The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... borne , Rapt , and dissolved in ecstasy , to Heaven . ' Tis not the chime and flow of words , that move In measured file , and metrical array ; " Tis not the union of returning sounds , Nor all the pleasing artifice of rhyme , And ...
... borne , Rapt , and dissolved in ecstasy , to Heaven . ' Tis not the chime and flow of words , that move In measured file , and metrical array ; " Tis not the union of returning sounds , Nor all the pleasing artifice of rhyme , And ...
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... borne : Warriors by madmen deified , And tyrants overthrown . Why , since my sires are all divine , Am I , their son , denied a shrine ? I have unto my people been A father , brother , and a friend ! Go to the Western Islandmen- Go ...
... borne : Warriors by madmen deified , And tyrants overthrown . Why , since my sires are all divine , Am I , their son , denied a shrine ? I have unto my people been A father , brother , and a friend ! Go to the Western Islandmen- Go ...
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... borne ? For faintly comes the wild sound on my ear , As when together sung the stars of morn . I look around - still is each gloomy tree- The waves at rest - the wind's dread flag is furl'd ; As if , so still the aery minstrelsy , It ...
... borne ? For faintly comes the wild sound on my ear , As when together sung the stars of morn . I look around - still is each gloomy tree- The waves at rest - the wind's dread flag is furl'd ; As if , so still the aery minstrelsy , It ...
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... borne him to the field.— Young Curtius came , but with a brow as firm , And cheek unchanged , as he was wont to wear , When he essay'd the glorious strife of men ; Pride glanced upon his eye - but pride that seem'd As a remembrance of ...
... borne him to the field.— Young Curtius came , but with a brow as firm , And cheek unchanged , as he was wont to wear , When he essay'd the glorious strife of men ; Pride glanced upon his eye - but pride that seem'd As a remembrance of ...
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... borne to other worlds of thine , Forgot the pangs of this ! But this was all in earlier days , When boyhood's hopes were wild and high , And eaglet - like I fix'd my gaze Where glory's sun blazed through the sky ; But fate and ...
... borne to other worlds of thine , Forgot the pangs of this ! But this was all in earlier days , When boyhood's hopes were wild and high , And eaglet - like I fix'd my gaze Where glory's sun blazed through the sky ; But fate and ...
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ALARIC art thou beauty beneath billows bird blue bosom bower breast breath bright brow calm cheek cloud cold dark dead death deep doth dream e'en earth fair fame fancy crown feel fled flowers gaze gentle gleam glory glow gone grave green grief hath hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre hope hour JOHN MOULTRIE leaves life's light lips lonely look look'd LORD BYRON lute LYRE mirth moon morning mountain murmur N. P. WILLIS ne'er NELL GWYN never night o'er pale pass'd rest rose round Sappho Scottish lassie seem'd shade shine shore sigh silent skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit stars storm stream summer sweet tears tempest thine thou art thou hast thou wert thought tree Twas Valentine's day voice waking eye wave weep wild wind wings young youth