The League of the Alps: The Siege of Valencia, the Vespers of Palermo, and Other PoemsHilliard, Gray, Little, and Wilkins, 1826 - 480 pages |
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... dark sleep was broken- On Uri's lake was heard a midnight oar— Of man's brief course a troubled moment's token Th ' eternal waters to their barriers bore ; And then their gloom a flashing image wore Of torch - fires streaming out o'er ...
... dark sleep was broken- On Uri's lake was heard a midnight oar— Of man's brief course a troubled moment's token Th ' eternal waters to their barriers bore ; And then their gloom a flashing image wore Of torch - fires streaming out o'er ...
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... dark ravine and craggy hold On the bleak Oberland ; and where the light Of Day's last footstep bathes in burning gold Great Righi's cliffs ; and where Mount Pilate's height Casts o'er his glassy lake the darkness of his might . XXIII ...
... dark ravine and craggy hold On the bleak Oberland ; and where the light Of Day's last footstep bathes in burning gold Great Righi's cliffs ; and where Mount Pilate's height Casts o'er his glassy lake the darkness of his might . XXIII ...
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... dark remembrances , the alter'd guise , Awhile o'erpower'd her ? -from the weeper's touch She shrank - ' twas but a moment - yet too much For that all humbled one - its mortal stroke Came down like lightning's , and her full heart broke ...
... dark remembrances , the alter'd guise , Awhile o'erpower'd her ? -from the weeper's touch She shrank - ' twas but a moment - yet too much For that all humbled one - its mortal stroke Came down like lightning's , and her full heart broke ...
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... dark , as to Ber- nardo's future history after this event . 6 and THE warrior bow'd his crested head , and tam'd his heart of fire , And sued the haughty king to free his long - imprison'd sire : " I bring thee here my fortress - keys ...
... dark , as to Ber- nardo's future history after this event . 6 and THE warrior bow'd his crested head , and tam'd his heart of fire , And sued the haughty king to free his long - imprison'd sire : " I bring thee here my fortress - keys ...
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... the land ; - " Now haste , Bernardo , haste ! for there , in very truth , is he , The father whom thy faithful heart hath yearn'd so long to see . " His dark eye flash'd , his proud breast heav'd , BERNARDO DEL CARPIO . 57.
... the land ; - " Now haste , Bernardo , haste ! for there , in very truth , is he , The father whom thy faithful heart hath yearn'd so long to see . " His dark eye flash'd , his proud breast heav'd , BERNARDO DEL CARPIO . 57.
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ANSELMO art thou banner bear beneath blood brave breast breath breeze bright bright land brow burst call'd cloud Conradin CONSTANCE dark dead death deep didst doth dreams e'en earth ELMINA ERIBERT Ev'n faded faint fair fair brow falchion father fearful flowers fount gaze glance gleam gloom glorious glory GONZALEZ grave hath hear heard heart Heaven HERNANDEZ hour hush'd joyous Lake of Lucerne land light lone look look'd midst mighty mirth MONTALBA Moorish night noble o'er pale pass'd pour'd PROCIDA proud Provençal RAIMOND rest Rio verde round scene seem'd shades shadows shining SICILIANS Sicily silent sleep slumber smile soft song soul sound Spain speak spears spirit stars storm streams strong sweet sword tears thee thine things thou art Thou hast thought tomb tone unto Valencia VITTORIA voice wave weep wild wind wouldst XIMENA young youth