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... , in its splendour , Yon sky , and that sea , Are objects too tender , Too gentle for me ! The deep gloom of sorrow The stillness of night , From these I can borrow A dearer delight ! RONALD AND ELLEN . A BALLAD . YE ask , 27 Stanzas.
... , in its splendour , Yon sky , and that sea , Are objects too tender , Too gentle for me ! The deep gloom of sorrow The stillness of night , From these I can borrow A dearer delight ! RONALD AND ELLEN . A BALLAD . YE ask , 27 Stanzas.
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... night , He sees his lov'd one's image rise . And brighter to the raptur'd view , Than all the orbs of yonder spheres , That beaming soft , thro ' twilight's dew , Are seen to smile , but smile in tears . And sweeter than the gale above ...
... night , He sees his lov'd one's image rise . And brighter to the raptur'd view , Than all the orbs of yonder spheres , That beaming soft , thro ' twilight's dew , Are seen to smile , but smile in tears . And sweeter than the gale above ...
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... night . I will not say that I have knelt A vot'ry at Affection's shrine ; I will not boast that I have felt Some portion of that flame divine ; Nor tell thee how this heart would melt At simplest thoughts of thee and thine ! I will not ...
... night . I will not say that I have knelt A vot'ry at Affection's shrine ; I will not boast that I have felt Some portion of that flame divine ; Nor tell thee how this heart would melt At simplest thoughts of thee and thine ! I will not ...
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... night Sinks softly on a scene so rare , The skies smile down in looks of light , And earth returns a smile as fair . The winds have sung themselves to rest , The very zephyrs all expire ; As hush'd upon the river's breast , They kiss ...
... night Sinks softly on a scene so rare , The skies smile down in looks of light , And earth returns a smile as fair . The winds have sung themselves to rest , The very zephyrs all expire ; As hush'd upon the river's breast , They kiss ...
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... night , the train of Nymphs was fled , Fatigued with all day's anxious duty , And having put young Love to bed , They left him to the care of Beauty . Then Cupid heav'd a deep - drawn sigh , And drooping low his gaudy pinion , He seemed ...
... night , the train of Nymphs was fled , Fatigued with all day's anxious duty , And having put young Love to bed , They left him to the care of Beauty . Then Cupid heav'd a deep - drawn sigh , And drooping low his gaudy pinion , He seemed ...
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Poetic Hours; Consisting of Poems, Original and Translated; Stanzas for ... George Fleming Richardson Pré-visualização indisponível - 2011 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ALBUM Ave Maria banks of Loire beauteous beauty Beauty's bless blest bliss boon bower brave breathe bride bright brow charms cheek couch Cupid dark dear dirge divine divinest doom dream e'en e'er earth Emma faint fair fair Lady Falernian wine FALL OF BYZANTIUM fav'rite flowers flute Friendship gentlest gloom glow grace grove hallow'd hark haste hath hear heard heart heaven holiest holy hour Hymen hymn joys lady lips lord Lorenzo lov'd Love's lover lute lyre Maecenas meek methought minstrel Muse ne'er night Nymph o'er pale pilgrim prayer PYRRHA roam rose rosy Sabbath-bell sacred Sappho scarce seem'd seraph shades shore shrine sleep smile soar soft song soon sooth sorrows soul spirit STANZAS strains sweet sweetest tear thee thine thou art tomb Twas twilight twine Venus vesper wake weep wine woes would'st yonder young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 47 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath. That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Página 23 - Men neither could nor would resist 'em ; For Hymen's fires inflamed their breast, And Cupid's arrows seldom missed 'em. But changing thus their arms about, The boys became perplexed and stupid ; Love puts the torch of Hymen out, While Hymen blunts the shafts of Cupid.
Página 96 - Heaven'. how horrible it is to be A prey to the wild waters, to contend, And feel how vain the contest, with the waves, Th...
Página 123 - O ! I would roam around thy turrets, while They bask in moonlight beauty, while Romance Wakes the high visions of her holiest trance, And bids her fairest forms the night beguile.
Página 48 - I would not but hear my mother's voice! I would not but bid her heart rejoice! For all the mines of wealth that sleep In the bottomless caves of the ocean deep!
Página vii - THE following effusions were written, chiefly, at an early age, and under circumstances little favourable to poetical pursuits.
Página 26 - And, ere he sunk beneath the flood, To bless it with a parting smile. So when the Christian's day is past, Tis his to chase the twilight gloom, To glow the brighter at the last, And gild with glory e'en the tomb.
Página 81 - Thy words are daggers—spare them then. Alas! How short is woman's triumph o'er herself. A brief uncertain time she may o'erpass Her sex's limits, for...
Página 10 - Ah, no! that hope I fear is o'er, I bid the dear deceit farewell; And scarce may hope to hear once more The music of the Sabbath-bell.
Página 37 - Who sung so passing sweet, and every eve, From yonder vine-wreathed window, breathed so soft Her vespers to the Virgin...