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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... bring before our eyes and minds the scenes he has passed through , and the feelings they suggested . " Edinburgh Review . SKETCHES in INDIA . By a TRAVELLER . For Fire - side Travel- lers at Home . 5th Edit . 1 Vol . 8vo . 9s . Bds ...
... bring before our eyes and minds the scenes he has passed through , and the feelings they suggested . " Edinburgh Review . SKETCHES in INDIA . By a TRAVELLER . For Fire - side Travel- lers at Home . 5th Edit . 1 Vol . 8vo . 9s . Bds ...
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... bring this very meritorious publication into general circula- tion . " - Edinb . Review , No. 71 . A PRAXIS on the LATIN PREPOSITIONS , being an Attempt to illustrate their Origin , Power , and Signification in the way of Exercise , for ...
... bring this very meritorious publication into general circula- tion . " - Edinb . Review , No. 71 . A PRAXIS on the LATIN PREPOSITIONS , being an Attempt to illustrate their Origin , Power , and Signification in the way of Exercise , for ...
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... brings forth strength and beauty , Yea life and immortality from death . I gazed in consternation on the wreck Of that fair island , strown with prostrate trees , The soil plough'd up with horrid inundations , The surface black with sea ...
... brings forth strength and beauty , Yea life and immortality from death . I gazed in consternation on the wreck Of that fair island , strown with prostrate trees , The soil plough'd up with horrid inundations , The surface black with sea ...
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... beginning rounds , self- ― ending , Then self - renew'd , without advance or failure , Existence fluctuates only like the tide , Whose everlasting changes bring no change , -- But billow follows billow to the shore , Recoils ,
... beginning rounds , self- ― ending , Then self - renew'd , without advance or failure , Existence fluctuates only like the tide , Whose everlasting changes bring no change , -- But billow follows billow to the shore , Recoils ,
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... brings to light inhabitant of this gay world ; The young Death , that from seen to unseen things removes , And swallows time up in eternity . That which had been , for ever ceased to be , And that which follow'd was a new creation ...
... brings to light inhabitant of this gay world ; The young Death , that from seen to unseen things removes , And swallows time up in eternity . That which had been , for ever ceased to be , And that which follow'd was a new creation ...
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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.
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