Poetical WorksPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1853 - 39 páginas |
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... meet it in a state of composure , and thereby that it may learn to be true . - It is this calmness which so eminently characterizes the poetry of Mrs. Hemans , and which tended so much to establish her reputation -written as it was ...
... meet it in a state of composure , and thereby that it may learn to be true . - It is this calmness which so eminently characterizes the poetry of Mrs. Hemans , and which tended so much to establish her reputation -written as it was ...
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... What years on years , in silence gliding by , Have spared those forms of perfect symmetry ! Moulded by Art to dignify , alone , Her own bright deity's resplendent throne , Since first her skill their fiery grace bestow'd , Meet ( 27 )
... What years on years , in silence gliding by , Have spared those forms of perfect symmetry ! Moulded by Art to dignify , alone , Her own bright deity's resplendent throne , Since first her skill their fiery grace bestow'd , Meet ( 27 )
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Mrs. Hemans. Since first her skill their fiery grace bestow'd , Meet for such lofty fate , such high abode , How many a race , whose tales of glory seem An echo's voice the music of a dream , Whose records feebly from oblivion save A few ...
Mrs. Hemans. Since first her skill their fiery grace bestow'd , Meet for such lofty fate , such high abode , How many a race , whose tales of glory seem An echo's voice the music of a dream , Whose records feebly from oblivion save A few ...
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... meet the noontide of eternity , And gaze untired , undaunted , uncontroll'd , On all that Fancy trembles to behold . Bright on your view such forms their splendor shed , As burst on prophet - bards in ages fled : Forms that to trace no ...
... meet the noontide of eternity , And gaze untired , undaunted , uncontroll'd , On all that Fancy trembles to behold . Bright on your view such forms their splendor shed , As burst on prophet - bards in ages fled : Forms that to trace no ...
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... meet , Making past sorrow , by communion , swɩet . III . And thou too art in bonds ? -yet droop thou not , Oh , my beloved ! -there is one hopeless lot , But one , and that not ours . Be ide the dead There sits the grief that mantle ...
... meet , Making past sorrow , by communion , swɩet . III . And thou too art in bonds ? -yet droop thou not , Oh , my beloved ! -there is one hopeless lot , But one , and that not ours . Be ide the dead There sits the grief that mantle ...
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art thou beauty bird bless thee blue streams bosom bower breast breath breeze bright broken flower brow burning cheek Conradin dark DATURA ARBOREA dead death deep dreams dwell e'en earth fair falchion farewell Father FELICIA HEMANS fill'd flowers gaze glance gleam gloom glorious glory glow gone grave green hath heart heaven hills holy hope hour hues hush'd leaves life's light lone look'd lyre midst mighty mirth mournful night o'er pale pass'd pour'd prayer proud rich rills RIVER CLWYD rose round savannas scene shade shadow shed shore shrine silent SILVIO PELLICO skies SKY LARK sleep smile soft soft eyes solemn song soul sound spirit stars strain stream sunbeam sweet swell tears thine Thou art Thou hast thought tomb tone unto Visions divine voice wake waves wert whisper wild wind worlds unknown young
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Página 124 - When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame. Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear: — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
Página 161 - Speak, Father!" once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!" —And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Página 337 - Her lot is on you — silent tears to weep And patient smiles to wear through suffering's hour, And sumless riches, from affection's deep, To pour on broken reeds — a wasted shower ! And to make idols, and to find them clay, And to bewail that worship — therefore pray!
Página 114 - Through glowing orchards forth they peep. Each from its nook of leaves; And fearless there the lowly sleep, As the bird beneath their eaves.
Página 347 - O'er youth's bright locks, and beauty's flowery crown : Yet must thou hear a voice — Restore the dead ! Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee ! — Restore the dead, thou sea ! BRING FLOWERS.
Página 123 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; 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.
Página 347 - Give back the lost and lovely ! — those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long ! The prayer went up through midnight's breathless gloom, And the vain yearning woke midst festal song. Hold fast thy buried isles, thy towers o'erthrown, But all is not thine own.
Página 215 - Then, starting from the ground once more, he seized the monarch's rein, Amidst the pale and wildered looks of all the courtier train ; And, with a fierce, o'ermastering grasp, the rearing war-horse led, And sternly set them face to face, — the king before the dead...
Página 160 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.
Página 346 - Far down, and shining through their stillness lies ! Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal Argosies ! — Sweep o'er thy spoils, thou wild and wrathful main ; Earth claims not these again.