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... sleep hath cast o'er all— When he that wakes to hail the streak Of light that gilds the mountain peak , The first sweet odour to inhale That comes upon the morning gale- Whose footsteps crush the dewy globes That flowers wear as nightly ...
... sleep hath cast o'er all— When he that wakes to hail the streak Of light that gilds the mountain peak , The first sweet odour to inhale That comes upon the morning gale- Whose footsteps crush the dewy globes That flowers wear as nightly ...
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... — Obscure , unnoticed and unknown , In forests ' darkness dwelt alone ; Condemned by night in caves to sleep , And anxious watch by day to keep- For food in solitude to roam Far from his kindred and his home : So fatal 14.
... — Obscure , unnoticed and unknown , In forests ' darkness dwelt alone ; Condemned by night in caves to sleep , And anxious watch by day to keep- For food in solitude to roam Far from his kindred and his home : So fatal 14.
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... sleep comes grateful to the heart Untouched by vice or treason's art ; And warrior's couch is easy spread On plains or caverns lowly bed- The softest down gives not such rest To frames by luxury's thrall oppressed : And often had the ...
... sleep comes grateful to the heart Untouched by vice or treason's art ; And warrior's couch is easy spread On plains or caverns lowly bed- The softest down gives not such rest To frames by luxury's thrall oppressed : And often had the ...
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... sleep the foe defied : Oh wake them not - this rest to - night Shall nerve them for the morrow's fight- Oh wake them not from placid sleep , Unstirred by trump or gun ; For them how many hearts shall weep- No further vigil need they ...
... sleep the foe defied : Oh wake them not - this rest to - night Shall nerve them for the morrow's fight- Oh wake them not from placid sleep , Unstirred by trump or gun ; For them how many hearts shall weep- No further vigil need they ...
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... her , affection is weeping , To faith there is given this promise to cheer : Not dead is the maiden ! but calmly she's sleeping , Until the last trumpet's dread sound she shall hear ! STANZAS . MORN on the waters ! how joyous and 45.
... her , affection is weeping , To faith there is given this promise to cheer : Not dead is the maiden ! but calmly she's sleeping , Until the last trumpet's dread sound she shall hear ! STANZAS . MORN on the waters ! how joyous and 45.
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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 !