PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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Page 35
... night . So oft the finer movements of the soul , That shun the sphere of Pleasure's gay controul , In the still shades of calm Seclusion rise , And breathe their sweet , seraphic harmonies ! Once , and domestic annals tell the time ...
... night . So oft the finer movements of the soul , That shun the sphere of Pleasure's gay controul , In the still shades of calm Seclusion rise , And breathe their sweet , seraphic harmonies ! Once , and domestic annals tell the time ...
Page 36
... night of caverns led ; Some ancient cataract's deserted bed . High on exulting wing the heath - cock rose , And blew his shrill blast o'er perennial snows ; Ere the rapt youth , recoiling from the roar , Gazed on the tumbling tide of ...
... night of caverns led ; Some ancient cataract's deserted bed . High on exulting wing the heath - cock rose , And blew his shrill blast o'er perennial snows ; Ere the rapt youth , recoiling from the roar , Gazed on the tumbling tide of ...
Page 40
... from the cove , Down by St. Herbert's consecrated grove ; Whence erst the chanted hymn , the tapered rite Amused the fisher's solitary night ;. } J.M. W. Turner , R.A. H. Le Keux And still the mitred window , richly wreathed , A. 40.
... from the cove , Down by St. Herbert's consecrated grove ; Whence erst the chanted hymn , the tapered rite Amused the fisher's solitary night ;. } J.M. W. Turner , R.A. H. Le Keux And still the mitred window , richly wreathed , A. 40.
Page 68
... night beautiful . ' Tis past , ' tis gone , And in his darkness as he journeys on , Nothing revives him but the blessed ray That now breaks in , nor ever knows decay , Sent from a better world to light him on his way . How great the ...
... night beautiful . ' Tis past , ' tis gone , And in his darkness as he journeys on , Nothing revives him but the blessed ray That now breaks in , nor ever knows decay , Sent from a better world to light him on his way . How great the ...
Page 76
... Then come those full confidings of the past ; All sunshine now , where all was overcast . Then do they wander till the day is gone , Lost in each other ; and when Night steals on , : ; Covering them round , how sweet her accents are 76.
... Then come those full confidings of the past ; All sunshine now , where all was overcast . Then do they wander till the day is gone , Lost in each other ; and when Night steals on , : ; Covering them round , how sweet her accents are 76.
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Ęschylus age to age ancient bids bless blest breathe bright called calm CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus controul Cortes courser dark delight dream Euripides father fear Finden fled flowers fond gaze glory glows 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 Pausanias Petrarch Plato pleasure R.A. Goodall rapture resigned rise round sacred sail sate says scene secret seraph shade shadow shed shine shore sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring steals stood Stothard sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Turner Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL'S tomb virtue voice wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings young youth