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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Page 58
... look'd up to the face above , -the face was of the dead- A plume wav'd o'er the noble brow - the brow was fix'd and white- He met at last his father's eyes - but in them was no sight ! Up from the ground he sprang and gaz'd — but who ...
... look'd up to the face above , -the face was of the dead- A plume wav'd o'er the noble brow - the brow was fix'd and white- He met at last his father's eyes - but in them was no sight ! Up from the ground he sprang and gaz'd — but who ...
Page 65
... Look'd o'er the tide - worn steep . A bark from India's coral strand , Before the raging blast , Had vail'd her topsails to the sand , And bow'd her noble mast . The queenly ship ! -brave hearts had striven , And true ones died with her ...
... Look'd o'er the tide - worn steep . A bark from India's coral strand , Before the raging blast , Had vail'd her topsails to the sand , And bow'd her noble mast . The queenly ship ! -brave hearts had striven , And true ones died with her ...
Page 88
... above him bending , As if to fold a world where none could die ! And who was he that look'd upon these things ? -If but of earth , yet one whose thoughts were wings To bear him o'er creation ! and whose mind Was 88 THE RELEASE OF TASSO .
... above him bending , As if to fold a world where none could die ! And who was he that look'd upon these things ? -If but of earth , yet one whose thoughts were wings To bear him o'er creation ! and whose mind Was 88 THE RELEASE OF TASSO .
Page 109
... Look'd through the lonely garden's shade , On that dread agony ! The Lord of all , above , beneath , Was bow'd with sorrow unto death . The sun set in a fearful hour , The skies might well grow dim , When this mortality had power So to ...
... Look'd through the lonely garden's shade , On that dread agony ! The Lord of all , above , beneath , Was bow'd with sorrow unto death . The sun set in a fearful hour , The skies might well grow dim , When this mortality had power So to ...
Page 111
... look'd on the mountains - a vapor lay Folding their heights in its dark array ; Thou brakest forth - and the mist became A crown and a mantle of living flame . I look'd on the peasant's lowly cot- Something of sadness 111.
... look'd on the mountains - a vapor lay Folding their heights in its dark array ; Thou brakest forth - and the mist became A crown and a mantle of living flame . I look'd on the peasant's lowly cot- Something of sadness 111.
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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