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... living tide , Ev'n as a bark wherein is left no power to guide . Wave swept on wave . XLVII . We reach'd a stately square , Deck'd for the rites . An altar stood on high , And gorgeous , in the midst : a place for prayer , And praise ...
... living tide , Ev'n as a bark wherein is left no power to guide . Wave swept on wave . XLVII . We reach'd a stately square , Deck'd for the rites . An altar stood on high , And gorgeous , in the midst : a place for prayer , And praise ...
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... living light of streams . Her soul would rest Beneath your shades , I said , bowers of the gorgeous west ! XXXV . Oh ! could we live in visions ! could we hold Delusion faster , longer , to our breast , When it shuts from us , with its ...
... living light of streams . Her soul would rest Beneath your shades , I said , bowers of the gorgeous west ! XXXV . Oh ! could we live in visions ! could we hold Delusion faster , longer , to our breast , When it shuts from us , with its ...
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... living , not the less That all it yielded now was bitterness ; Yet still such love as quits not misery's side , Nor drops from guilt its ivy - like embrace , Nor turns away from death's its pale heroic face . XL . Yes ! thou hadst ...
... living , not the less That all it yielded now was bitterness ; Yet still such love as quits not misery's side , Nor drops from guilt its ivy - like embrace , Nor turns away from death's its pale heroic face . XL . Yes ! thou hadst ...
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... lie Starry with flowers , beneath her graceful tread ! -But the calm bound us midst the glassy main ; Ne'er was her step to bend earth's living flowers again . L. Yes ! as if Heaven upon the waves were 76 THE FOREST SANCTUARY .
... lie Starry with flowers , beneath her graceful tread ! -But the calm bound us midst the glassy main ; Ne'er was her step to bend earth's living flowers again . L. Yes ! as if Heaven upon the waves were 76 THE FOREST SANCTUARY .
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... living spring Of joy , with fearfulness of love possess'd , Thus sinking ! —Love , joy , fear , all crush'd to this— And the wide Heaven so far- -so fathomless th ' abyss ! LXI . Where the line sounds not , where the wrecks lie low ...
... living spring Of joy , with fearfulness of love possess'd , Thus sinking ! —Love , joy , fear , all crush'd to this— And the wide Heaven so far- -so fathomless th ' abyss ! LXI . Where the line sounds not , where the wrecks lie low ...
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art thou bear beautiful beneath blue blue streams booming shots borne bosom breast breath breeze bright bright land bright wave brow burst call'd dark dead death deep didst dreams dust dwell earth ev'n fade faint fair brow falchion farewell father fear fill'd floating fount glance gleam gloom glow gone grave grief hath hear heard heart Heaven holy hour hush'd joyous Lake of Lucerne land leaves light lone look look'd lov'd midst mighty mirth mournful night o'er Odin pale pass'd pines pour'd prayer rest rills Rio verde rose round Sea-king seem'd shades shadows shining silent sleep smile soft song soul sound Spain spear spirit stars storm streams sunny sweet tears thee Theseus thine things thou art Thou hast thou wert thought tone unto voice wakeful eye wandering wave weep whisper wild wind woods wouldst young youth
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Page 244 - say, father ! say, If yet my task is done ? " He knew not that the chieftain lay Unconscious of his son. " Speak, father!" once again he cried, " If I may yet be gone ! And" — but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Page 203 - O'er youth's bright locks, and beauty's flowery crown : Yet must thou hear a voice — Restore the dead ! Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee ! — Restore the dead, thou sea ! BRING FLOWERS.
Page 245 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair; And shouted but once more aloud, 'My father! must I stay?
Page 276 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath. And stars to set — but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! THE LOST PLEIAD.
Page 243 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but he had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead.
Page 272 - tis lovely! — childhood's lip and cheek, Mantling beneath its earnest brow of thought, Gaze, — yet what seest thou in those fair, and meek, And fragile things, as but for sunshine wrought ? Thou seest what grief must nurture for the sky, What death must fashion for eternity ! Oh!
Page 246 - With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 275 - Day is for mortal care, Eve, for glad meetings round the joyous hearth, Night, for the dreams of sleep, the voice of prayer ; But all for thee, thou mightiest of the earth...
Page 91 - I have seen A curious child, who dwelt upon a tract Of inland ground, applying to his ear The convolutions of a smooth-lipped shell; To which, in silence hushed, his very soul Listened intensely; and his countenance soon Brightened with joy; for from within were heard Murmurings, whereby the monitor expressed Mysterious union with its native sea.
Page 236 - OH ! ask not, hope thou not too much Of sympathy below ; Few are the hearts whence one same touch Bids the sweet fountains flow : Few — and by still conflicting powers Forbidden here to meet — Such ties would make this life of ours Too fair for aught so fleet.