PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page 19
... play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue and each softer grace ; What tho ' the fiend's torpedo - touch arrest Each gentler ...
... play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue and each softer grace ; What tho ' the fiend's torpedo - touch arrest Each gentler ...
Page 28
... play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light . The beauteous maid , who bids the world ...
... play ; When clouds on clouds the smiling prospect close , Still thro ' the gloom thy star serenely glows : Like yon fair orb , she gilds the brow of night With the mild magic of reflected light . The beauteous maid , who bids the world ...
Page 30
... foreign skies ; Tho ' far below the forked lightnings play , And at his feet the thunder dies away , Oft , in the saddle rudely rocked to sleep , While his mule browses on the dizzy steep , With MEMORY's aid , he sits at home , and 30.
... foreign skies ; Tho ' far below the forked lightnings play , And at his feet the thunder dies away , Oft , in the saddle rudely rocked to sleep , While his mule browses on the dizzy steep , With MEMORY's aid , he sits at home , and 30.
Page 37
... played ; When , hark ! a voice sung sweetly thro ' the shade . It ceased - yet still in FLORIO's fancy sung , Still on each note his captive spirit hung ; Till o'er the mead a cool , sequestered grot From its rich roof a sparry lustre ...
... played ; When , hark ! a voice sung sweetly thro ' the shade . It ceased - yet still in FLORIO's fancy sung , Still on each note his captive spirit hung ; Till o'er the mead a cool , sequestered grot From its rich roof a sparry lustre ...
Page 44
... call our own . Lighter than air , Hope's summer - visions die , If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play , Lo , Fancy's fairy frost - work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of 44.
... call our own . Lighter than air , Hope's summer - visions die , If but a fleeting cloud obscure the sky ; If but a beam of sober Reason play , Lo , Fancy's fairy frost - work melts away ! But can the wiles of Art , the grasp of 44.
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