Palestrina; a Metrical RomanceLongman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846 - 141 pages |
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... thou wafted now that heavenly tide ? Oh , Italy , thy voice doth but bestow The broken strain that breathes of present woe , Yet with an eloquence which is not thine , Hopeless and sad — since Freedom's source divine - For thee no more ...
... thou wafted now that heavenly tide ? Oh , Italy , thy voice doth but bestow The broken strain that breathes of present woe , Yet with an eloquence which is not thine , Hopeless and sad — since Freedom's source divine - For thee no more ...
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... thou may'st see , Who wisely shun the noon - day beam , Are shaded by yon chestnut tree , Where the bright current gently laves The freshness where the willow waves . Unheeded now the waters flow- Unmark'd the mass which bounds below ...
... thou may'st see , Who wisely shun the noon - day beam , Are shaded by yon chestnut tree , Where the bright current gently laves The freshness where the willow waves . Unheeded now the waters flow- Unmark'd the mass which bounds below ...
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... thou in the heavens shalt view " A second sun - its light shall burn " In gladness , hailing my return . " She spoke not - o'er her bosom shot A pang - she knew its meaning not ; But something flash'd within her there That spoke the ...
... thou in the heavens shalt view " A second sun - its light shall burn " In gladness , hailing my return . " She spoke not - o'er her bosom shot A pang - she knew its meaning not ; But something flash'd within her there That spoke the ...
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... thou ever kind , " Nor might I in this cold world find " A soul that would my spirit bear " To thine , thy love again to share ! " O ye , who would scathe woman's breast , Turn here and view affection blest ; Of that sweet spirit thou ...
... thou ever kind , " Nor might I in this cold world find " A soul that would my spirit bear " To thine , thy love again to share ! " O ye , who would scathe woman's breast , Turn here and view affection blest ; Of that sweet spirit thou ...
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... thou , a vision chasing , Seek thus thy lamp of love to burn ; Dost thou not fear thou art erasing The heart itself , that doth return ? But ere it grant what thou dost cherish , ' Twill gently chide such faith in thee , As suffer'd all ...
... thou , a vision chasing , Seek thus thy lamp of love to burn ; Dost thou not fear thou art erasing The heart itself , that doth return ? But ere it grant what thou dost cherish , ' Twill gently chide such faith in thee , As suffer'd all ...
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