Poems of Felicia Hemans: Chronologically Arranged, with Illustrative Notes and a Selection of Contemporary ReviewsWilliam P. Nimmo, 1878 - 668 páginas |
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... dark misfortune's gales destroy , The frail mimosa - buds of hope and joy ! TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER , ON HIS RETURN FROM SPAIN , AFTER THE FATAL RETREAT UNDER SIR JOHN MOORE , AND THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA . THOUGH dark are the prospects and ...
... dark misfortune's gales destroy , The frail mimosa - buds of hope and joy ! TO MY YOUNGER BROTHER , ON HIS RETURN FROM SPAIN , AFTER THE FATAL RETREAT UNDER SIR JOHN MOORE , AND THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA . THOUGH dark are the prospects and ...
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... dark and sublunary plain ; How must the wreath of human praise Fade , wither , vanish , in thy gaze , So dim , so pale , so vain ! How , like a faint and shadowy dream , Must quiver learning's brightest ray ; While on thine eyes , with ...
... dark and sublunary plain ; How must the wreath of human praise Fade , wither , vanish , in thy gaze , So dim , so pale , so vain ! How , like a faint and shadowy dream , Must quiver learning's brightest ray ; While on thine eyes , with ...
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... dark suspicion dwell Midst Pan's deserted haunts , by fountain , cave , and dell . LXX . But thou , fair Attica ! whose rocky bound All art and nature's richest gifts enshrined , Thou little sphere , whose soul - illumined round ...
... dark suspicion dwell Midst Pan's deserted haunts , by fountain , cave , and dell . LXX . But thou , fair Attica ! whose rocky bound All art and nature's richest gifts enshrined , Thou little sphere , whose soul - illumined round ...
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... dark a void ? For all is lost - the mother and her child ! Our morning - star hath vanish'd , and the tomb Throws its deep lengthen'd shade o'er distant years to come . III . Angel of Death ! did no presaging sign Announce thy coming ...
... dark a void ? For all is lost - the mother and her child ! Our morning - star hath vanish'd , and the tomb Throws its deep lengthen'd shade o'er distant years to come . III . Angel of Death ! did no presaging sign Announce thy coming ...
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... dark and silent dwelling ; And those surviving to bequeath Their sons the choice of chains or death , May give the slumberer's lowly bier An envying glance - but not a tear . But thou , the fearless and the free , Devoted Knight of ...
... dark and silent dwelling ; And those surviving to bequeath Their sons the choice of chains or death , May give the slumberer's lowly bier An envying glance - but not a tear . But thou , the fearless and the free , Devoted Knight of ...
Términos y frases comunes
Abencerrages Alcestis art thou banner beauty beneath bless bosom bowers brave breast breath breeze bright bright land brow calm Carmagnola child cloud Conradin dark dead death deep doth dread dreams dwell e'en earth ELMINA fair falchion fame farewell father fear FELICIA HEMANS flowers gaze glance gleam gloom glorious glory glow grave grief harp hath heard heart heaven Hemans holy hope hour hush'd Joanna Baillie land light lone lyre midst mighty Montalba Moorish mournful ne'er night o'er pale pass'd pour'd PROCIDA proud Provençal Raim repose rose round scene seem'd shade shadow shore shrine silent skies sleep smile soft solemn song soul sound Spain spirit storm stream sunbeam sunny sweet swell sword tears thee thine thou art thou hast thought throne tomb tone Twas unto voice wake wave weep wild wind young
Pasajes populares
Página 371 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Página 643 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!
Página 414 - THE stately homes of England ! How beautiful they stand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land ! The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam ; And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Página 482 - Not there, not there, my child." " Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ? Or 'midst the green islands of glittering seas. Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds, on their starry wings, Bear the rich hues of all glorious things ! " "Not there, not there, ray child.
Página 379 - CHILD, amidst the flowers at play, While the red light fades away ; Mother, with thine earnest eye, Ever following silently; Father, by the breeze of eve Call'd thy harvest-work to leave — Pray : ere yet the dark hours be, Lift the heart and bend the knee...
Página 496 - Come to the sunset tree ! The day is past and gone ; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.
Página 377 - Youth and the opening rose May look like things too glorious for decay, And smile at thee ! - but thou art not of those That wait the ripened bloom to seize their prey.
Página 414 - Through glowing orchards forth they peep, Each from its nook of leaves, And fearless there the lowly sleep, As the bird beneath their eaves. The free fair homes of England, Long, long, in hut and hall, May hearts of native proof be reared To guard each hallowed wall. And green for ever be the groves, And bright the flowery sod, Where first the child's glad spirit loves Its country and its God.
Página 431 - 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!
Página 364 - 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.