PoemsM. Jones, 1803 - 235 Seiten |
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... throne " Oft taught the rattling elements to chime " With tenfold din ; till late to earth upborn " On strident plume , what time fair Poesie " Emerg'd from Gothic cloud , and faintly shot " Rekindling gleams of lustre . Her the fiend ...
... throne " Oft taught the rattling elements to chime " With tenfold din ; till late to earth upborn " On strident plume , what time fair Poesie " Emerg'd from Gothic cloud , and faintly shot " Rekindling gleams of lustre . Her the fiend ...
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... throne . Behold , like him , immortal Maid , The Muses ' vestal fires I bring : Here , at thy feet , the sparks I spread : Propitious wave thy wing , And fan them to that dazzling blaze of Song , Which glares tremendous on the Sons of ...
... throne . Behold , like him , immortal Maid , The Muses ' vestal fires I bring : Here , at thy feet , the sparks I spread : Propitious wave thy wing , And fan them to that dazzling blaze of Song , Which glares tremendous on the Sons of ...
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... thrones below , Meet , and insult thy pride . What , dost thou join our ghostly train , A flitting shadow light , and vain ? Where is thy pomp , thy festive throng , Thy revel dance , and wanton song ? Proud King ! Corruption fastens on ...
... thrones below , Meet , and insult thy pride . What , dost thou join our ghostly train , A flitting shadow light , and vain ? Where is thy pomp , thy festive throng , Thy revel dance , and wanton song ? Proud King ! Corruption fastens on ...
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... throne shall glow , And , as Jehovah's self , my voice the heav'ns shall bow . II . 2 . He spake , he died . Distain'd with gore , Beside yon yawning cavern hoar , See , where his livid corse is laid . The aged Pilgrim passing by ...
... throne shall glow , And , as Jehovah's self , my voice the heav'ns shall bow . II . 2 . He spake , he died . Distain'd with gore , Beside yon yawning cavern hoar , See , where his livid corse is laid . The aged Pilgrim passing by ...
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... throne , which now his brother Fills ( as loud fame reports ) right royally ; I then , unfit for pageantry and courts , Sat down in peace among my faithful vassals , At my paternal seat . But ah ! not long Had I enjoy'd the sweets of ...
... throne , which now his brother Fills ( as loud fame reports ) right royally ; I then , unfit for pageantry and courts , Sat down in peace among my faithful vassals , At my paternal seat . But ah ! not long Had I enjoy'd the sweets of ...
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antient Antistrophe art thou ARVIRAGUS ATHELWOLD AULUS DIDIUS BARD beauty Behold Belinus bless blest bold breast breath Brigantes bright Britons brother brow Cæsar captive CARACTACUS CARACTACUS's charm CHORUS constant wife daughter death Dost thou doth drama dread Druid e'er Earl EDGAR EDWIN ELFRIDA ELIDURUS Ev'n ev'ry EVELINA fair falchion fate father fear flame fled give gods grace grief grove hail hallow'd Harewood Hark harp hast head hear heart heav'n holy honours hour immortal instant King kneel light Lord lyre maid Mona Muse o'er ORGAR pardon peace perchance pity praise prepar'd Prince Queen Romans Rome round sacred sage scene SEMICHORUS shade shalt sigh smile soft solemn song soul Strabo strain sword tears tell thee thine thro throne trembling Twas VELLINUS Virgins virtue warble weep wretch yonder youth
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Seite 47 - Take, holy earth! all that my soul holds dear: Take that best gift which Heaven so lately gave : To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form; she bowed to taste the wave, And died.
Seite 30 - Behold each neighb'ring monarch's tomb ; The trophied arch, the breathing bust, The laurel shades their sacred dust: While thou, vile Out-cast, on this hostile plain, Moulder'st, a vulgar corse, among the vulgar slain.
Seite 42 - Or caught the orient blush of quick surprise, How sweetly mutable, how brightly wild, The liquid lustre darted from her eyes ? Each look, each motion wak'da new-born grace, That o'er her form its transient glory cast : Some lovelier wonder soon usurp'd the place, Chas'd by a charm still lovelier than the last.
Seite 138 - gainst Heav'n's will To violate their echoes : Patience here, Her meek hands folded on her modest breast, In mute submission lifts th' adoring eye, Ev'n to the storm that wrecks her.
Seite 16 - When darkness, brooding on thy sight, Exiled the sov'reign lamp of light ; Say, what could then one cheering hope diffuse ? What friends were thine, save Mem'ry and the Muse ? Hence the rich spoils, thy studious youth Caught from the stores of ancient truth : Hence all thy classic...
Seite 47 - Ev'n from the grave thou shalt have power to charm. Bid them be chaste, be innocent, like thee ; Bid them in duty's sphere as meekly move ; And if as fair, from vanity as free ; As firm in friendship, and as fond in love.
Seite 191 - Julius feel, when, fir'd by it, our fathers First drove him recreant to his ships ; and ill Had far'd his second landing, but that fate Silenc'd the master Bard, who led the song.
Seite 9 - Is hung on high, to poison half mankind. All fame is foreign but of true desert, Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart...
Seite 12 - And every lily droop'd its silver head. Sad sympathy! yet sure his rightful meed Who charm'd all nature : well might Nature mourn Through all her choicest sweets Musaeus dead.
Seite 198 - Now, thanks to the bright star that rul'd his birth ; Yes, he will soon return to claim my blessing, And he shall have it pour'd in tears of joy On his bold breast ! methought I heard a step : Is it not his ? BARD. 'Tis some of our own train, And as I think, they lead six Romans captive. CHORUS, CARACTACUS, CAPTIVES.