The Poems of John C. Langston, A.B. ...E. J. Hale & Son, 1880 - 192 Seiten |
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... charm is o'er- The brilliant dyes can please no more . Yet undismay'd , we still pursue The phantom lights that fade from view , Nor does experience teach how vain Are all the joys we strive to gain ; For o'er Life's troubled sea afar ...
... charm is o'er- The brilliant dyes can please no more . Yet undismay'd , we still pursue The phantom lights that fade from view , Nor does experience teach how vain Are all the joys we strive to gain ; For o'er Life's troubled sea afar ...
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... charm'd , but deceiv'd me at last . Enraptur'd with love , I was caught in your wiles , Charm'd by your glances and lur'd by your smiles . Hereafter my heart shall in solitude mourn O'er the sweets of the past that forever have flown ...
... charm'd , but deceiv'd me at last . Enraptur'd with love , I was caught in your wiles , Charm'd by your glances and lur'd by your smiles . Hereafter my heart shall in solitude mourn O'er the sweets of the past that forever have flown ...
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... charm no more . Cut off from mortal life , You silent wait the great approaching day ; Nor Earthquake's shock , nor War's dread thunder peal Can mar your peaceful sleep . Here gently rest , Where soon we all must come , and quickly come ...
... charm no more . Cut off from mortal life , You silent wait the great approaching day ; Nor Earthquake's shock , nor War's dread thunder peal Can mar your peaceful sleep . Here gently rest , Where soon we all must come , and quickly come ...
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... charm my soul entrances , and my being hovers o'er , With the potent , magic power , that controlled my life before She had gone for evermore ! And fond mem'ries , surging , thronging , turn my heart with earnest longing To the happy ...
... charm my soul entrances , and my being hovers o'er , With the potent , magic power , that controlled my life before She had gone for evermore ! And fond mem'ries , surging , thronging , turn my heart with earnest longing To the happy ...
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... charm with tender muse , Wouldst thou for that thy wealth and comforts lose ? If philosophic Pope can homage claim , Wouldst thou for that exchange thy vig'rous frame ? Go ask the spirits of the mighty dead , Who reign'd in peace , or ...
... charm with tender muse , Wouldst thou for that thy wealth and comforts lose ? If philosophic Pope can homage claim , Wouldst thou for that exchange thy vig'rous frame ? Go ask the spirits of the mighty dead , Who reign'd in peace , or ...
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array'd beauty Belshazzar best Of youths bless'd blest bliss bosom breast breath bright brow charm Chi Phi conceal'd crown'd dark dear death deep delight desert heart dirge divine e'er earth enshrin'd eternal ev'ry evanescent fade fair fame farewell fate fear flame fled forever friends Friendship gaze gleam glittering gloom glory glow grand grave grief hail heart heaven hell hopes hurl'd immortal Jehovah joys Life's light lov'd lover lustre maiden mem'ry mem❜ry mind mortal mountain Napoleon Bonaparte ne'er neath nevermore night o'er ocean spray Omnipotence governs once pain pass'd past pathway peace pleasure praise pride radiant rapture roll scene shine sigh sight silent skies smile smiling train snow soon sorrows soul spirit spring stamp'd star stream strife sweet tattlers tears thee Thisbe thou thro throng tide toil tomb Tonga truth vice united virtue vision voice wave wealth youth
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Seite i - And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit, in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart or strike for honest fame...
Seite 37 - 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...
Seite 121 - Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny. Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life ; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do. with their death, bury their parents
Seite 134 - Nor did woman — oh woman ! whose form and whose soul Are the spell and the light of each path we pursue ! Whether sunn'd in the tropics or chill'd at the pole, If woman be there, there is happiness too ! Nor did she her enamouring magic deny, That magic.
Seite 11 - We'll dive where the gardens of coral lie darkling, And plant all the rosiest stems at thy head ; We'll seek where the sands of the Caspian are sparkling, And gather their gold to strew over thy bed. Farewell — farewell — until Pity's sweet fountain Is lost in the hearts of the fair and the brave, They'll weep for the Chieftain who died on that mountain, They'll weep for the Maiden who sleeps in this wave. The...
Seite 89 - Love, hope, and joy, fair pleasure's smiling train, Hate, fear, and grief, the family of pain...
Seite 62 - But sweeter still than this, than these, than all, Is first and passionate love — it stands alone, Like Adam's recollection of his fall...
Seite 39 - These lips are mute, these eyes are dry ; But in my breast and in my brain, Awake the pangs that pass not by, The thought that ne'er shall sleep again.
Seite 31 - Though varying wishes, hopes, and fears, Fever'd the progress of these years, Yet now, days, weeks, and months but seem The recollection of a dream, So still we glide down to the sed Of fathomless eternity.