The Wreath1815 - 156 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 11
Page 17
... rais'd to heaven the humble vale , And gulfs the mountain's mighty mass entomb'd , And where the Atlantic rolls , wide continents have bloom'd . * But sure to foreign climes we need not range , Nor search the ancient records of our race ...
... rais'd to heaven the humble vale , And gulfs the mountain's mighty mass entomb'd , And where the Atlantic rolls , wide continents have bloom'd . * But sure to foreign climes we need not range , Nor search the ancient records of our race ...
Page 20
... rais'd above the things below , " Who , every hope and fear to Heaven resign'd , " Shrinks not , tho ' fortune aim her deadliest blow . " -This strain from midst the rocks was heard to flow In solemn sounds . Now beam'd the evening star ...
... rais'd above the things below , " Who , every hope and fear to Heaven resign'd , " Shrinks not , tho ' fortune aim her deadliest blow . " -This strain from midst the rocks was heard to flow In solemn sounds . Now beam'd the evening star ...
Page 22
... rais'd his eyes In tears , for grief lay heavy at his heart . " And is it thus in courtly life , " he cries , " That man to man acts a betrayer's part ! " And dares he thus the gifts of Heaven pervert , " Each social instinct , and ...
... rais'd his eyes In tears , for grief lay heavy at his heart . " And is it thus in courtly life , " he cries , " That man to man acts a betrayer's part ! " And dares he thus the gifts of Heaven pervert , " Each social instinct , and ...
Page 32
... rais'd high to Heaven the loud , th ' impetuous song . And how his lyre , though rude her first essays , Now skill'd to soothe , to triumph , to complain , Warbling at will thro ' each harmonious maze , Was taught to modulate the artful ...
... rais'd high to Heaven the loud , th ' impetuous song . And how his lyre , though rude her first essays , Now skill'd to soothe , to triumph , to complain , Warbling at will thro ' each harmonious maze , Was taught to modulate the artful ...
Page 111
... rais'd , refin'd ; Till once , ' tis said , when all were fir'd , Fill'd with fury , rapt , inspir'd , From the supporting myrtles round They snatch'd her instruments of sound ; And as they oft had heard apart Sweet lessons of her ...
... rais'd , refin'd ; Till once , ' tis said , when all were fir'd , Fill'd with fury , rapt , inspir'd , From the supporting myrtles round They snatch'd her instruments of sound ; And as they oft had heard apart Sweet lessons of her ...
Common terms and phrases
Aberdeen Beattie Behold beneath BISHOP OF LONDON blest bloom bosom breast breath brow calm Caracalla charms clouds dark dead death deep Distress dome dread dust earth Epicures eternal Etruscan ev'n fair fame Fancy Fancy's fear gentle gloomy glory grave Greece grief groves hand havock hear heart Heaven hope hour imperial Rome James Beattie lonely lyre mighty mind Minstrel mortal mourn Muse Nature's ne'er night nymph o'er once pain Palemon peace pity plain poison'd pomp praise pride proud rage rais'd rise round rude ruin scene seem'd shade sigh silence skies smile soft solemn song sorrows soul sound spleen Stamp'd sting storm stream stupify sublime sweet tale tears tell tempest thee thine thou thro tomb trembling truth Twas vale virtue voice wandering waves weep whate'er wild wind wings wretch youth