The League of the Alps: The Seige of Valencia, The Vespers of Palermo, and Other PoemsHilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1826 - 480 pages |
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... beauty undimm'd as thine . To have met the joy of thy speaking face , To have felt the spell of thy breezy grace , To have linger'd before thee , and turn'd , and borne One vision away of the cloudless morn . THE CHILD'S LAST SLEEP . ON ...
... beauty undimm'd as thine . To have met the joy of thy speaking face , To have felt the spell of thy breezy grace , To have linger'd before thee , and turn'd , and borne One vision away of the cloudless morn . THE CHILD'S LAST SLEEP . ON ...
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... sits of native scorn , And her smile kindles with a conscious glow , As from the thought of sovereign beauty born . These may be dreams - but how shall woman tell Of woman's shame , and not with tears ? —she 36 The Lady of the Castle.
... sits of native scorn , And her smile kindles with a conscious glow , As from the thought of sovereign beauty born . These may be dreams - but how shall woman tell Of woman's shame , and not with tears ? —she 36 The Lady of the Castle.
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... beauty roll'd , And swept the dust with coils of wavy gold . Her child bent o'er her - call'd her - ' twas too late ! Dead lay the wanderer at her own proud gate.— The joy of courts , the star of knight and bard- How didst thou fall ...
... beauty roll'd , And swept the dust with coils of wavy gold . Her child bent o'er her - call'd her - ' twas too late ! Dead lay the wanderer at her own proud gate.— The joy of courts , the star of knight and bard- How didst thou fall ...
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... beauty left by time , Save thy wild tapestry . And , rear'd ' midst crags and clouds , ' tis thine To wave where banners wav'd of yore , O'er towers that crest the noble Rhine , Along his rocky shore . High from the fields of air , look ...
... beauty left by time , Save thy wild tapestry . And , rear'd ' midst crags and clouds , ' tis thine To wave where banners wav'd of yore , O'er towers that crest the noble Rhine , Along his rocky shore . High from the fields of air , look ...
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... beauty waving fair , — These perish all - and what remains ? — Thou , thou alone art there . " Tis still the same - where'er we tread , The wrecks of human power we see , The marvels of all ages fled , Left to Decay and thee . And still ...
... beauty waving fair , — These perish all - and what remains ? — Thou , thou alone art there . " Tis still the same - where'er we tread , The wrecks of human power we see , The marvels of all ages fled , Left to Decay and thee . And still ...
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ABDULLAH agony ALPHONSO ANSELMO arms art thou aught banner bear beneath blood brave breast breath bright brow call'd Castile CITIZEN clouds Conradin CONSTANCE dark dead death deep doth dreams e'en earth ELMINA ERIBERT Ev'n fair father fear flowers GARCIAS glorious glory gone GONZALEZ grave grief hast thou hath hear heard Heaven HERNANDEZ holy hope hour hush'd know'st lance wards land light lone look look'd midst mighty MONTALBA mother Mozambic ne'er night noble o'er pale pass'd peasant pour'd PROCIDA proud Provençal RAIMOND rest Roncesvalles round scene scorn SICILIANS Sicily silent singing bee sleep smile song sons soul sound speak spirit storm strong sweet sword tell thee thine things thou art Thou hast thou shouldst thought thy heart Twas Twill unto Valencia VITTORIA voice warriors wave wild wilt winds wouldst thou XIMENA young youth ΧΙΜΕΝΑ