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... shone , Now fades away ; the fainter gleam Of promis'd happiness is gone . Oh ! would futurity unveil What must be , to my mental eye ! My spirit then might cease to quail , When hopes and fears for ever die . Again to meet thee ; then ...
... shone , Now fades away ; the fainter gleam Of promis'd happiness is gone . Oh ! would futurity unveil What must be , to my mental eye ! My spirit then might cease to quail , When hopes and fears for ever die . Again to meet thee ; then ...
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... shone for a while on our hopes , and is gone . Upraise not a storm To crush this vile worm That drags through Hispania its poisonous slime : Such a death were too great , For this creature of state : May it waste into nothing and rot ...
... shone for a while on our hopes , and is gone . Upraise not a storm To crush this vile worm That drags through Hispania its poisonous slime : Such a death were too great , For this creature of state : May it waste into nothing and rot ...
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... shone forth A spirit that express'd his inward worth . His honour as the Sun itself was bright , Though transient mists might intercept its light . What his offences were- -'tis hard to prove , Perchance he was too sensible of love ; Is ...
... shone forth A spirit that express'd his inward worth . His honour as the Sun itself was bright , Though transient mists might intercept its light . What his offences were- -'tis hard to prove , Perchance he was too sensible of love ; Is ...
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... shone confest ; As wit delighted , passion storm'd the breast . The mind with taste , sense , judgment , feeling , fraught , Seem'd to be blest by more than human thought ! Hence burning words , for freedom gave the choice , The ...
... shone confest ; As wit delighted , passion storm'd the breast . The mind with taste , sense , judgment , feeling , fraught , Seem'd to be blest by more than human thought ! Hence burning words , for freedom gave the choice , The ...
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... shone clear , Not e'en a vapoury cloud was sailing near ! The fire - flies swarm'd around , with fitful glare , Like magic gems , they sparkled through the air . Now glow'd the stars in such a bright array , They seem'd to lighten forth ...
... shone clear , Not e'en a vapoury cloud was sailing near ! The fire - flies swarm'd around , with fitful glare , Like magic gems , they sparkled through the air . Now glow'd the stars in such a bright array , They seem'd to lighten forth ...
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Akber's Almamon's Anacreon balm beauty beneath bleed blest bosom brave breast bright brows Brutus burn CHANDOS LEIGH Charles the VIIth charm'd charms cheer'd Cruel charmer DANTE Death of Hossein Decline and Fall delight despis'd E'en e'er earth Emma exprest eyes fairest Fairy Fairy Tale fame fancy feelings flowers genius Gibbon's Decline glides glory glow happiness heart Heaven Hispania homage hope lavish'd light Lord lov'd Love's Marriage mind mistress of Charles mourn Muse Muse's Napoléon ne'er Neath never night noble Northumberland-street nought o'er the bowl o'er thy Pansies passion Patriots perchance pleasure Poets poinard prejudice lie pride priz'd Prometheus proud Psyche quail Quarto rapture Roman Empire sacred Saint seem'd shades shed shine shone sigh smile soon sooth sorceress Sorel soul Spain Spenser's spirit strove sugar'd game tears tender thee thine THOU art Thou Astery thought tresses Valentine VERSES vinse virtue warms Weep whate'er woes zeal
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Page 23 - Teach you an artificial way to grieve, To keep your sorrow waking. Love your lord No worse than I ; but if you love so well, Alas, you may displease him, so did I. This is the last time you shall look on me : Ladies, farewell ; as soon as I am dead, Come all and watch one night about my hearse ; Bring each a mournful story and a tear To offer at it when I go to earth...
Page 7 - Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare : Where'er she turns the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love.
Page 16 - Almamon, who gave away four-fifths of the income of a province — a sum of two millions four hundred thousand gold dinars — before he drew his foot from the stirrup. At the nuptials of the same prince, a thousand pearls of the largest size were showered on the head of the bride, and a lottery of lands and houses displayed the capricious bounty of fortune.
Page 17 - That lost in long futurity expire. Fond impious man, think'st thou yon sanguine cloud Raised by thy breath, has quench'd the orb of day? To-morrow he repairs the golden flood And warms the nations with redoubled ray. Enough for me : with joy I see The different doom our fates assign : Be thine Despair and sceptred Care, To triumph and to die are mine.
Page 61 - Dialogue appeared shortly after in the public prints. Question. Say, what has given to Flood a mortal wound ? Answer. Grattan's obtaining fifty thousand pound. Question. Can Flood forgive an injury so sore? Answer. Yes, if they give him fifty thousand more. MR. SHERIDAN. " In senates, there his talents shone confest ; As wit delighted, passion storm'd the breast. The mind with taste, sense, judgment, feeling, fraught, Seem'd to be blest by more than human thought! Hence, burning words for freedom...
Page 66 - The clearness of the heavens, the serenity of the air, and the soft tranquillity in which Nature reposes, contribute to harmonize the mind, and produce the most calm and delightful sensations. The moon too in these climates displays far greater radiance than in Europe: the smallest print is legible by her light; and in the moon's absence her function is not ill supplied by the brightness of the milky-way.
Page 64 - For he was false, and fraught with ficklenesse, And learned had to love with secret lookes ; And well could daunce, and sing with ruefulnesse ; And fortunes tell, and read in loving bookes, And thousand other waies to bait his fleshly hookes.
Page 5 - THESE few Verses form a Supplement to a collection of Poems which were printed some time since, and circulated by the Author, under the title of " Juvenile Poems."— They were never published.