The Forest Sanctuary: And Other PoemsJ. Murray, 1825 - 205 páginas |
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... strong pinion . Thou that gav'st me birth , And lineage , and once home , -my native Spain ! My own bright land - my father's land - my child's ! What hath thy son brought from thee to the wilds ? He hath brought marks of torture and ...
... strong pinion . Thou that gav'st me birth , And lineage , and once home , -my native Spain ! My own bright land - my father's land - my child's ! What hath thy son brought from thee to the wilds ? He hath brought marks of torture and ...
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... strong ancient prison - house was thrown Back to the day . And who , in mournful state , Came forth , led slowly o'er its threshold - stone ? They that had learn'd , in cells of secret gloom , How sunshine is forgotten ! -They , to whom ...
... strong ancient prison - house was thrown Back to the day . And who , in mournful state , Came forth , led slowly o'er its threshold - stone ? They that had learn'd , in cells of secret gloom , How sunshine is forgotten ! -They , to whom ...
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... strong ; And woman , on whose fond and faithful breast Childhood is rear'd , and at whose knee the sigh Of its first prayer is breath'd , she , too , was nigh . -But life is dear , and the free footstep bless'd , And home a sunny place ...
... strong ; And woman , on whose fond and faithful breast Childhood is rear'd , and at whose knee the sigh Of its first prayer is breath'd , she , too , was nigh . -But life is dear , and the free footstep bless'd , And home a sunny place ...
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... strong grasp away the veil which hung Between mine eyes and truth . I gaz'd , I saw , Dimly , as through a glass . In silent awe I watch'd the fearful rites ; and if there sprung One rebel feeling from its deep founts up , Shuddering ...
... strong grasp away the veil which hung Between mine eyes and truth . I gaz'd , I saw , Dimly , as through a glass . In silent awe I watch'd the fearful rites ; and if there sprung One rebel feeling from its deep founts up , Shuddering ...
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... strong spirit will at times awake , Piercing the mists that wrap her clay - abode ; And , born of thee , she may not always take Earth's accents for the oracles of God ; And ev'n for this - O dust , whose mask is power ! Reed , that ...
... strong spirit will at times awake , Piercing the mists that wrap her clay - abode ; And , born of thee , she may not always take Earth's accents for the oracles of God ; And ev'n for this - O dust , whose mask is power ! Reed , that ...
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The Forest Sanctuary: And Other Poems Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans,Mrs. Hemans Vista completa - 1825 |
Términos y frases comunes
ancient arm'd art thou Bartram's Travels bended Bow blast blue streams bowers brave breast breath breeze bright land brow burst cave chant cheek dark dead death deep didst Doth dreams earth ev'n fade faint fair brow faithful band falchion farewell father fled floating forest fount gaze glance gleam gloom grave hath hear heard heart Heaven hour house of sleep hush'd Ianthis joyous Lake of Lucerne leave light lone look look'd lov'd midst mighty mirth mournful night o'er Odin Odin's Hall pale phantom horses pines pour'd rest Richard Coeur-de-Lion rills Rio verde rocks Sea-king seas seem'd shades shadow shining shore silent sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring step stood streams sung sweet sword tears thee Theseus thine thou art Thou hast thou wert thought tomb tone voice pass'd wake wave weep wild wind woods wouldst thou young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 188 - Yet more ! the billows and the depths have more ! High hearts and brave are gathered to thy breast ! They hear not now the booming waters roar, The battle-thunders will not break their rest. Keep thy red gold and gems, thou stormy grave...
Página 91 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Página 97 - And because the breath of flowers is far sweeter in the air (where it comes and goes like the warbling of music) than in the hand, therefore nothing is more fit for that delight, than to know what be the flowers and plants that do best perfume the air.
Página 146 - He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain ; Why comes not death to those who mourn ? He never smiled again ! There stood proud forms around his throne, The stately and the brave, But which could fill the place of one...
Página 98 - In the solitude of the seas, we hail a star as a friend from whom we have long been separated. Among the Portuguese and the Spaniards peculiar motives seem to increase this feeling ; a religious sentiment attaches them to a constellation, the form of which recalls the sign of the faith planted by their ancestors in the deserts of the New World.
Página 92 - The vine had clasped its huge folds round the trunk, and from thence had wound about every branch and twig, until the mighty tree had withered in its embrace. It seemed like Laocoon struggling ineffectually in the hideous coils of the monster Python.
Página 145 - THE bark that held a prince went down. The sweeping waves roll'd on ; And what was England's glorious crown To him that wept a son? He lived — for life may long be borne Ere sorrow break its chain; Why comes not death to those who mourn? — He never smiled again!
Página 133 - We call them far through the silent night, And they speak not from cave or hill; We know, thou bird! that their land is bright, But say, do they love there still ? 1 1 ANSWER TO THE MESSENGER BIRD.
Página 199 - RING, joyous chords! — ring out again! A swifter still, and a wilder strain ! They are here — the fair face and the careless heart, And stars shall wane ere the mirthful part. — But I met a dimly mournful glance, In a sudden turn of the flying dance ; I heard the tone of a heavy sigh In a pause of the thrilling melody...
Página 3 - They have been with me through the dreamy night — The blessed household voices, wont to fill My heart's clear depths with unalloy'd delight ! I hear them still, unchanged: — though some from earth Are music parted, and the tones of mirth — Wild, silvery tones, that rang through days more bright ! Have died in others, — yet to me they come, Singing of boyhood back — the voices of my home!