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... appears to be ; and the Author , in making his first appearance , feels a characteristic nerv- ousness which has induced him to preface the Work with a few observations , intended as a propitiation for many errors and negligences ...
... appears to be ; and the Author , in making his first appearance , feels a characteristic nerv- ousness which has induced him to preface the Work with a few observations , intended as a propitiation for many errors and negligences ...
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... appears even hope , When thus it dares with fate to cope , And mem❜ry then in sadness yearns For pleasure that no more returns— And she that builds amid such gloom Will find the edifice a tomb ; And tho ' perchance at first ' tis fair ...
... appears even hope , When thus it dares with fate to cope , And mem❜ry then in sadness yearns For pleasure that no more returns— And she that builds amid such gloom Will find the edifice a tomb ; And tho ' perchance at first ' tis fair ...
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... The fountain of her tears , For midst the gloom that round her rolls , One joy - tinged ray appears : Her child will know not man's contempt , Or friendship's treacherous calm ; He will not taste life's bitter cup , Or own 56 56.
... The fountain of her tears , For midst the gloom that round her rolls , One joy - tinged ray appears : Her child will know not man's contempt , Or friendship's treacherous calm ; He will not taste life's bitter cup , Or own 56 56.
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... on the gladdened ear ; The anxious look , the eager hum , Proclaim that home is near ; How proudly in their ranks they come- How glorious they appear ! Remembrance of each gallant deed Within their breasts shall thrill- 58.
... on the gladdened ear ; The anxious look , the eager hum , Proclaim that home is near ; How proudly in their ranks they come- How glorious they appear ! Remembrance of each gallant deed Within their breasts shall thrill- 58.
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... appears that voice Which once could bid my heart rejoice . It Farewell ! may be now while Fortune strews Thy youthful path with flow'rs , And pleasures throng with varied hues To deck the passing hours- It may be that unworthy pride ...
... appears that voice Which once could bid my heart rejoice . It Farewell ! may be now while Fortune strews Thy youthful path with flow'rs , And pleasures throng with varied hues To deck the passing hours- It may be that unworthy pride ...
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AGNES amid anguish arrayed ARTHUR balmy banner battle beam beauty beneath bitter bloom breast breathe bright bring brow calm cheek cheer CLIFFORD's CLIFFORD's tower clouds dark death decay deep delight DEMERARA dew-drops DIRGE E'en early earth fade faint fairy falchions fame farewell feelings flowers gallant band gaze gentle gladness gloom glory grief hath heard Heaven holy hopes laurel wreath life's light lonely look of love lour lyre maiden rest mem'ry merry England mirth moonlight morning mourn neath night o'er ocean pain pale path peace perchance perfume placid plain pleasures pow'r pride pure Queen reigns reigns o'er rill scene seems shed shine shone silent sleep smile sorrow soul spirit splendour star strife tears thee thine thou thoughts thro Tis sweet tomb transient vale vanished VESPER HOUR visage voice wake warrior weary ween wings withered young heart youth
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Page 59 - OFT, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me ; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night...
Page 67 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 48 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page 56 - O, that the slave had forty thousand lives ! One is too poor, too weak for my revenge. Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, lago ; All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven : 'Tis gone. Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell ! Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne To tyrannous hate ! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught, For 'tis of aspics
Page 89 - Where the wicked cease from troubling And the weary are at rest !