...wept in vain, Till Memory fled her aeonizing brain ; — But Mercy gave, to charm the sense of wo, Ideal peace, that truth could ne'er bestow ; Warm...sky, And the lone sea-bird wakes its wildest cry, Piled on the steep, her blazing fagots burn To hail the bark that never can return ; And still she...

...gaze ; Poor widowed wretch ! 'twas there she wept in vain, Till Memory fled her agonizing brain ; — But Mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace,...beam, And aimless Hope delights her darkest dream. VII. HOPE GIVES PLEDGE OF PROGRESS Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time, And rule the spacious...

...sense of woe, • Ideal peaee, that truth eould ue'er bestow; ¡ Warm on her heart the joys of Faney beam, And aimless HOPE delights her darkest dream. Oft when yon moon has elimb'd the midnight sky, I And the lone sea-bird wakes its wildest ery, i Piled on the steep, her...

...gaze : Poor widow'd wretch ! 'twas there she wept in vain, Till Memory fled her agonizing brain ; — But Mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace,...sky, And the lone sea-bird wakes its wildest, cry, Piled on the steep, her blazing fagots burn To hail the bark that never can return ; And still she...

...'Hark! the wild maniac sings, to chide the gale That wafts so slow her lover's distant sail ; . . . Oft when yon moon has climb'd the midnight sky, And the lone sea-bird wakes its wildest cry. Piled on the steep, her blazing faggots burn To hail the bark that never can return; And still she...

...gaze: Poor widowed wretch ! 'twas there she wept in vain, Till Memory fled her agonising brain — But Mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace,...delights her darkest dream. Oft when yon moon has climbed the midnight sky, And the lone sea-bird wakes its wildest cry, Piled on the steep, her blazing...

...a passage in Campbell's Pleasures of Hope, which was famous at the time when Byron wrote : ' Piled on the steep, her blazing faggots burn To hail the bark that never can return.' 259. his boy essay'd the dreadful leap; — the incident here referred to occurs in Fenelon's Telemaque,...

...gaze : Poor widowed wretch ! 'twas there she wept in vain, Till memory fled her agonizing brain ; — But Mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace,...delights her darkest dream. Oft when yon moon has climbed the midnight sky, And the lone sea bird wakes its wildest cry, Piled on the steep, her blazing...

...gaze: Poor widow'd wretch! 'twas there she wept in vain, Till memory fled her agonizing brain ; — But Mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace,...sky, And the lone sea-bird wakes its wildest cry, Piled on the steep, her blazing fagots burn To hail the bark that never can return; And still she waits,...

...maddening gaze : Poor widowed wretch ! 'twas there she wept in vain, Till memory fled her agonising brain ; But Mercy gave, to charm the sense of woe, Ideal peace,...beam, And aimless Hope delights her darkest dream. To rank the delusions of madness among the conscious Pleasures of Hope shows a feebleness of thought...