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DIRGE IN CYMBELINE.

COLLINS.

7 To | fair Fi | dele's | grassy | tomb, 7 | | Soft 7maids and | village | hinds 7|7 shall | bring 7

Each 7 opening | sweet, 7|7 of | earliest | bloom, 7 |

7 And | rifle | all 77 the breathing | spring. 7

No7 | wailing | ghost 7 | 7 shall | dare ap | pear, 1 | 7 To vex with shrieks, 7 | 7 this | quiet grove; 7 |

| 7 But | shepherd | lads as

7 And | melting | virgins |

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| semble | here; 7 |

| own their | love. 7 |

No 7 wither'd witch 77 shall | here be seen, 7 |

No 7 goblins | lead their | nightly | crew; 7 |

7 The | female | fays 7 | 7 shall | haunt the | green,

7 And | dress thy | grave 7 | 7 with | pearly | dew. 7 | | |

7 The red breast | oft, 7 | 7 at | evening | hours 7 | 7 Shall | kindly | | lend his | little | aid 7 |

7 With hoary | moss, 7 | 7 and | gather'd | flowers,

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7 To deck the ground 77 where | thou art | laid. 7 | | |

7 When | howling | winds 7|7 and | beating | rain 7 |

7 In | tempests || shake thy | sylvan | cell; 7 7 Or midst the chace 7 | 7 on | every | plain, 7 |

7 The tender | thought 77 on | thee shall |

dwell; 7 | | |

Each 7 | lonely | scene 7 | 7 shall | thee re | store,

7 For | thee, 7 | 7 the | tear 7 | 7 be | duly | shed; 71 1

7 Be | lov'd, 7 | 7 till | life 7 | 7 can | charm no | more; 7 | |

7 And | mourn'd, 7 | 7 till | Pity's | self be | dead.

7 On Linden

7 All | bloodless |

HOHENLINDEN.

CAMPBELL.

| when the sun was | low, 7 |

| lay the un trodden | snow, 71

| 7 And | dark as | winter | 7 was the | flow 7 |

7 Of Iser rolling | rapidly. | ││

7 But | Linden || saw an | other | sight 7 |

When the drum 7 | beat 77 at | dead of | night

7 Commanding | fires of | death, 7|7 to | light

7 The darkness | 7 of her | scenery. | | 1

By | torch and | trumpet | | fast ar | ray'd, 7 | Each 7 | horseman | drew his | battle | blade, 7 | 7 And furious | | every | charger | neighed 7 | To join the | dreadful | revelry. | | | 1

Then 7 | shook the hills 7|7 with | thunder | riv

en,

Then 7 | rush'd the | steed, 7|7 to | battle | driv

en,

| And 7 | louder than the | bolts of | heaven, | | Far, 7 | flash'd 7 | 7 the | red 7 | 7 ar | tillery. | | | 7 And | redder | yet 7|7 those | fires shall | glow, 71

7 On | Linden's | hills of | blood-stain'd | snow, 7 |

7 And | darker | yet 7 | 7 shall | be the | flow, 7 | 7 of | Iser | rolling | rapidly. |

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morn; 7 | | 7 but | scarce 7 | yon 7 | lurid | sun 7 |

Can pierce the war-clouds | rolling | dun; 7 |

7 Where | furious | Frank 7 | 7 and | fiery | Hun 7 | | Shout in their | sulphurous | canopy. | | | 7The combat | deepens. | | | On 7 | 7 ye | brave

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7 Who | ruish to glory | |7 or the | grave: 7|

Wave 7 | Munich | | all thy | banners | wave; 7 |

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7 And | charge 7 | 7 with | all 7 | 7 thy | chivalry. |

Few few shall | part 77 where | many | meet 7

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7 The | snow 7 | 7 shall be their | winding | sheet; 7

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7 And | every | turf 7 | 7 beneath their | feet 7 | 7 Shall be a soldier's | sepulchre. | | |

THE THUNDER STORM.

BY MONTGOMERY.

O for | evening's | brownest | shade; 7 |

| Where the | breezes | play 7 | 7 by | stealth, 7 | 7 In the | forest- | cinctured | glade, 7 |

Round the hermitage of | Health: 7 |

7 While the noon-bright | mountains | blaze, 7 | 7 In the sun's tor | menting | rays: 7| | | O'er the sick and sultry | plains, 7 |

Through the dim 7 | 7 de | lirious | air, 7 | Agonizing silence | reigns; 7 |

7 And the | wanness | 7 of des | pair. 7 | | Nature | faints 7 | 7 with | fervent | heat; 7 | 1 Ah! 77 her pulse 7 | 7 has | ceas'd to | beat. 7 |

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Now in deep and dreadful | gloom, 7 |

Clouds on clouds 7 | 7 por | tentous | spread; 7

Black 7 as if the | day of | doom, 7 |

Hung o'er nature's | shrinking | head. 7 |

Lo, 77 the

lightning | breaks from | high; 7 God is coming | God 7 | 7 is | nigh. 7| |

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| reels, 7 |

7 From the centre | 7 to the | poles. 7

Tremble ocean | earth 7 | 7 and | sky. 7 | |

Tremble,

Darkness

God 7 | 7 is | passing | by. 7 |
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| wild with | horror | forms 7 | His mysterious | hiding | place; 7| | | Should he | 7 from his | ark of | storms 7 | Rend the | veil 7 | 7 and | show his | face, 7 | 7 At the judgment | 7 of his | eye 7 | All the universe | 7 would | die. 7 |

| | Brighter | broader | lightnings | flash, 7 |

Hail and | rain, 7 | 7 tem | pestuous | fall, 7 |
Louder | deeper | thunders | crash, 7 |

Desolation threatens | all. 7| |
Struggling | nature | gasps for | breath, 7 |
7 In the agony | 7 of | death. 7 | | |
God of vengeance | 7 from a | bove, 7 |
While thine | awful | bolts are | hurled, 7 |

| 0,7 | 7 remember | | thou 7 | 7 art | love: 7

Spare, 7|O, | spare 7 | 7a | guilty | world. 7 |

Stay thy flaming | wrath a while; 7 |
See thy bow of | promise | smile. 7| |
Welcome | 7 in the | Eastern | cloud 7 ]

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