The Pleasures of Hope: With Other PoemsMundell, 1806 - 136 Seiten |
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... proud height , with Genius hand in handou ells I see thee light , and wave thy golden wand . vulunce dhW empo etiam " Go , child of Heav'n ! ( thy winged words proclaim ) ' Tis thine to search the boundless fields of fame ! Lo ! Newton ...
... proud height , with Genius hand in handou ells I see thee light , and wave thy golden wand . vulunce dhW empo etiam " Go , child of Heav'n ! ( thy winged words proclaim ) ' Tis thine to search the boundless fields of fame ! Lo ! Newton ...
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... proud , the cold untroubled heart of stone , That never mus'd on sorrow but its own , Unlocks a generous store at thy command , Like Horeb's rocks beneath the prophet's hand . The living lumber of his kindred earth , Charm'd into soul ...
... proud , the cold untroubled heart of stone , That never mus'd on sorrow but its own , Unlocks a generous store at thy command , Like Horeb's rocks beneath the prophet's hand . The living lumber of his kindred earth , Charm'd into soul ...
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... proud Reason ! nor destroy The shadowy forms of uncreated joy , That urge the lingering tide of life , and pour 275 Spontaneous slumber on his midnight hour . Hark ! the wild maniac sings , to chide the PLEASURES OF HOPE .
... proud Reason ! nor destroy The shadowy forms of uncreated joy , That urge the lingering tide of life , and pour 275 Spontaneous slumber on his midnight hour . Hark ! the wild maniac sings , to chide the PLEASURES OF HOPE .
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... proud one looks - and passes by ; Condemn'd on Penury's barren path to roam― Scorn'd by the world , and left without a home- Ev'n he , at evening , should he chance to stray Down by the hamlet's hawthorn - scented way , 300 PLEASURES OF ...
... proud one looks - and passes by ; Condemn'd on Penury's barren path to roam― Scorn'd by the world , and left without a home- Ev'n he , at evening , should he chance to stray Down by the hamlet's hawthorn - scented way , 300 PLEASURES OF ...
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... proud arch the fires of ruin glow , 385 His blood - dy'd waters murm'ring far below ; The storm prevails , the rampart yields a way , Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , 30 ...
... proud arch the fires of ruin glow , 385 His blood - dy'd waters murm'ring far below ; The storm prevails , the rampart yields a way , Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark ! as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , 30 ...
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afar ANTISTROPHE Author beauty bleed bliss boards bosom bright Charles Bell charm clime confiderable David Brewster deed deep delight Diffections doom'd dread Edinburgh edition elegance Endemic eternal fame fate feveral fhould fome foolfcap friendless fubject fuch Genius GEORGE II Gilderoy glow hand Hark hath heart Heav'n heav'nly Heraldry HISTORY hour Hussar illuftrated John Cheyne JULIUS CÆSAR life's light Loxian lyre MEDEA Mercy midnight mind mingles moſt murmur Muse Nature Nature's NOTE numbers o'er obfervations pang Peace PEACE of AMIENS pensive PLEASURES OF HOPE POEMS POETICAL poor dog Tray pow'r Prebendary prefent Price rapture Review royal 8vo.-Price sacred shade shore sigh slumber smile soothe sorrow soul spirit storm sublime sweet tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tical TOBIAS SMOLLETT trembling triumph unfathom'd uſeful vale vols watch wave weep wild winds yellow fever
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Seite 28 - He said, and on the rampart-heights arrayed His trusty warriors, few but undismayed; Firm-paced and slow, a horrid front they form. Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm...
Seite 29 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Seite 53 - By wealthless lot or pitiless command ; Or doom'd to gaze on beauties that adorn The smile of Triumph or the frown of Scorn ; While Memory watches o'er the sad review Of joys that faded like the morning dew ; Peace may depart, and life and nature seem A barren path, a wildness, and a dream...
Seite 23 - And, mark the wretch, whose wanderings never knew The world's regard, that soothes, though half untrue, Whose erring heart the lash of sorrow bore, But found not pity when it err'd no more. Yon friendless man, at whose dejected eye Th...
Seite 51 - And say, without our hopes, without our fears, Without the home that plighted love endears, Without the smile from partial beauty won, Oh ! what were man ? — a world without a sun.
Seite 2 - Tis Nature pictured too severely true. With thee, sweet HOPE! resides the heavenly light, That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way, That calls each slumbering passion into play. Waked by thy touch, I see the sister band, On tiptoe watching, start at thy command, And fly where'er thy mandate bids them steer, To Pleasure's path, or Glory's bright career.
Seite 19 - With aching temples on thy hand reclined, Muse on the last farewell I leave behind, Breathe a deep sigh to winds that murmur low, And think on all my love, and all my woe...
Seite 31 - Departed spirits of the mighty dead! Ye that at Marathon and Leuctra bled! Friends of the world! restore your swords to man, Fight in his sacred cause, and lead the van! Yet for Sarmatia's tears of blood atone, And make her arm puissant as your own! Oh! once again to Freedom's cause return The patriot TELL — the BRUCE OF BANNOCKBURN!
Seite 53 - The world was sad ! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smil'd...
Seite 25 - Come, bright improvement! on the car of time, And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore.