And in dim vision they beheld the glories That after on their proud posterity Should fall ! And here the fortune-teller came, And taking an unmarried damsel's hand, And archly looking in her timid eye, Said : " Fair one, there is gloom upon thy countenance... The lake of Geneva, a poem - Seite 72von sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1832Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
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...And much they talk'd of their ascending hopes ; And of their rival children ; and the fire That ehone already in their eyes, when fame And wealth and honours,...thy future fate : — Much shall thou have to suffer I Yet infus'd Into thy cup shall also be much joy I E'en here upon thy natal spot shalt thou Know some... | |
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...thy countenance Mix'd with those streaks of glowing light, which laugh Kosily through the clouds 1 I do not say these streaks of light shall conquer, And keep off evil from thy future fate : — Much shalt thou have to suffer 1 Yet infus'd Into thy cup shall also be much joy I E'en here upon thy natal... | |
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