rosy sacred Sarmatia scene shade shore sigh slumber smile smiling band song soothe sorrow soul spirit storm stream sublime sweep sweet sword tears thee thine thunder thy triumph toil trembling Truth Tumultuous tyrant unfathom'd vale Virtue wakes wandering warm watch watch the wheels wave weep wild Wilt thou winds wing woodland heights wretch youth
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Page 47 - Not in the feding echoes of Renown, Power's purple robes, nor Pleasure's flowery lap, The soul should find enjoyment : but from these Turning disdainful to an equal good, Through all the ascent of things enlarge her view, Till every bound at length should disappear, And infinite perfection close the scene.
Page 41 - From Heaven my strains begin; from Heaven descends The flame of genius to the human breast, And love and beauty, and poetic joy And inspiration. Ere the radiant Sun Sprang from the east, or 'mid the vault of night The Moon suspended her serener lamp ; Ere mountains, woods, or streams...
Page 19 - Science, hast thou wander'd there, To waft us home the message of despair? Then bind the palm, thy sage's brow to suit, Of blasted leaf and death-distilling fruit...
Page 47 - Mind, mind alone, (bear witness, Earth and Heaven !) The living fountains in itself contains Of beauteous and sublime : here, hand in hand, Sit paramount the Graces ; here enthroned, Celestial Venus, with divinest airs, Invites the soul to never-fading joy.
Page 1 - Firm-paced and slow, a horrid front they form, Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm; Low murmuring sounds along their banners fly, Revenge, or death...
Page 2 - Yes ! thy proud lords, unpitied land ! shall see That man hath yet a soul — and dare be free ! A little while, along thy saddening plains, The starless night of Desolation reigns ; Truth shall restore the light by Nature given, And like Prometheus, bring the fire of Heaven ! Prone to the dust Oppression shall be hurled, Her name, her nature, withered from the world...
Page 1 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...