Poems ... Reprinted from the American Octavo Edition, Volume 2Hilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins., 1827 |
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... Death - Bed 269 The Hour of Death 271 · The Release of Tasso 273 Tasso and his Sister 280 To the Poet Wordsworth The Song of the Curfew Hymn for Christmas 284 286 288 Christ Stilling the Tempest 290 Christ's Agony in the Garden 292 The ...
... Death - Bed 269 The Hour of Death 271 · The Release of Tasso 273 Tasso and his Sister 280 To the Poet Wordsworth The Song of the Curfew Hymn for Christmas 284 286 288 Christ Stilling the Tempest 290 Christ's Agony in the Garden 292 The ...
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... free , the proud , the beautiful ! whose eye Grew fix'd before them , while a people's breath Was hush'd , and its one soul bound in the thought of death ! XVIII . It might be that amidst the countless throng THE FOREST SANCTUARY . 11.
... free , the proud , the beautiful ! whose eye Grew fix'd before them , while a people's breath Was hush'd , and its one soul bound in the thought of death ! XVIII . It might be that amidst the countless throng THE FOREST SANCTUARY . 11.
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... death . XLI . So didst thou pass on brightly ! -but for her , Next in that path , how may her doom be spoken ! -All - merciful ! to think that such things were , And are , and seen by men with hearts unbroken ! To think of that fair ...
... death . XLI . So didst thou pass on brightly ! -but for her , Next in that path , how may her doom be spoken ! -All - merciful ! to think that such things were , And are , and seen by men with hearts unbroken ! To think of that fair ...
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... Death below , -blight , shadow , dull decay ! XLIII . Could this change be ? -the hour , the scene , where last I saw that form , came floating o'er my mind : -A golden vintage - eve ; -the heats were pass'd , And , in the freshness of ...
... Death below , -blight , shadow , dull decay ! XLIII . Could this change be ? -the hour , the scene , where last I saw that form , came floating o'er my mind : -A golden vintage - eve ; -the heats were pass'd , And , in the freshness of ...
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... death , The sore amaze , the faint o'ershadowing dread , Had grasp'd her ! -panting in her quick - drawn breath , And in her white lips quivering ; -onward led , She look'd up with her dim bewilder'd eyes , And there smil'd out her own ...
... death , The sore amaze , the faint o'ershadowing dread , Had grasp'd her ! -panting in her quick - drawn breath , And in her white lips quivering ; -onward led , She look'd up with her dim bewilder'd eyes , And there smil'd out her own ...
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Page 215 - And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 266 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath. And stars to set — but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! THE LOST PLEIAD.
Page 181 - Yet more, the Depths have more ! — What wealth untold Far down, and shining through their stillness lies ! Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal Argosies.
Page 265 - Death ! Day is for mortal care, Eve, for glad meetings round the joyous hearth, Night, for the dreams of sleep, the voice of prayer ; But all for thee, thou mightiest of the earth...
Page 305 - Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!" —And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Page 258 - Their graves are severed far and wide, By mount, and stream, and sea. The same fond mother bent at night O'er each fair sleeping brow ; She had each folded flower in sight — Where are those dreamers now ? One, 'midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream is laid — The Indian knows his place of rest, Far in the cedar shade.
Page 215 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? — They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod ; They have left unstained what there they found, — Freedom to worship God.
Page 284 - And men stood breathless in their dread. And baffled in their skill — But One was there, who rose and said To the wild sea,
Page 289 - Thou tak'st through the dim church-aisle thy way, And its pillars from twilight flash forth to day, And its high pale tombs, with their trophies old, Are bathed in a flood as of burning gold.
Page 319 - Now in thy youth, beseech of Him Who giveth, upbraiding' not; That his light in thy heart become not dim, And his love be unforgot ; And thy God, in the darkest of days, will be, Greenness, and beauty, and strength to thee...