The Pelican Island, and Other PoemsAutograph manuscript signed; bound with a presentation ALS from Montgomery to Thomas Raffles, 1829 Apr 17. |
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2d Edit abyss amidst appear'd art Thou Author beautiful beheld beneath billow birds birth Blessed bliss bosom BOTANY breast breath breeze burthen CANTO child clouds coloured coral reef darkness dead death dreams earth Engravings eternity evanescent fill'd fire flood foolscap 8vo gaze glory Green happy hath heart heaven hope isle J. C. LOUDON JOHN BRITTON kindred knew land light living look'd mind morn mountains musquitos Nature Nature's nest never night o'er ocean open'd Orme peace PELICAN ISLAND Plates Poems prey Price 11 printed for Longman rain reef Rees Right Ho rock round scene SCOTTISH BORDER seem'd shine small isle song soul spirit star by star stars strange sup.-roy sweet thee THOMAS MOORE Thou art thought trees turn'd Twas vanish'd voice Vols Volumes Voyages watch'd waves whence wild wind wings young
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Page 186 - Were this frail world our only rest. Living or dying, none were blest. 2 Beyond the flight of time, Beyond this vale of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath, Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward to expire.
Page 204 - He spake, and my poor name he named — ' Of me thou hast not been ashamed ; These deeds shall thy memorial be ; Fear not, thou didst them unto me.
Page 11 - A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; or, a Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens : comprehending an Account of the Figure, Magnitude, and Motion of the Earth : with the Natural Changes of its Surface, caused by Floods, Earthquakes, Ac.
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Page 10 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
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Page 203 - Twas night — the floods were out ; it blew A winter hurricane aloof ; I heard his voice abroad, and flew To bid him welcome to my roof ; I...
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