The Lyre: Fugitive Poetry of the Xixth CenturyJ. Sharpe, 1830 - 360 pages |
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... glory walk'd abroad And I had been enshrined a god . What else but wide - spread carnage made The founder of our line a god ? A man , whose dark ambition bade Earth be a crimson'd sod ; A bloody hunter , yet behold ! His shrine is of ...
... glory walk'd abroad And I had been enshrined a god . What else but wide - spread carnage made The founder of our line a god ? A man , whose dark ambition bade Earth be a crimson'd sod ; A bloody hunter , yet behold ! His shrine is of ...
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... glory of the Seraphim ? NIGHT . BY JAMES MONTGOMERY . NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet , when labours close , To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose ; Stretch the tired limbs and lay the head Upon our own ...
... glory of the Seraphim ? NIGHT . BY JAMES MONTGOMERY . NIGHT is the time for rest ; How sweet , when labours close , To gather round an aching breast The curtain of repose ; Stretch the tired limbs and lay the head Upon our own ...
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... glory bright ; When e'en the night wind and the restless sea Wander in silence , by the hour spell - bound ; When e'en the rustling of the shadowy tree Is hush'd — the welkin bringeth forth a sound ; —- It is not in the sea , nor in the ...
... glory bright ; When e'en the night wind and the restless sea Wander in silence , by the hour spell - bound ; When e'en the rustling of the shadowy tree Is hush'd — the welkin bringeth forth a sound ; —- It is not in the sea , nor in the ...
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... glory's sun blazed through the sky ; But fate and circumstance forbade The noble , though presumptuous flight- Those hopes are blasted and decay'd By disappointment's blight . My soul is daring now as then , Though fate 20 28 To the ...
... glory's sun blazed through the sky ; But fate and circumstance forbade The noble , though presumptuous flight- Those hopes are blasted and decay'd By disappointment's blight . My soul is daring now as then , Though fate 20 28 To the ...
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... glory o'er thee , Up ! up to yon cliff ! like a king to his throne ! O'er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone- A throne which the eagle is glad to resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine . There the bright ...
... glory o'er thee , Up ! up to yon cliff ! like a king to his throne ! O'er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone- A throne which the eagle is glad to resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine . There the bright ...
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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