The works of Thomas Moore, comprehending all his melodies, ballads, etc, Volume 1Galignani, 1823 |
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... rise , Where , through the silken net - work , glancing eyes , From time to time , like sudden gleams that glow Through autumn clouds , shine o'er the pomp below.- What impious tongue , ye blushing saints , would dare To hint that aught ...
... rise , Where , through the silken net - work , glancing eyes , From time to time , like sudden gleams that glow Through autumn clouds , shine o'er the pomp below.- What impious tongue , ye blushing saints , would dare To hint that aught ...
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... rise Kindling within him ? who , with heart and eyes , Could walk where Liberty had been , nor see The shining foot - prints of her Deity , Nor feel those God - like breathings in the air , Which mutely told her spirit had been there ...
... rise Kindling within him ? who , with heart and eyes , Could walk where Liberty had been , nor see The shining foot - prints of her Deity , Nor feel those God - like breathings in the air , Which mutely told her spirit had been there ...
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... rise Through flame and smoke , most welcome to the skies- And that when Azım's fond , divine embrace Should circle her in heaven , no darkening trace Would on that bosom he once - loved remain , But all be bright , be pure , be his ...
... rise Through flame and smoke , most welcome to the skies- And that when Azım's fond , divine embrace Should circle her in heaven , no darkening trace Would on that bosom he once - loved remain , But all be bright , be pure , be his ...
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... rise “ By nonsense heap'd on nonsense to the skies ; " Ye shall have miracles , aye , sound ones too , Seen , heard , attested , every thing - but true . " Your preaching zealots , too inspired to seek " One grace of meaning for the ...
... rise “ By nonsense heap'd on nonsense to the skies ; " Ye shall have miracles , aye , sound ones too , Seen , heard , attested , every thing - but true . " Your preaching zealots , too inspired to seek " One grace of meaning for the ...
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Thomas Moore. " To see those fires , no matter whence they rise , " Once more illuming my fair Priestess ' eyes , " And should the youth , whom soon those eyes shall warm , " Indeed resemble thy dead lover's form , " So much the happier ...
Thomas Moore. " To see those fires , no matter whence they rise , " Once more illuming my fair Priestess ' eyes , " And should the youth , whom soon those eyes shall warm , " Indeed resemble thy dead lover's form , " So much the happier ...
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Page 287 - Alas — how light a cause may move Dissension between hearts that love ! Hearts that the world in vain had tried, And sorrow but more closely tied ; That stood the storm, when waves were rough, Yet in a sunny hour fall off, Like ships, that have gone down at sea, When Heaven was all tranquillity...
Page 145 - ... dark flood of his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace!
Page 66 - And a dew was distill'd from their flowers, that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus memory draws from delight, ere it dies, An essence that breathes of it many a year ; Thus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm BENDEMEER.
Page 142 - Upon a brow more fierce than that — Sullenly fierce — a mixture dire, Like thunder-clouds, of gloom, and fire ; In which the Peri's eye could read Dark tales of many a ruthless deed...
Page 65 - And a dew was distill'd from their flowers that gave All the fragrance of summer, when summer was gone. Thus memory draws from delight, ere it dies, , An essence that breathes of it many a year ; Thus bright to my soul, as 'twas then to my eyes, Is that bower on the banks of the calm Bendemeer...
Page 146 - And now — behold him kneeling there By the child's side, in humble prayer, While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through heaven The triumph of a soul forgiven...
Page 137 - Nymph of a fair but erring line ! " Gently he said — " one hope is thine. "Tis written in the Book of Fate, The Peri yet may be forgiven Who brings to this eternal gate The gift that is most dear to heaven ! Go seek it, and redeem thy sin, — 'Tis sweet to let the pardoned in.
Page 144 - Lisping th' eternal name of God From purity's own cherub mouth, And looking, while his hands and eyes Are lifted to the glowing skies, Like a stray babe of Paradise, Just lighted on that flowery plain, And seeking for its home again...
Page 176 - I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; " I never loved a tree or flower, " But 'twas the first to fade away. " I never nursed a dear gazelle, " To glad me with its soft black eye, " But when it came to know me well, " And love me, it was sure to die...
Page 221 - How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone ; When warring winds have died away, And clouds, beneath the glancing ray, Melt off, and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity...