The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans: Complete in One VolumeGrigg & Elliot, 1836 - 444 páginas |
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... blessed Inez ! -visions have beguil'd Thy heart - abjure them ! -thou wert formed to give , In the brief glance ? -She clasped her hands- the strife Of love , faith , fear , and that yain dream of life , Within her woman's breast so ...
... blessed Inez ! -visions have beguil'd Thy heart - abjure them ! -thou wert formed to give , In the brief glance ? -She clasped her hands- the strife Of love , faith , fear , and that yain dream of life , Within her woman's breast so ...
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... blessed light ! The shepherd's light -the sailor's on the sea- The hunter's homeward from the mountains free , Where its lone smile makes tremulously bright The thousand streams ! -I could but gaze through tears- Oh ! what a sight is ...
... blessed light ! The shepherd's light -the sailor's on the sea- The hunter's homeward from the mountains free , Where its lone smile makes tremulously bright The thousand streams ! -I could but gaze through tears- Oh ! what a sight is ...
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... blessed me as I left his hall- -With his deep tones and sweet , though full of years , He blessed me there , and bathed my child's young head with tears . XXIX . I had brought sorrow on his gray hairs down , And cast the darkness of my ...
... blessed me as I left his hall- -With his deep tones and sweet , though full of years , He blessed me there , and bathed my child's young head with tears . XXIX . I had brought sorrow on his gray hairs down , And cast the darkness of my ...
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... blessed His look that hour ; -for now her voice grew weak ; And on the flowery crimson of his cheek , With her white lips a long , long kiss she pressed , Yet light , to wake him not . - Then sank her head Against my bursting heart ...
... blessed His look that hour ; -for now her voice grew weak ; And on the flowery crimson of his cheek , With her white lips a long , long kiss she pressed , Yet light , to wake him not . - Then sank her head Against my bursting heart ...
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... in sleep Look not reproach , though still they seem to weep ; It is that He my sacrifice hath blessed , And filled my bosom through its inmost cell , abyss ! well . The following pieces may so far be considered | a THE FOREST SANCTUARY .
... in sleep Look not reproach , though still they seem to weep ; It is that He my sacrifice hath blessed , And filled my bosom through its inmost cell , abyss ! well . The following pieces may so far be considered | a THE FOREST SANCTUARY .
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art thou banners beauty beneath bless blest bosom bowers brave breast breath breeze bright bright land bright waves broken flower brow cloud Conradin dark dead death deep doth dread dreams dwell e'en earth Elmina fair falchion farewell father fear flowers fount gaze glance gleam gloom glorious glory glow gone Gonzalez grave grief hath hear heart Heaven hills holy hope hour hushed land light lone look lyre METASTASIO midst mighty Montalba Moorish mournful murmur ne'er night o'er pale Procida proud Provençal Raimond repose rills rocks Roncesvalles rose round scene shade shadow shed shore shrine silent skies sleep slumber smile soft solemn song soul sound Spain spirit stars stream sunbeam sunny sweet swell sword tears tempest thee thine thou art Thou hast thought thrilling tomb tone unto Vittoria voice wake wave weep wild wind young
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Página 65 - E'en while with us thy footsteps trod, His seal was on thy brow. Dust to its narrow house beneath ! Soul to its place on high ! They that have seen thy look in death, No more may fear to die.
Página 277 - O'er each fair sleeping brow ; She had each folded flower in sight — ' Where are those dreamers now ? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade. The sea, the blue lone sea, hath one ; He lies where pearls lie deep; He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep.
Página 278 - 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!
Página 270 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free...
Página 269 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Página 289 - Her lot is on you !— to be found untired, Watching the stars out by the bed of pain, With a pale cheek, and yet a brow inspired, And a true heart of hope, though hope be vain ; Meekly to bear with wrong, to cheer decay, And oh ! to love through all things— therefore pray...
Página 332 - I HEAR thee speak of the better land, Thou call'st its children a happy band ; Mother! oh, where is that radiant shore? Shall we not seek it, and weep no more? Is it where the flower of the orange blows, And the fire-flies glance through the myrtle boughs ?" — " Not there, not there, my child...
Página 244 - The better days of life were ours; The worst can be but mine; The sun that cheers, the storm that lowers, Shall never more be thine.
Página 262 - ... The place was kept at board and hearth so long, The prayer went up through midnight's breathless gloom, And the vain yearning woke 'midst festal song ! Hold fast thy buried Isles, thy towers o'erthrown — But all is not thine own. To thee the love of woman hath gone down, Dark flow thy tides o'er manhood's noble head, 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...
Página 269 - I know whence the shadow comes o'er you now Ye have strewn the dust on the sunny brow ! Ye have given the lovely to earth's embrace, She hath taken the fairest of beauty's race, With their laughing eyes and their...