The Power of Solitude: A Poem. In Two PartsBarnard B. Macanulty, 1804 - 260 Seiten |
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... cold coffin guards its virgin's sleep , ( 9 ) And holy penance lives to watch and weep , The lovelorn nymph , each human frailty o'er , Gave her fond heart to tremble and adore . Supernal Power , tho pain , tho sickness press , Wing the ...
... cold coffin guards its virgin's sleep , ( 9 ) And holy penance lives to watch and weep , The lovelorn nymph , each human frailty o'er , Gave her fond heart to tremble and adore . Supernal Power , tho pain , tho sickness press , Wing the ...
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... snatch a zeal sublime , Its trust in heaven , its triumph over time . Go , view the convent's dull , monastic gloom , Cold , as despair , and silent , as the tomb , Where harsh religion rules with bigot sway The lingering hour 22 POWER OF.
... snatch a zeal sublime , Its trust in heaven , its triumph over time . Go , view the convent's dull , monastic gloom , Cold , as despair , and silent , as the tomb , Where harsh religion rules with bigot sway The lingering hour 22 POWER OF.
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... cold walls , and fringe the cypress grove . With cautious reverence round their glimmering shrine Press the meek nuns , and raise the prayer divine ; Here , weeping penance lifts her reddened eye , Pours the weak plaint , and breathes ...
... cold walls , and fringe the cypress grove . With cautious reverence round their glimmering shrine Press the meek nuns , and raise the prayer divine ; Here , weeping penance lifts her reddened eye , Pours the weak plaint , and breathes ...
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... cold walls of PARACLETE aspire , And bigot horrors feed religion's fire . E'en there love shed a soft enchantment round , When midnight dews enwrapt the charnel ground ; From the full choir , as pealing anthems rose , Or dying requiems ...
... cold walls of PARACLETE aspire , And bigot horrors feed religion's fire . E'en there love shed a soft enchantment round , When midnight dews enwrapt the charnel ground ; From the full choir , as pealing anthems rose , Or dying requiems ...
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... cold dews the ghastly cheek o'erspread , And coils the lank worm hideous round the dead ! No tones of love the drowsy silence cheer , No voice of friendship dries the prisoner's tear ; Unholy groans the shrinking soul appal , And ...
... cold dews the ghastly cheek o'erspread , And coils the lank worm hideous round the dead ! No tones of love the drowsy silence cheer , No voice of friendship dries the prisoner's tear ; Unholy groans the shrinking soul appal , And ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
anguish bard beauty BELISARIUS bend bless blest bliss blush breast breathes bright burst CALIPH calm CALYPSO Chamois charms cheek cheer cherub confest dark dead death deep despair dews divine dreams DRUID E'en e'er embrio enchantment fame fancy fancy's fate faultering flower fond genius gloom glowing grace grandeur grave grief grove hallowed HALLOWEEN haunts heart heaven holy hope horror hour hymn JOSEPH STORY KELPIE life's light lingering lonely lore LUCAN lyre melancholy memory's mind MONODY mourn muse NOTE nymphs o'er passion peace pensive PETRARCH PHARSALIA poem praise pride pure rapture reign retired rites roll round rude sacred scene SECLUSION's shades shed sigh sleep smile soft song sooth sorrow soul spirit sprite strains sublime sullen sway sweet swells tears tender thee thine thou thought thro tomb tranquil trembling truth twilight VAUCLUSE virtue voice wake weep Whence wild youth
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Seite 142 - To pay the mournful tribute of his tears ? Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour...
Seite 142 - Oh ! he will tell thee, that the wealth of worlds Should ne'er seduce his bosom to forego That sacred hour, when, stealing from the noise Of care and envy, sweet remembrance soothes With Virtue's kindest looks his aching breast, And turns his tears to rapture.
Seite 140 - Say, dost thou mourn thy ravish'd mate, That oft enamour'd on thy strains has hung ? Or has the cruel hand of Fate Bereft thee of thy darling young ? Alas, for both I weep...
Seite 127 - The attention : backward thro' her mazy walks Guiding the wanton fancy to her scope, To temples, courts or fields ; with all the band Of painted forms, of passions and designs Attendant : whence, if pleasing in itself, The prospect from that sweet accession gains Redoubled influence o'er the listening mind.
Seite 129 - Latini, et quo quemque modo fugiatque feratque laborem. sunt geminae Somni portae, quarum altera fertur cornea, qua veris facilis datur exitus umbris, altera candenti perfecta nitens elephanto, sed falsa ad caelum mittunt insomnia Manes.
Seite 148 - ... of millions are devoted to the service of a despotic prince, whose laws are blindly obeyed, and whose wishes are instantly gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty.
Seite 139 - This music crept by me upon the waters, Allaying both their fury and my passion With its sweet air : thence I have follow'd it, Or it hath drawn me rather.