Poems |
From inside the book
Results 6-10 of 83
Page 19
... long - lost scenes that round him rise , And sinks a martyr to repentant sighs . Ask not if courts or camps dissolve the charm : Say why VESPASIAN loved his Sabine farm ; Why great NAVARRE , when France and freedom bled , 19.
... long - lost scenes that round him rise , And sinks a martyr to repentant sighs . Ask not if courts or camps dissolve the charm : Say why VESPASIAN loved his Sabine farm ; Why great NAVARRE , when France and freedom bled , 19.
Page 20
... round . Oft has the aged tenant of the vale Leaned on his staff to lengthen out the tale ; Oft have his lips the grateful tribute breathed , From sire to son with pious zeal bequeathed . When o'er the blasted heath the day declined ...
... round . Oft has the aged tenant of the vale Leaned on his staff to lengthen out the tale ; Oft have his lips the grateful tribute breathed , From sire to son with pious zeal bequeathed . When o'er the blasted heath the day declined ...
Page 22
... round generous Valour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , ' Twas thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' twas thine perchance the first to die , Crushed by her meagre hand , when welcomed from the sky . Hark ! the ...
... round generous Valour clung , To wring the slow surrender from his tongue , ' Twas thine to animate her closing eye ; Alas ! ' twas thine perchance the first to die , Crushed by her meagre hand , when welcomed from the sky . Hark ! the ...
Page 30
... round With humble wares and pipe of merry sound , From his green vale and sheltered cabin hies , And scales the Alps to visit foreign skies ; Tho ' far below the forked lightnings play , And at his feet the thunder dies away , Oft , in ...
... round With humble wares and pipe of merry sound , From his green vale and sheltered cabin hies , And scales the Alps to visit foreign skies ; Tho ' far below the forked lightnings play , And at his feet the thunder dies away , Oft , in ...
Page 31
... round , in colours of the rainbow , threw Forms ever fair , creations ever new ! But , as he fondly snatched the wreath of Fame , The spectre Poverty unnerved his frame . Cold was her grasp , a withering scowl she wore ; And Hope's soft ...
... round , in colours of the rainbow , threw Forms ever fair , creations ever new ! But , as he fondly snatched the wreath of Fame , The spectre Poverty unnerved his frame . Cold was her grasp , a withering scowl she wore ; And Hope's soft ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
age to age ancient bids bless blest blush breathe bright calm CANTO charm Cicero clouds Columbus controul Cortes courser dark delight desert shore dream Euripides father fear Finden fled flowers fond gaze glory glows Goodall grave grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Herrera Hist holy hope and fear hour human voice hung Icarius inspire light live look mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once ÖSTERREICHISCHE NATIONALBIBLIOTHEK Petrarch pleasure rapture resigned rise round sacred sail sate says scene secret seraph shade shadow shed shine shore sigh silent sire sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring steals Stothard sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Turner Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL'S tomb voice wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings young youth