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... known perchance Its lineage might avow : And there it lay , while moonbeams shone Thro ' the dim aisle that corpse upon ! Saw ye that form in vestal white Come gliding in the moonbeams ' light ? Saw ye it bend beside that bier- Heard ye ...
... known perchance Its lineage might avow : And there it lay , while moonbeams shone Thro ' the dim aisle that corpse upon ! Saw ye that form in vestal white Come gliding in the moonbeams ' light ? Saw ye it bend beside that bier- Heard ye ...
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... belief- For well I know how deadly are The ravages of grief . The scenes that we together view'd , I gaze upon alone- The only solace that is left , Each spot that he has known ; A momentary peace they give , Yet ev'ry flow'r and 43.
... belief- For well I know how deadly are The ravages of grief . The scenes that we together view'd , I gaze upon alone- The only solace that is left , Each spot that he has known ; A momentary peace they give , Yet ev'ry flow'r and 43.
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... known to exist— When the clouds that enthral us are far away driven , And sorrow and care for a while are dismiss'd . But oh ! if there be one occasion endearing , One day on the which these lone feelings depart- ' Tis when we behold ...
... known to exist— When the clouds that enthral us are far away driven , And sorrow and care for a while are dismiss'd . But oh ! if there be one occasion endearing , One day on the which these lone feelings depart- ' Tis when we behold ...
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... known but life's early morning , Think not that its course is unclouded and bright ; Deem not that the sun is always adorning Youth's beautiful season with lustre and light . Thus when the ties of affection are broken- Ties hallowed by ...
... known but life's early morning , Think not that its course is unclouded and bright ; Deem not that the sun is always adorning Youth's beautiful season with lustre and light . Thus when the ties of affection are broken- Ties hallowed by ...
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... known- Ere sorrow its power On thy feelings had shown- In life's early morning I beheld thee depart : With what gladness 1 hail thee- Thou price of my heart ! In man's journey , so fleeting , But rarely he feels What this long hoped ...
... known- Ere sorrow its power On thy feelings had shown- In life's early morning I beheld thee depart : With what gladness 1 hail thee- Thou price of my heart ! In man's journey , so fleeting , But rarely he feels What this long hoped ...
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AGNES amid anguish arrayed ARTHUR balmy banner battle beam beauty beneath bitter bloom breast breathe bright bring brow calm cheek cheer CLIFFORD's CLIFFORD's tower clouds dark death decay deep delight DEMERARA dew-drops DIRGE E'en early earth fade faint fairy falchions fame farewell feelings flowers gallant band gaze gentle gladness gloom glory grief hath heard Heaven holy hopes laurel wreath life's light lonely look of love lour lyre maiden rest mem'ry merry England mirth moonlight morning mourn neath night o'er ocean pain pale path peace perchance perfume placid plain pleasures pow'r pride pure Queen reigns reigns o'er rill scene seems shed shine shone silent sleep smile sorrow soul spirit splendour star strife tears thee thine thou thoughts thro Tis sweet tomb transient vale vanished VESPER HOUR visage voice wake warrior weary ween wings withered young heart youth
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Page 59 - OFT, in the stilly night, Ere Slumber's chain has bound me, Fond Memory brings the light Of other days around me ; The smiles, the tears, Of boyhood's years, The words of love then spoken ; The eyes that shone, Now dimm'd and gone, The cheerful hearts now broken ! Thus, in the stilly night...
Page 67 - Scarce seen, but with fresh bitterness imbued ; And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
Page 48 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page 56 - O, that the slave had forty thousand lives ! One is too poor, too weak for my revenge. Now do I see 'tis true. Look here, lago ; All my fond love thus do I blow to heaven : 'Tis gone. Arise, black vengeance, from thy hollow cell ! Yield up, O love, thy crown and hearted throne To tyrannous hate ! Swell, bosom, with thy fraught, For 'tis of aspics
Page 89 - Where the wicked cease from troubling And the weary are at rest !