Sacred Melodies: Preceded by an Admonitory Appeal to the Right Honorable Lord Byron, with Other Small PoemsFrancis Westley, 1824 - 110 pages |
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... thro ' the sky , Is hid beneath the moss - clad stone ; All , but the Poet's Harp , is gone ! The circling seasons roll'd along , And carried many a string away ; But still the Harp , devote to song , Woo'd , sweetly woo'd , the breeze ...
... thro ' the sky , Is hid beneath the moss - clad stone ; All , but the Poet's Harp , is gone ! The circling seasons roll'd along , And carried many a string away ; But still the Harp , devote to song , Woo'd , sweetly woo'd , the breeze ...
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... thro ' ev'ry changing sky , The weeping willow adds her sigh . Oh ! farewell , Harp ! forgotten long , And canker'd by the rust of years ; My tuneless thoughts , though ' verse to song , Thy Master's hallow'd name reveres : And I could ...
... thro ' ev'ry changing sky , The weeping willow adds her sigh . Oh ! farewell , Harp ! forgotten long , And canker'd by the rust of years ; My tuneless thoughts , though ' verse to song , Thy Master's hallow'd name reveres : And I could ...
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... thro ' the jaws ( when their hunger grew dull ) ( e ) Of ravenous dogs , who held , under the wall Of Isthmian Corinth , their wild carnival . * 40 46 " There is too much of pride in the happiest hour ! " ( d ) And wisest is he who ...
... thro ' the jaws ( when their hunger grew dull ) ( e ) Of ravenous dogs , who held , under the wall Of Isthmian Corinth , their wild carnival . * 40 46 " There is too much of pride in the happiest hour ! " ( d ) And wisest is he who ...
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... thro ' thy midnight , and Fancy , keen eyed , The gossamer web of thy vision has spied , 65 As maidenly soft and as clear to the view , As curtains of mist with a moon riding through . " Tis sacred ! in silence , to watch the clouds ...
... thro ' thy midnight , and Fancy , keen eyed , The gossamer web of thy vision has spied , 65 As maidenly soft and as clear to the view , As curtains of mist with a moon riding through . " Tis sacred ! in silence , to watch the clouds ...
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... thro ' the frame ; The tongue mute as death , but the heart in a flame . In moments like these , how curtail'd is the span From spirits ethereal , to matter form'd man ; How trivial the effort to burst the clay band , 90 And , orb by ...
... thro ' the frame ; The tongue mute as death , but the heart in a flame . In moments like these , how curtail'd is the span From spirits ethereal , to matter form'd man ; How trivial the effort to burst the clay band , 90 And , orb by ...
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ad libitum balm beam BISHOPSGATE bittern blaze bow'r breast breeze bright brow burst cast chariots of fire clay cloud Countess of St Cowper Death's decree Dedicated to Miss Don Juan driv'n earth Elah Eternal ev'ry fancy fear feel fierce fire fix'd flow flow'r Flute or Violin glorious glory hand heart heaven holy I. H. R. MOTT Israel's Jehovah Jordan's Judah's King libitum Life's light Line LORD BYRON Louis XVIII may'st mercy mind Minstrel morning mountain Music mystic NOTE o'er thy once Pedal Harp Piano-Forte pow'r praise Private Band REDEEM'D rest RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD rise RONDO rose SACRED MELODIES Saviour seraph Shekinah Siege of Corinth Socinian song soul spirit star stray stream string sweet sweetly Tarshish tears tempest-tost thine thou hast thought thro throne tide Twas vale vision voice Voltaire WALTZES Waltzing Music wand'ring weep wild
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Page 79 - And Elisha prayed, and said, Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the Lord opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 91 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
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Page 35 - Those thou never more may'st see, Then thy heart will softly tremble With a pulse yet true to me. All my faults perchance thou knowest, All my madness none can know; All my hopes, where'er thou goest, Wither, yet with thee they go.