Poems of Felicia Hemans: Chronologically Arranged, with Illustrative Notes and a Selection of Contemporary ReviewsWilliam P. Nimmo, 1878 - 668 pages |
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... wood's deep sigh , the surge's distant moan ! All else is hush'd ! so silent , so profound , As if some viewless power , presiding round , With mystic spell , unbroken by a breath , Had spread for ages the repose of death ! Ah ! still ...
... wood's deep sigh , the surge's distant moan ! All else is hush'd ! so silent , so profound , As if some viewless power , presiding round , With mystic spell , unbroken by a breath , Had spread for ages the repose of death ! Ah ! still ...
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... woods be silent now , Yet can thy Conway boast a strain Unrivall'd in thy proudest reign . For Genius , with divine ... wood , in twain . We knew , so great the fuss he made about them , Alive or dead , he ne'er would rest without them ...
... woods be silent now , Yet can thy Conway boast a strain Unrivall'd in thy proudest reign . For Genius , with divine ... wood , in twain . We knew , so great the fuss he made about them , Alive or dead , he ne'er would rest without them ...
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... woods , where despot ne'er hath been . XIV . There by some lake , whose blue expansive breast Bright from afar , an inland ocean , gleams , Girt with vast solitudes , profusely dress'd In tints like those that float o'er poet's dreams ...
... woods , where despot ne'er hath been . XIV . There by some lake , whose blue expansive breast Bright from afar , an inland ocean , gleams , Girt with vast solitudes , profusely dress'd In tints like those that float o'er poet's dreams ...
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... wood's murmur , in the zephyr's sigh , And these are dreams that lend a voice and soul , And a high power , to Nature's majesty ! And who can rove o'er Grecian shores , nor feel , Soft o'er his inmost heart , their secret magic steal ...
... wood's murmur , in the zephyr's sigh , And these are dreams that lend a voice and soul , And a high power , to Nature's majesty ! And who can rove o'er Grecian shores , nor feel , Soft o'er his inmost heart , their secret magic steal ...
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... woods , and pastoral valleys fair , And wall'd with mountains , haughtily sublime ! Heights that might well be deem'd the Muses ' reign , Since , claiming proud alliance with the skies , They lose in loftier spheres their wild domain ...
... woods , and pastoral valleys fair , And wall'd with mountains , haughtily sublime ! Heights that might well be deem'd the Muses ' reign , Since , claiming proud alliance with the skies , They lose in loftier spheres their wild domain ...
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Page 371 - 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 643 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry 'Hold, hold!
Page 414 - THE stately homes of England ! How beautiful they stand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land ! The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam ; And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Page 482 - Not there, not there, my child." " Is it where the feathery palm-trees rise, And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ? Or '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, ray child.
Page 379 - CHILD, amidst the flowers at play, While the red light fades away ; Mother, with thine earnest eye, Ever following silently; Father, by the breeze of eve Call'd thy harvest-work to leave — Pray : ere yet the dark hours be, Lift the heart and bend the knee...
Page 496 - Come to the sunset tree ! The day is past and gone ; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.
Page 377 - Youth and the opening rose May look like things too glorious for decay, And smile at thee ! - but thou art not of those That wait the ripened bloom to seize their prey.
Page 414 - Through glowing orchards forth they peep, Each from its nook of leaves, And fearless there the lowly sleep, As the bird beneath their eaves. The free fair homes of England, Long, long, in hut and hall, May hearts of native proof be reared To guard each hallowed wall. And green for ever be the groves, And bright the flowery sod, Where first the child's glad spirit loves Its country and its God.
Page 431 - There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. 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!
Page 364 - O'er youth's bright locks, and beauty's flowery crown : Yet must thou hear a voice — Restore the dead ! Earth shall reclaim her precious things from thee ! — Restore the dead, thou sea ! BRING FLOWERS.