Palestrina; a Metrical RomanceLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 141 pages |
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... plain below , But doth not heed the river's flow , Nor glassy lake , volcano - wrought , * Where nature such a charm hath brought , That even from out Destruction's hands Her brightest handiwork expands , And seeks upon its dazzling ...
... plain below , But doth not heed the river's flow , Nor glassy lake , volcano - wrought , * Where nature such a charm hath brought , That even from out Destruction's hands Her brightest handiwork expands , And seeks upon its dazzling ...
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... Fruitless her watch - the barriers ' height Mocks all her efforts , and ' tis vain To strive while aching with the sight To pierce the mountain and the plain . * Rome . The beams of joyous day have come , Nor brought 8 . PALESTRINA .
... Fruitless her watch - the barriers ' height Mocks all her efforts , and ' tis vain To strive while aching with the sight To pierce the mountain and the plain . * Rome . The beams of joyous day have come , Nor brought 8 . PALESTRINA .
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... plain . He sleeps she can his face behold - - The lips she would have kiss'd , though cold . To stay these terrors all her power Is vain She will not rest an hour , But hasten from himself to hear If this be truth or idle fear . IX ...
... plain . He sleeps she can his face behold - - The lips she would have kiss'd , though cold . To stay these terrors all her power Is vain She will not rest an hour , But hasten from himself to hear If this be truth or idle fear . IX ...
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... waft me out of sorrow's pale , 66 Descry a loophole whence to fly , " Those fancies , which are ever nigh , " With him I am resolved to seek " The desert plain — the mountain bleak , " No other guidance than his arm , " No 16 PALESTRINA .
... waft me out of sorrow's pale , 66 Descry a loophole whence to fly , " Those fancies , which are ever nigh , " With him I am resolved to seek " The desert plain — the mountain bleak , " No other guidance than his arm , " No 16 PALESTRINA .
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... to cheer ; But he deem'd they mock'd the grief he felt , For all seem'd joyous where it dwelt ; And his step awaited not the strain , But glided onward to the plain . X. ' Twas noon- the orb of light on high THE SHEPHERD'S TALE . 31.
... to cheer ; But he deem'd they mock'd the grief he felt , For all seem'd joyous where it dwelt ; And his step awaited not the strain , But glided onward to the plain . X. ' Twas noon- the orb of light on high THE SHEPHERD'S TALE . 31.
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