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... shine As when the gay , the merry spring , Its sunny hopes and joys could bring- A LOVE , that in the morning shone , Yet brightened when the night came on , E'en as the midnight glow - worm's spark Most purely shines when all is dark ...
... shine As when the gay , the merry spring , Its sunny hopes and joys could bring- A LOVE , that in the morning shone , Yet brightened when the night came on , E'en as the midnight glow - worm's spark Most purely shines when all is dark ...
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... shine from afar , Above the dark clouds of night . Resigned was thy soul For its final goal- Thy spirit was mild and meek ; On thy placid brow , No sorrow rests now , Nor woe on thy care - worn cheek . , Be it ours to weep That Death's ...
... shine from afar , Above the dark clouds of night . Resigned was thy soul For its final goal- Thy spirit was mild and meek ; On thy placid brow , No sorrow rests now , Nor woe on thy care - worn cheek . , Be it ours to weep That Death's ...
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... shine on him who'd grieve to say , that he was Twenty - One ! How silent do the wings of time upon our childhood steal- How brief the pains in boyhood's course our youthful spirits feel ? As days creep on , I keenly feel life's ...
... shine on him who'd grieve to say , that he was Twenty - One ! How silent do the wings of time upon our childhood steal- How brief the pains in boyhood's course our youthful spirits feel ? As days creep on , I keenly feel life's ...
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... shine- The freshness and fertility of spring , The summer's beauty and its genial bloom , And autumn's fading glories , which but bring The social winter's not unwelcome gloom . They had together loved ; and o'er each brow As 103.
... shine- The freshness and fertility of spring , The summer's beauty and its genial bloom , And autumn's fading glories , which but bring The social winter's not unwelcome gloom . They had together loved ; and o'er each brow As 103.
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... shine the fitful gleams of transient mirth ; But that the pensive smile which decks it now , And which in solemn feelings has its birth , May still be with thee on thy path thro ' earth , And sanctify the grief that thou must feel ; Are ...
... shine the fitful gleams of transient mirth ; But that the pensive smile which decks it now , And which in solemn feelings has its birth , May still be with thee on thy path thro ' earth , And sanctify the grief that thou must feel ; Are ...
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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 !