The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans, Volume 2Evert Duyckinck, 1828 |
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... nights too bright for sleep , Soft , solemn , holy - We were on our way Unto the mighty Cordillera - land , With men ... night - th ' in- tense Dark blue - the burning stars ! -I saw thee shine Once more , in thy serene magnificence , O ...
... nights too bright for sleep , Soft , solemn , holy - We were on our way Unto the mighty Cordillera - land , With men ... night - th ' in- tense Dark blue - the burning stars ! -I saw thee shine Once more , in thy serene magnificence , O ...
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... night , Some voice of all the lost ones and the true , Would speak , and say , if in their far repose , We are yet aught of what we were to those We call the dead ! -their passionate adieu , Was it but breath , to perish ! -Holier trust ...
... night , Some voice of all the lost ones and the true , Would speak , and say , if in their far repose , We are yet aught of what we were to those We call the dead ! -their passionate adieu , Was it but breath , to perish ! -Holier trust ...
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... night : I look forth on the stars - the shadowy sleep Of forests - and the lake , whose gloomy deep Sends up red sparkles to the fire - flies ' light . A lonely world ! -ev'n fearful to man's thought , But for His presence felt , whom ...
... night : I look forth on the stars - the shadowy sleep Of forests - and the lake , whose gloomy deep Sends up red sparkles to the fire - flies ' light . A lonely world ! -ev'n fearful to man's thought , But for His presence felt , whom ...
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... night , in different seasons , the Cross of the South is erect or inclined . It is a time - peace that advances very regularly near four minutes a day , and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye an observation of time so ...
... night , in different seasons , the Cross of the South is erect or inclined . It is a time - peace that advances very regularly near four minutes a day , and no other group of stars exhibits to the naked eye an observation of time so ...
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... night , might not be committed to the waves until after sun- rise , in order to pay it the last rites according to the usage of the Romish church . Note 19 , page 15 , vol . 2 , line 18 . Oh art thou not where there is no more sea ...
... night , might not be committed to the waves until after sun- rise , in order to pay it the last rites according to the usage of the Romish church . Note 19 , page 15 , vol . 2 , line 18 . Oh art thou not where there is no more sea ...
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Page 88 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free!
Page 89 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Page 85 - Traveller, in the stranger's land, Far from thine own household band ; Mourner, haunted by the tone Of a voice from this world gone ; Captive, in whose narrow cell Sunshine hath, not leave to dwell ; Sailor, on the darkening sea — Lift the heart and bend the knee...
Page 68 - Give back the lost and lovely ! — those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long ! The prayer went up...
Page 111 - O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade.
Page 115 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath. And stars to set — but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! THE LOST PLEIAD.
Page 135 - Speak, father," once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Page 135 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Page 137 - Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 194 - midst the green islands of glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds on their starry wings Bear the rich hues of all glorious things ? Not there, not there, my child. Is it far away in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold, Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand, Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ? Not there, not there, my child.