The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans, Volume 2Evert Duyckinck, 1828 |
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... step to bend earth's living flower again . L. Yes ! as if heaven upon the waves were sleeping , Vexing my soul with quiet , there they lay All moveless through their blue transparence keeping , The shadows of our sails , from day to day ...
... step to bend earth's living flower again . L. Yes ! as if heaven upon the waves were sleeping , Vexing my soul with quiet , there they lay All moveless through their blue transparence keeping , The shadows of our sails , from day to day ...
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... steps , and gem - crown'd maids ; And thus it flow'd ; -yet something in the lay Belong'd to sadness , as it died away . " The bride comes forth ! her tears no more are falling To leave the chamber of her infant years ; Kind voices from ...
... steps , and gem - crown'd maids ; And thus it flow'd ; -yet something in the lay Belong'd to sadness , as it died away . " The bride comes forth ! her tears no more are falling To leave the chamber of her infant years ; Kind voices from ...
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... step from the dance , her voice from the song , And the smile of her eye from the festal throng ; - She hath left her dwelling lone ! When the waves at sunset shine , We may hear thy voice , amidst thousands more , In the scented woods ...
... step from the dance , her voice from the song , And the smile of her eye from the festal throng ; - She hath left her dwelling lone ! When the waves at sunset shine , We may hear thy voice , amidst thousands more , In the scented woods ...
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... step hath been soundless on the snows , And the spell I have sung hath laid repose On the billow and the blast . " Then the torrents of the North , And the forest pines were still , While a hollow chant came forth From the dark ...
... step hath been soundless on the snows , And the spell I have sung hath laid repose On the billow and the blast . " Then the torrents of the North , And the forest pines were still , While a hollow chant came forth From the dark ...
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... step through the silence deep , And move not the urn in the house of sleep , For the viewless have fearful might 199 Then died the solemn lay , As a trumpet's music dies , By the night - wind borne away Through the wild and stormy skies ...
... step through the silence deep , And move not the urn in the house of sleep , For the viewless have fearful might 199 Then died the solemn lay , As a trumpet's music dies , By the night - wind borne away Through the wild and stormy skies ...
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Page 88 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free!
Page 89 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Page 85 - Traveller, in the stranger's land, Far from thine own household band ; Mourner, haunted by the tone Of a voice from this world gone ; Captive, in whose narrow cell Sunshine hath, not leave to dwell ; Sailor, on the darkening sea — Lift the heart and bend the knee...
Page 68 - Give back the lost and lovely ! — those for whom The place was kept at board and hearth so long ! The prayer went up...
Page 111 - O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade.
Page 115 - 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 ! THE LOST PLEIAD.
Page 135 - Speak, father," once again he cried, "If I may yet be gone!" And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on.
Page 135 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Page 137 - Yet not to thine eternal resting-place Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 194 - midst the green islands of glittering seas, Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze, And strange bright birds on their starry wings Bear the rich hues of all glorious things ? Not there, not there, my child. Is it far away in some region old, Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold, Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand, Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ? Not there, not there, my child.