The Forest Sanctuary: With Other Poems |
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... Song 105 The Bird's Release 108 The Sword of the Tomb 111 Valkyriur Song 120 The Cavern of the Three Tells 126 Swiss Song 131 · The Messenger Bird 135 The Stranger in Louisiana 138 The Isle of Founts 141 The Bended Bow 148 He Never ...
... Song 105 The Bird's Release 108 The Sword of the Tomb 111 Valkyriur Song 120 The Cavern of the Three Tells 126 Swiss Song 131 · The Messenger Bird 135 The Stranger in Louisiana 138 The Isle of Founts 141 The Bended Bow 148 He Never ...
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... Song 212 The Revellers 215 The Conqueror's Sleep 219 Our Lady's Well · 222 The Parting of Summer 225 The Songs of our Fathers 229 The World in the open Air 232 Kindred Hearts · 236 The Traveller at the Source of the Nile 239 Casabianca ...
... Song 212 The Revellers 215 The Conqueror's Sleep 219 Our Lady's Well · 222 The Parting of Summer 225 The Songs of our Fathers 229 The World in the open Air 232 Kindred Hearts · 236 The Traveller at the Source of the Nile 239 Casabianca ...
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... no tempest bowing , Hath shrunk and died , those serpent - folds among . Alas ! alas ! -what is it that I see ? An image of man's mind , land of my sires , with thee ! XII . Yet art thou lovely ! -Song is on 8 THE FOREST SANCTUARY .
... no tempest bowing , Hath shrunk and died , those serpent - folds among . Alas ! alas ! -what is it that I see ? An image of man's mind , land of my sires , with thee ! XII . Yet art thou lovely ! -Song is on 8 THE FOREST SANCTUARY .
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... Song is on thy hills— Oh sweet and mournful melodies of Spain , That lull'd my boyhood , how your memory thrills The exile's heart with sudden - wakening pain ! — Your sounds are on the rocks : -That I might hear Once more the music of ...
... Song is on thy hills— Oh sweet and mournful melodies of Spain , That lull'd my boyhood , how your memory thrills The exile's heart with sudden - wakening pain ! — Your sounds are on the rocks : -That I might hear Once more the music of ...
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... song ! -Yet sat , ev'n then , what seem'd the crowd to shun , Half veil'd upon the clear pale brow of one , And deeper thoughts than oft to youth belong , Thoughts , such as wake to evening's whispery sway , Within the drooping shade of ...
... song ! -Yet sat , ev'n then , what seem'd the crowd to shun , Half veil'd upon the clear pale brow of one , And deeper thoughts than oft to youth belong , Thoughts , such as wake to evening's whispery sway , Within the drooping shade of ...
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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.