The Wreath: A Collection of Poems from Celebrated English Authors |
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... gloom , " Of late so grateful in the hour of drought ! " Why do the birds , that song and rapture brought " To all your bowers , their mansions now forsake ? " Ah ! why has fickle chance this ruin wrought ? " For now the storm howls ...
... gloom , " Of late so grateful in the hour of drought ! " Why do the birds , that song and rapture brought " To all your bowers , their mansions now forsake ? " Ah ! why has fickle chance this ruin wrought ? " For now the storm howls ...
Page 49
... gloom ; which to explore " Even Fancy trembles in her sprightliest mood ; " For there each eye - ball gleams with lust of gore , " Nestles each murderous and each monstrous brood , " Plague lurks in every shade , and streams from every ...
... gloom ; which to explore " Even Fancy trembles in her sprightliest mood ; " For there each eye - ball gleams with lust of gore , " Nestles each murderous and each monstrous brood , " Plague lurks in every shade , and streams from every ...
Page 55
... gloom profound ! The sickly taper , By glimmering thro ' thy low - brow'd misty vaults , Furred round with mouldy damps , and ropy slime , Lets fall a supernumerary horror , And only serves to make thy night more irksome . Well do I ...
... gloom profound ! The sickly taper , By glimmering thro ' thy low - brow'd misty vaults , Furred round with mouldy damps , and ropy slime , Lets fall a supernumerary horror , And only serves to make thy night more irksome . Well do I ...
Page 95
... d ( That best , that greatest comfort in affliction , ) The countenance of God , and through the gloom Shot forth some kindly gleams , to cheer and warm The offender's sinking soul . Hope sent from Heaven Uprais'd DEATH . 95.
... d ( That best , that greatest comfort in affliction , ) The countenance of God , and through the gloom Shot forth some kindly gleams , to cheer and warm The offender's sinking soul . Hope sent from Heaven Uprais'd DEATH . 95.
Page 120
... gloom ; " For yonder faithless phantom flies " To lure thee to thy doom . " Here to the houseless child of want " My door is open still ; " And though my portion is but scant , " I give it with good will . " Then turn to - night , and ...
... gloom ; " For yonder faithless phantom flies " To lure thee to thy doom . " Here to the houseless child of want " My door is open still ; " And though my portion is but scant , " I give it with good will . " Then turn to - night , and ...
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