The Power of Solitude: A Poem. In Two PartsBarnard B. Macanulty, 1804 - 260 Seiten |
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... hymn its dirge at evening's placid close : When awful silence holds her sullen reign , And moonlight sparkles on the dimpled main ; Or thro some ancient , solitary tower Disport loose shadows at the midnight hour : Whence flows the ...
... hymn its dirge at evening's placid close : When awful silence holds her sullen reign , And moonlight sparkles on the dimpled main ; Or thro some ancient , solitary tower Disport loose shadows at the midnight hour : Whence flows the ...
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... hymn of vesper praise ; While , pure in thought as sweet responses rise , Each grief subsides , each wild emotion dies , Heaven's calm delights their erring souls employ , And sweet SECLUSION whispers promised joy . Else , when bold ...
... hymn of vesper praise ; While , pure in thought as sweet responses rise , Each grief subsides , each wild emotion dies , Heaven's calm delights their erring souls employ , And sweet SECLUSION whispers promised joy . Else , when bold ...
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... hymn , old ocean hears , And rules immortal love , and shakes the spheres . Without her presence where shall bliss reside ? E'en fair CALYPSO loathed her deathless pride : ( 22 ) On wings divine aërial spirits shot Ten thousand odors ...
... hymn , old ocean hears , And rules immortal love , and shakes the spheres . Without her presence where shall bliss reside ? E'en fair CALYPSO loathed her deathless pride : ( 22 ) On wings divine aërial spirits shot Ten thousand odors ...
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... hymns of active joy , One moment sacred to this chaste employ , One pious hour , to moral musing given , Its relish truth , its harmonies from heaven ! And , as the hapless wretch , by storms o'ercast , Clings , shuddering clings him ...
... hymns of active joy , One moment sacred to this chaste employ , One pious hour , to moral musing given , Its relish truth , its harmonies from heaven ! And , as the hapless wretch , by storms o'ercast , Clings , shuddering clings him ...
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... hymn in wisdom's cell . Let wealth and prudence lead their sparkling train Thro empty show and mercenary gain ; For nobler ends shall destined genius rise , Wing all its strength , and emulate the skies ; For daring themes the mystic ...
... hymn in wisdom's cell . Let wealth and prudence lead their sparkling train Thro empty show and mercenary gain ; For nobler ends shall destined genius rise , Wing all its strength , and emulate the skies ; For daring themes the mystic ...
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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
Beliebte Passagen
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.