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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... deep Redoubled ; where the circle of the sea , Invisible with calmness , seem'd to lie Within the hollow of a lower heaven . I was a Spirit in the midst of these , All eye , ear , thought ; existence was enjoyment ; Light was an element ...
... deep Redoubled ; where the circle of the sea , Invisible with calmness , seem'd to lie Within the hollow of a lower heaven . I was a Spirit in the midst of these , All eye , ear , thought ; existence was enjoyment ; Light was an element ...
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... deep emerged a shell , Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is fill'd ; Fraught with young life , it righted as it rose , And moved at will along the yielding water . The native pilot of this little bark Put out a tier of oars on ...
... deep emerged a shell , Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is fill'd ; Fraught with young life , it righted as it rose , And moved at will along the yielding water . The native pilot of this little bark Put out a tier of oars on ...
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... deep let loose Its blithe adventurers to sport at large , As kindly instinct taught them ; buoyant shells , On stormless voyages , in fleets or single , Wherried their tiny mariners ; aloof , On wing - like fins , in bow - and - arrow ...
... deep let loose Its blithe adventurers to sport at large , As kindly instinct taught them ; buoyant shells , On stormless voyages , in fleets or single , Wherried their tiny mariners ; aloof , On wing - like fins , in bow - and - arrow ...
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... deep disclosed its wonders . In the free element beneath me swam , Flounder'd , and dived , in play , in chase , in battle , Fishes of every colour , form , and kind , ( Strange forms , resplendent colours , kinds unnum- ber'd , ) Which ...
... deep disclosed its wonders . In the free element beneath me swam , Flounder'd , and dived , in play , in chase , in battle , Fishes of every colour , form , and kind , ( Strange forms , resplendent colours , kinds unnum- ber'd , ) Which ...
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... deep , Where plummet of Archangel's intellect Could never yet find soundings , but from age To age let down , drawn up , then thrown again , With lengthen'd line and added weight , still fails ; And still the cry in Heaven is " O the ...
... deep , Where plummet of Archangel's intellect Could never yet find soundings , but from age To age let down , drawn up , then thrown again , With lengthen'd line and added weight , still fails ; And still the cry in Heaven is " O the ...
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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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