The Works of Mrs Hemans;: With a Memoir of Her Life,William Blackwood & Sons, ... and Thomas Cadell, London., 1839 |
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... dead ; And if , when slumber's lonely couch is prest , The form departed be thy spirit's guest , It bears no light from purer worlds to this ; Thy future lends not e'en a dream of bliss . But who shall dare the gate of life to close THE ...
... dead ; And if , when slumber's lonely couch is prest , The form departed be thy spirit's guest , It bears no light from purer worlds to this ; Thy future lends not e'en a dream of bliss . But who shall dare the gate of life to close THE ...
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... dead ; Save , or we perish ! -Let Thy word control The earthquakes of that universe — the soul ; Pervade the depths of passion - speak once more The mighty mandate , guard of every shore , " Here shall thy waves be stay'd❞ — in grief ...
... dead ; Save , or we perish ! -Let Thy word control The earthquakes of that universe — the soul ; Pervade the depths of passion - speak once more The mighty mandate , guard of every shore , " Here shall thy waves be stay'd❞ — in grief ...
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... dead repose Of some proud city , storm'd by midnight foes ! Oh ! vainly Reason's scornful voice would prove That life hath nought to claim such lingering love , And ask if e'er the captive , half unchain'd , Clung to the links which yet ...
... dead repose Of some proud city , storm'd by midnight foes ! Oh ! vainly Reason's scornful voice would prove That life hath nought to claim such lingering love , And ask if e'er the captive , half unchain'd , Clung to the links which yet ...
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... dead , and heaven and earth shall flee ? Hast thou no answer ? -then deride no more The thoughts that shrink , yet cease not to explore Th ' unknown , th ' unseen , the future - though the heart , As at unearthly sounds , before them ...
... dead , and heaven and earth shall flee ? Hast thou no answer ? -then deride no more The thoughts that shrink , yet cease not to explore Th ' unknown , th ' unseen , the future - though the heart , As at unearthly sounds , before them ...
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... dead ? But Thou didst teach us . Thou to every heart , Faith's lofty lesson didst thyself impart ! When fled the hope through all thy pangs which smiled , When thy young bosom , o'er thy lifeless child , Yearn'd with vain longing ...
... dead ? But Thou didst teach us . Thou to every heart , Faith's lofty lesson didst thyself impart ! When fled the hope through all thy pangs which smiled , When thy young bosom , o'er thy lifeless child , Yearn'd with vain longing ...
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Página 255 - Hemm'd in by cliff and flood, When a shout arose from the misty height Where "the mountain-people stood. And the mighty rocks came bounding down, Their startled foes among, With a joyous whirl from the summit thrown — — Oh ! the herdsman's arm is strong! They came like lauwine...
Página 21 - Then ye shall appoint you cities to be cities of refuge for you; that the slayer may flee thither, which killeth any person at unawares. 12 And they shall be unto you cities for refuge from the avenger; that the manslayer die not, until he stand before the congregation in judgment.
Página 379 - Calm on the bosom of thy God, Fair spirit, rest thee now ! E'en while with us thy footstep trod, His seal was on thy brow. " Dust, to its narrow house beneath ! Soul, to its place on high ! They who have seen thy look in death No more may fear to die.
Página 121 - Sandalled with immortality — oh, why Of me forgetful? Wherefore not entreat To hurry on the time when I shall see The veil of mortal being rent in twain, And smile that I am free ? In the third circle of that happy land, Shall we not seek together, hand in hand, Another lovelier landscape, a new plain, Other romantic streams and mountains blue...
Página 254 - With blazoned streamers and lances tall, Moved onwards, in princely state. They came with heavy chains For the race despised so long,— But amidst his Alp-domains The herdsman's arm is strong!
Página 129 - ... plunged in sadness and perpetual silence. Dante had, in this incident, all the materials of an ample and very poetical narrative. But he bestows on it only four verses. He meets in Purgatory three spirits. One was a captain who fell fighting on the same side with him in the battle of Campaldino ; the second, a gentleman assassinated by the treachery of the House of Este ; the third, was a woman unknown to the poet, and who, after the others had spoken, turned towards him with these words...
Página 14 - As the light leaf, whose fall to ruin bears Some trembling insect's little world of cares, Descends in silence — while around waves on The mighty forest, reckless what is gone ! Such is man's doom — and, ere an hour be flown, — Start not, thou trifler! — such may be thine own.
Página 122 - OH ! pure and blessed soul That, from thy clay's control Escaped, hast sought and found thy native sphere. And from thy crystal throne Look'st down, with smiles alone, On this vain scene of mortal hope and fear ; Thy happy feet have trod The starry spangled road, Celestial flocks by field and fountain, guiding, And from their erring track Thou charm'st thy shepherds back, With the soft music of thy gentle chiding...