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... weep and pray , ( 2 ) What time the pathos of the bard of fire Flowed o'er his lips to calm his wakeful ire , Ah ! who shall sketch in colors bright , as life , The moving agonies , the rapturous strife , The frequent sighs , which ...
... weep and pray , ( 2 ) What time the pathos of the bard of fire Flowed o'er his lips to calm his wakeful ire , Ah ! who shall sketch in colors bright , as life , The moving agonies , the rapturous strife , The frequent sighs , which ...
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... weep , The lovelorn nymph , each human frailty o'er , Gave her fond heart to tremble and adore . Supernal Power , tho pain , tho sickness press , Wing the sharp pang , and urge the keen distress , Tho drear confinement every feeling ...
... weep , The lovelorn nymph , each human frailty o'er , Gave her fond heart to tremble and adore . Supernal Power , tho pain , tho sickness press , Wing the sharp pang , and urge the keen distress , Tho drear confinement every feeling ...
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... weeping penance lifts her reddened eye , Pours the weak plaint , and breathes the heartfelt sigh ; There , wan devotion bends with wistful gaze , Or chants the vocal hymn of vesper praise ; While , pure in thought as sweet responses ...
... weeping penance lifts her reddened eye , Pours the weak plaint , and breathes the heartfelt sigh ; There , wan devotion bends with wistful gaze , Or chants the vocal hymn of vesper praise ; While , pure in thought as sweet responses ...
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... weep and wave adieu ? Why ask with suppliant tears the warlike brave To grant a cloister's life , a cloister's grave ... weeping walls uncounted wrongs reveal , Fate's hopeless victim , prey of cankerous care , On torture feeds , and ...
... weep and wave adieu ? Why ask with suppliant tears the warlike brave To grant a cloister's life , a cloister's grave ... weeping walls uncounted wrongs reveal , Fate's hopeless victim , prey of cankerous care , On torture feeds , and ...
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... Chase every care , and ripen every joy , Till this distracted heart forget to weep , Locked in the grave's inviolable sleep . END OF THE FIRST PART . THE POWER OF SOLITUD E. PART SECOND . -Then the 64 POWER OF SOLITUDE .
... Chase every care , and ripen every joy , Till this distracted heart forget to weep , Locked in the grave's inviolable sleep . END OF THE FIRST PART . THE POWER OF SOLITUD E. PART SECOND . -Then the 64 POWER OF SOLITUDE .
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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.