The Minstrel; Or, The Progress of Genius: in Two Books. With Some Other PoemsT. Gillet, 1797 - 120 pages |
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... heard to cry , Or on resounding wings to shoot athwart the sky . IX . One cultivated spot there was , that spread Its flowery bosom to the noonday beam , Where many a rose - bud rears its blushing head , And herbs for food with future ...
... heard to cry , Or on resounding wings to shoot athwart the sky . IX . One cultivated spot there was , that spread Its flowery bosom to the noonday beam , Where many a rose - bud rears its blushing head , And herbs for food with future ...
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... heard to flow In solemn sounds . Now beam'd the evening star ; And from embattled clouds emerging slow , Cynthia came riding on her silver car ; And hoary mountain - cliffs shone faintly from afar . XIII . Soon did the solemn voice its ...
... heard to flow In solemn sounds . Now beam'd the evening star ; And from embattled clouds emerging slow , Cynthia came riding on her silver car ; And hoary mountain - cliffs shone faintly from afar . XIII . Soon did the solemn voice its ...
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... Heard these rude cliffs thine awful voice rebound , " ( For in thy speech I recognise the sound . ) " You mourn'd for ruin'd man , and virtue lost , " And seem'd to feel of keen remorse the wound , " Pondering on former days , by guilt ...
... Heard these rude cliffs thine awful voice rebound , " ( For in thy speech I recognise the sound . ) " You mourn'd for ruin'd man , and virtue lost , " And seem'd to feel of keen remorse the wound , " Pondering on former days , by guilt ...
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... heard the angry spirit's yell ; " No wizard mutters the tremendous spell , " Nor sinks convulsive in prophetic swoon ; " Nor bids the noise of drums and trumpets swell , " To ease of fancied pangs the labouring moon , " Or chace the ...
... heard the angry spirit's yell ; " No wizard mutters the tremendous spell , " Nor sinks convulsive in prophetic swoon ; " Nor bids the noise of drums and trumpets swell , " To ease of fancied pangs the labouring moon , " Or chace the ...
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... heard , And oft with smiles indulgent chear'd And soothed him into rest . I. 2 . Smit by thy rapture - beaming eye Deep flashing through the midnight of their mind , The sable bands combined , Where Fear's black banner bloats the ...
... heard , And oft with smiles indulgent chear'd And soothed him into rest . I. 2 . Smit by thy rapture - beaming eye Deep flashing through the midnight of their mind , The sable bands combined , Where Fear's black banner bloats the ...
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Page 7 - O, how canst thou renounce the boundless store Of charms which Nature to her votary yields ! The warbling woodland, the resounding shore, The pomp of groves, and garniture of fields ; All that the genial ray of morning gilds, » And all that echoes to the song of even, All that the mountain's sheltering bosom shields, And all the dread magnificence of Heaven, O, how canst thou renounce^ and hope to be forgiven ! These charms shall work thy soul's eternal health, And love, and gentleness, and joy,...
Page 120 - And darkness and doubt are now flying away ; No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn. So breaks on the traveller, faint, and astray, The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn. See Truth, Love, and Mercy, in triumph descending, And nature all glowing in Eden's first bloom ! On the cold cheek of Death smiles and roses are blending, And Beauty immortal awakes from the tomb.
Page 3 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar; Ah! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war; Check'd by the scoff of Pride, by Envy's frown, And Poverty's unconquerable bar, In life's low vale remote has pined alone, Then dropt into the grave, unpitied and unknown...
Page 13 - In truth he was a strange and wayward wight, Fond of each gentle, and each dreadful scene. In darkness, and in storm, he found delight : Nor less, than when on...
Page 71 - WHEN in the crimson cloud of even The lingering light decays, And Hesper on the front of heaven His glittering gem displays ; Deep in the silent vale, unseen, Beside a lulling stream, A pensive youth of placid mien Indulged this tender theme : " Ye cliffs, in hoary grandeur piled High o'er the glimmering dale ; Ye woods, along whose windings wild Murmurs the solemn gale...
Page 20 - O to thy cursed scream, discordant still, Let Harmony aye shut her gentle ear ! Thy boastful mirth let jealous rivals spill, Insult thy crest, and glossy pinions tear, And ever in thy dreams the ruthless fox appear ! XXXVII.
Page 9 - An honest heart was almost all his stock : His drink the living water from the rock : The milky dams supplied his board, and lent Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, wheresoe'er. they went.
Page 11 - Dainties he heeded not, nor gaude, nor toy, Save one short pipe of rudest minstrelsy : Silent when glad ; affectionate, though shy ; And now his look was most demurely sad ; And now he laugh'd aloud, yet none knew why. The neighbours stared and sigh'd, yet bless'd the lad ; Some deem'd him wondrous wise, and some believed him mad.
Page 16 - And be it so. Let those deplore their doom, Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn : But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb, Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn. Shall Spring to these sad scenes no more return? Is yonder wave the Sun's eternal bed ? Soon shall the orient with new lustre burn, And Spring shall soon her vital influence shed, Again attune the grove, again adorn the mead.
Page 27 - Nor check'd the tender tear to Misery given; From Guilt's contagious power shall that protect, This soften and refine the soul for Heaven. But dreadful is their doom, whom doubt has driven To censure Fate, and pious Hope forego: Like yonder blasted boughs by lightning riven, Perfection, beauty, life, they never know, But frown on all that pass, a monument of woe.