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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... wind's voice , had pour'd its last long tone , Whose pealing echoes , through the larch - woods borne , To the low cabins of the glens made known That welcome steps were nigh . The flocks had gone , By cliff and pine - bridge , to their ...
... wind's voice , had pour'd its last long tone , Whose pealing echoes , through the larch - woods borne , To the low cabins of the glens made known That welcome steps were nigh . The flocks had gone , By cliff and pine - bridge , to their ...
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... winds toss'd each summit's blazing crest , As a host's plumage ; and the giant pines , Fell'd where they wav'd o'er crag and eagle's nest , Heap'd up the flames . The clouds grew fiery signs , As o'er a city's burning towers and shrines ...
... winds toss'd each summit's blazing crest , As a host's plumage ; and the giant pines , Fell'd where they wav'd o'er crag and eagle's nest , Heap'd up the flames . The clouds grew fiery signs , As o'er a city's burning towers and shrines ...
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... the Föhnwind's blast . Föhnwind , the South - east wind , which frequently lays waste the country before it . Note 3 . -A father of the land . Walter Fürst , the father - in - law of Tell . Note 4 . Werner , the brave and true !
... the Föhnwind's blast . Föhnwind , the South - east wind , which frequently lays waste the country before it . Note 3 . -A father of the land . Walter Fürst , the father - in - law of Tell . Note 4 . Werner , the brave and true !
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... winds , and suns of glorious Italy ? Those suns in golden light , e'en now , Look o'er the Poet's lovely grave , Those winds are breathing soft , but thou Answering their whisper , there no more shalt wave . The flowers o'er Posilippo's ...
... winds , and suns of glorious Italy ? Those suns in golden light , e'en now , Look o'er the Poet's lovely grave , Those winds are breathing soft , but thou Answering their whisper , there no more shalt wave . The flowers o'er Posilippo's ...
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... wind through the glowing sky ? What lures thee thus to stay , With Silence and Decay , Fix'd on the wreck of cold Mortality ? The thoughts once chamber'd there , Have gather'd up their treasures , and are gone— Will the dust tell us ...
... wind through the glowing sky ? What lures thee thus to stay , With Silence and Decay , Fix'd on the wreck of cold Mortality ? The thoughts once chamber'd there , Have gather'd up their treasures , and are gone— Will the dust tell us ...
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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