Amir Khan, and Other Poems: The Remains of Lucretia Maria Davidson ...G. & C. & H. Carvill, 1829 - 174 pages |
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Amir Khan Amreta angel beam beautiful Beneath blaze blessed blood Blood-hound bloom blush bosom breast breath breeze bright brilliant brow burning calm Cashmere's cheek Chicomico Chieftain's child cloud cold Conconay cried dark dark page DAVID AND JONATHAN dead death deep dread e'er earth fear FIFTEENTH flames fled flew flower fold friends gazed gleaming glittering glow grave grief hand hark harp hath heart Heaven Hillis-ad-joe Hillis-ha-ad-joe hour Israel lake light lone Lucretia LUCRETIA MARIA DAVIDSON maiden Montonoc mother murmur neath night numbers o'er pale Parian marble paused Plattsburgh prophet Rathmond rest roll rose round SAMUEL F. B. MORSE shade shrouded sigh silent SIXTEENTH sleep smile SODOM AND GOMORRAH song sorrow soul sparkling spirit star storm stream Subahdar sweet swift tear thee THIRTEENTH thou hast Twas twink veil voice wafted wave weep wild wing WRITTEN
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Page 78 - And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
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Page i - And then I think of one who in her youthful beauty died, The fair meek blossom that grew up and faded by my side: In the cold moist earth we laid her, when the...
Page xxii - LET us, with a gladsome mind, Praise the Lord, for he is kind ; For his mercies aye endure, Ever faithful, ever sure.
Page 137 - And presently all the old maids in the town, Each in her very best bonnet and gown, From thirty to sixty, fair, plain, red, and pale, Of every description, all flocked to the sale. The auctioneer then in his labor began, And called out aloud, as he held up a man, " How much for a bachelor? who wants to buy ?" In a twink, every maiden responded,
Page 107 - WHEN evening spreads her shades around, And darkness fills the arch of heaven ; When not a murmur, not a sound To Fancy's sportive ear is given ; When the broad orb of heaven is bright, And looks around with golden eye ; When Nature...
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Page 167 - O'er the clouds floating far through the clear azure sky, Drifting on like the beautiful vessels of Heaven, To their far-away harbour, all silently driven, Bearing on, in their bosoms, the children of light, Who have fled from this dark world of sorrow and night ; When the lake lies in calmness and darkness, save where The bright ripple curls, 'neath the smile of a star ; When all is in silence and solitude here, Then sleep, maiden, sleep ! without sorrow or fear I But when I steal silently over...
Page 166 - When my herald, gray dawn, hath extinguished eacli star ; When I smile on the woodlands, and bend o'er the lake, Then awake thee, O maiden, I bid thee awake ! Thou mayst slumber when all the wide arches of Heaven Glitter bright with the beautiful fires...
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