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... haunt of wisdom's treasured lore ; If proud in bliss , at Hymen's brightened shrine Ye close the mutual hope in joy divine ; Or , sad reverse ! if cursed with every pain , Which crowds convulsion thro the trembling vein , Doomed lone ...
... haunt of wisdom's treasured lore ; If proud in bliss , at Hymen's brightened shrine Ye close the mutual hope in joy divine ; Or , sad reverse ! if cursed with every pain , Which crowds convulsion thro the trembling vein , Doomed lone ...
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... haunts the pining mind , Calm the fierce rage , which preys on human kind ? Can these , where conscience fills with deep dismay , Reverse the gloom , and change the night to day ? Can these , where anguish holds her fiery reign , Raze ...
... haunts the pining mind , Calm the fierce rage , which preys on human kind ? Can these , where conscience fills with deep dismay , Reverse the gloom , and change the night to day ? Can these , where anguish holds her fiery reign , Raze ...
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... haunts his soul with visionary glooms , The world's proud conqueror asks a moment's ease , Cursed in decline , and loathsome in disease . Alas ! no balms the courted crowd dispense To heal the aching throes of sickened sense ; There ...
... haunts his soul with visionary glooms , The world's proud conqueror asks a moment's ease , Cursed in decline , and loathsome in disease . Alas ! no balms the courted crowd dispense To heal the aching throes of sickened sense ; There ...
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... haunt the fatal day , When life's bright visions with pollution fled , And virtue sickened with the tears she shed ; No more returned the scenes of festive mirth , When youth and fancy cheered the social hearth , Or , tripped with ...
... haunt the fatal day , When life's bright visions with pollution fled , And virtue sickened with the tears she shed ; No more returned the scenes of festive mirth , When youth and fancy cheered the social hearth , Or , tripped with ...
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... Haunts , meet for joy to muse the Lesbian strain , But rife with perils , when the passions reign ; In every shade the visioned maid descends , And , fancy's captive , low the minstrel bends ! Seen is her form , as when in proud ST ...
... Haunts , meet for joy to muse the Lesbian strain , But rife with perils , when the passions reign ; In every shade the visioned maid descends , And , fancy's captive , low the minstrel bends ! Seen is her form , as when in proud ST ...
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anguish bard beauty BELISARIUS bend bless blest bliss blush breast breathes bright burst CALIPH calm CALYPSO Chamois charms cheek cheer cherub confest dark dead death deep despair dews divine dreams DRUID E'en e'er embrio enchantment fame fancy fancy's fate faultering flower fond genius gloom glowing grace grandeur grave grief grove hallowed HALLOWEEN haunts heart heaven holy hope horror hour hymn JOSEPH STORY KELPIE life's light lingering lonely lore LUCAN lyre melancholy memory's mind MONODY mourn muse NOTE nymphs o'er passion peace pensive PETRARCH PHARSALIA poem praise pride pure rapture reign retired rites roll round rude sacred scene SECLUSION's shades shed sigh sleep smile soft song sooth sorrow soul spirit sprite strains sublime sullen sway sweet swells tears tender thee thine thou thought thro tomb tranquil trembling truth twilight VAUCLUSE virtue voice wake weep Whence wild youth
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Page 142 - To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour...
Page 142 - Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour, when, stealing from the noise Of care and envy, sweet remembrance soothes With Virtue's kindest looks his aching breast, And turns his tears to rapture.
Page 140 - Say, dost thou mourn thy ravish'd mate, That oft enamour'd on thy strains has hung ? Or has the cruel hand of Fate Bereft thee of thy darling young ? Alas, for both I weep...
Page 127 - The attention : backward thro' her mazy walks Guiding the wanton fancy to her scope, To temples, courts or fields ; with all the band Of painted forms, of passions and designs Attendant : whence, if pleasing in itself, The prospect from that sweet accession gains Redoubled influence o'er the listening mind.
Page 129 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Page 148 - ... of millions are devoted to the service of a despotic prince, whose laws are blindly obeyed, and whose wishes are instantly gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty.
Page 139 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.