The Poetical Works of James Montgomery: Including Several Poems Now First Collected : with a Sketch of His Life, Volume 1Bedlington, 1825 |
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... SWITZERLAND . Part I. 27 II . 33 III . IV . V. VI . · 41 49 55 63 Notes 71 Part I. II . III . THE WEST - INDIES . 85 95 105 IV . 119 • Notes 133 • LYRIC PIECES , The Grave The Lyre Remonstrance to Winter Song Lines , written under a ...
... SWITZERLAND . Part I. 27 II . 33 III . IV . V. VI . · 41 49 55 63 Notes 71 Part I. II . III . THE WEST - INDIES . 85 95 105 IV . 119 • Notes 133 • LYRIC PIECES , The Grave The Lyre Remonstrance to Winter Song Lines , written under a ...
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... Switzerland , & c . and the subject of this short bio- graphical sketch , was born in Scotland , at Irvine , in Ayrshire , November 4 , 1771 ; his father was a Mora- vian Minister . In the fifth year of his age his parents removed with ...
... Switzerland , & c . and the subject of this short bio- graphical sketch , was born in Scotland , at Irvine , in Ayrshire , November 4 , 1771 ; his father was a Mora- vian Minister . In the fifth year of his age his parents removed with ...
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... Switzerland , was first filled by another poem , and of a very different character , which the author cancelled , after nearly the whole was printed off . The success this volume has obtained cannot be attributed to any exertions he has ...
... Switzerland , was first filled by another poem , and of a very different character , which the author cancelled , after nearly the whole was printed off . The success this volume has obtained cannot be attributed to any exertions he has ...
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... Switzerland has been received with kindness , and treated with hos- pitality his story has been heard with attention , and the tear has been shed upon his sorrows . : Fastidious must the taste of that man be who could peruse the ...
... Switzerland has been received with kindness , and treated with hos- pitality his story has been heard with attention , and the tear has been shed upon his sorrows . : Fastidious must the taste of that man be who could peruse the ...
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... similitude to those of any other poet , one alone ex- cepted : sometimes he has borrowed the harp of Col- lins , whose spirit breathing upon its strings , makes melancholy music . THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND A POEM , IN SIX PARTS.
... similitude to those of any other poet , one alone ex- cepted : sometimes he has borrowed the harp of Col- lins , whose spirit breathing upon its strings , makes melancholy music . THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND A POEM , IN SIX PARTS.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Africa age to age Albert amidst arms Art thou battle BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA beauty beneath birth blaze blest bliss blood brave breast breath breeze brethren Canton of Uri Casas charms clouds country's dark dead dear death despair earth eternal expire fathers fell fire fled flood flowers foes freedom Fulneck glory grave grief head heart heaven hoary hope horrour isles JAMES MONTGOMERY land light Lyre melancholy Memnon Mirfield Moravian Brethren morn mother mountains Mungo Parke Nature's Negro night Note a. p. Note b. p. o'er ocean pale peace PILLOW plain poems publick race reigns rest rills roam rocks roll rose round shore skies slain slaves smile sorrow soul spirit star storm sweet tears tempest thee thine thou toil tomb Underwalden vale vengeance voice WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND waves weep West-Indies where'er wild wilderness wind woes yoke youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 106 - An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.
Página 106 - Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night; A land of beauty, virtue, valour, truth, Time-tutored age, and love-exalted youth. The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles...
Página 105 - A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time-tutored age and love-exalted youth: The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the...
Página 215 - Once, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man — and who was he ? Mortal, howe'er thy lot be cast, That man resembled thee. Unknown the region of his birth, The land in which he died unknown : His name has...
Página 216 - He is — what thou shall be. The rolling seasons, day and night, Sun, moon, and stars, the earth and main, Erewhile his portion, life and light, To him exist in vain.
Página 153 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found, They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground.
Página 149 - The soul, of origin divine, God's glorious image freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day ! The sun is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The soul, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE!
Página 150 - The GRAVE, that never spake before, Hath found at length a tongue to chide ; O listen ! — I will speak no more : — Be silent. Pride ! " Art thou a WRETCH of hope forlorn, The victim of consuming care ? Is thy distracted conscience torn By fell despair ? " Do foul misdeeds of former times Wring with remorse thy guilty breast...
Página 163 - On halcyon wings our moments pass, Life's cruel cares beguiling ; Old Time lays down his scythe and glass, In gay...
Página 106 - Here woman reigns ; the mother, daughter, wife, Strews with fresh flowers the narrow way of life; In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fireside pleasures gambol at her feet. " Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found...