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Page 47
... voice of rushing gales : The bands , admiring , saw the wondrous sight , And expectation trembled for the fight . At once the sounding clarion breathed alarms ; Wide from the forest burst the flash of arms ; Thick gleam'd the helms ...
... voice of rushing gales : The bands , admiring , saw the wondrous sight , And expectation trembled for the fight . At once the sounding clarion breathed alarms ; Wide from the forest burst the flash of arms ; Thick gleam'd the helms ...
Page 76
... voice pronounce my name : Nor long upon my car it dwelt , When round me ' gan the air to melt , And motion once again I felt Quick circling o'er my frame . Again it call'd ; and then a ray , That seem'd a gushing fount of day , Across ...
... voice pronounce my name : Nor long upon my car it dwelt , When round me ' gan the air to melt , And motion once again I felt Quick circling o'er my frame . Again it call'd ; and then a ray , That seem'd a gushing fount of day , Across ...
Page 78
... voice of fondly - cherish'd wo , The Sylph of Autumn sad : " Though I may not of raptures sing , That graced the gentle song of Spring , Like Summer , playful pleasures bring , Thy youthful heart to glad ; " Yet still may I in hope ...
... voice of fondly - cherish'd wo , The Sylph of Autumn sad : " Though I may not of raptures sing , That graced the gentle song of Spring , Like Summer , playful pleasures bring , Thy youthful heart to glad ; " Yet still may I in hope ...
Page 82
... voice shall blend With air of earth its pure ideal tones- Binding in one , as with harmonious zones , The heart and intellect . And I no more Shall with thee gaze on that unfathom'd deep , The human soul ; as when , push'd off the shore ...
... voice shall blend With air of earth its pure ideal tones- Binding in one , as with harmonious zones , The heart and intellect . And I no more Shall with thee gaze on that unfathom'd deep , The human soul ; as when , push'd off the shore ...
Page 83
... voice , her beaming eye must show An all - inspiring soul . Ah ! could I such a being find , And were her fate to mine but join'd By Hymen's silken tie , To her myself , my all I'd give , For her alone delighted live , For her consent ...
... voice , her beaming eye must show An all - inspiring soul . Ah ! could I such a being find , And were her fate to mine but join'd By Hymen's silken tie , To her myself , my all I'd give , For her alone delighted live , For her consent ...
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