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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... birth ? ” W. " Aye - ' twas SWITZERLAND of yore ; But , degraded spot of earth ! Thou art SwITZERLAND no more . O'er thy mountains , sunk in blood , Are the waves of ruin hurled ; Like the waters of the flood , Rolling round a buried ...
... birth ? ” W. " Aye - ' twas SWITZERLAND of yore ; But , degraded spot of earth ! Thou art SwITZERLAND no more . O'er thy mountains , sunk in blood , Are the waves of ruin hurled ; Like the waters of the flood , Rolling round a buried ...
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... lived to tell , Treachery made the victors slaves ! c Thus my country's life retired , Slowly driven from part to part ; Underwalden last expired- Underwalden was the heart . ₫ In the valley of their birth , 3 Where our OF SWITZERLAND . 35.
... lived to tell , Treachery made the victors slaves ! c Thus my country's life retired , Slowly driven from part to part ; Underwalden last expired- Underwalden was the heart . ₫ In the valley of their birth , 3 Where our OF SWITZERLAND . 35.
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... birth , 3 Where our guardian mountains stand ; In the eye of heaven and earth , Met the warriors of our land . Like the sires in olden time , Armed they met in stern debate While in every breast sublime Glowed the Spirit of the State ...
... birth , 3 Where our guardian mountains stand ; In the eye of heaven and earth , Met the warriors of our land . Like the sires in olden time , Armed they met in stern debate While in every breast sublime Glowed the Spirit of the State ...
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... quit their bed . For the glen that gave them birth , Hides their ashes in its womb : O'tis venerable earth , Freedom's cradle , Freedom's tomb , With such desolating shocks Did the Gaul's our camp assail OF SWITZERLAND . 43.
... quit their bed . For the glen that gave them birth , Hides their ashes in its womb : O'tis venerable earth , Freedom's cradle , Freedom's tomb , With such desolating shocks Did the Gaul's our camp assail OF SWITZERLAND . 43.
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... birth to light . " S. " Prophet ! thou hast spoken well , And I deem thy words divine ; Now the mournful sequel tell Of thy country's woes and thine . " W. " Though the moon's bewildered bark , By the midnight tempest tost , In a sea of ...
... birth to light . " S. " Prophet ! thou hast spoken well , And I deem thy words divine ; Now the mournful sequel tell Of thy country's woes and thine . " W. " Though the moon's bewildered bark , By the midnight tempest tost , In a sea of ...
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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...