The Wanderer of Switzerland, and Other PoemsJ. Ballantyne, 1813 - 175 pages |
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Page 73
... sweetly sleep Low in the ground . The storm that wrecks the winter sky No more disturbs their deep repose , Than summer evening's latest sigh That shuts the rose . I long to lay this painful head And aching heart beneath the soil , To ...
... sweetly sleep Low in the ground . The storm that wrecks the winter sky No more disturbs their deep repose , Than summer evening's latest sigh That shuts the rose . I long to lay this painful head And aching heart beneath the soil , To ...
Page 82
... Sweetly shone the cloudless moon , And all the stars , around his head , Benignly bright , their mildest influence shed . " Lyre ! O Lyre ! my chosen treasure , " Solace of my bleeding heart ! " Lyre ! O Lyre ! my only pleasure , " We ...
... Sweetly shone the cloudless moon , And all the stars , around his head , Benignly bright , their mildest influence shed . " Lyre ! O Lyre ! my chosen treasure , " Solace of my bleeding heart ! " Lyre ! O Lyre ! my only pleasure , " We ...
Page 85
... looks behind . Now the music mounts on high , Sweetly swelling through the sky ; To every tone , with tender heat , His heart - strings vibrate , and his pulses beat . Now the strains to silence stealing , Soft in ecstacies 85.
... looks behind . Now the music mounts on high , Sweetly swelling through the sky ; To every tone , with tender heat , His heart - strings vibrate , and his pulses beat . Now the strains to silence stealing , Soft in ecstacies 85.
Page 105
... sweetly strung To the music of the spheres ; While the HERO's dirge is sung , Breathe enchantment to our ears .. As the Sun's descending beams , Glancing o'er thy feeling wire , Kindle every chord that gleams Like a ray of heavenly fire ...
... sweetly strung To the music of the spheres ; While the HERO's dirge is sung , Breathe enchantment to our ears .. As the Sun's descending beams , Glancing o'er thy feeling wire , Kindle every chord that gleams Like a ray of heavenly fire ...
Page 110
... sweetly strung To the music of the spheres ; While the HERO's dirge is sung , Breathe enchantment to our ears . Let thy numbers soft and slow O'er the plain with carnage spread , Sooth the dying , while they flow To the memory of the ...
... sweetly strung To the music of the spheres ; While the HERO's dirge is sung , Breathe enchantment to our ears . Let thy numbers soft and slow O'er the plain with carnage spread , Sooth the dying , while they flow To the memory of the ...
Common terms and phrases
ALBERT Alps arms Art thou battle beauty birth bliss blood blow brave breast breath breezes canton of URI charms clouds cold country's dark dead dear death despair earth EDMUND enchantment eternal expiring faithless fathers fell fire Fire from heaven flame fled flood flowers foes FRIEND GALLIA's GAULS glory grave grief Hark head heart heaven hoary hope and fear horror hurl'd JAMES BALLANTYNE Lake land light Lyre MEMNON moon morn Mother mountains mournful Muse's NATURE's night numbers o'er OCEAN pale peace PILLOW plain poor repose rest rill rise roam rocks roll'd rose round scene seem'd shade Shep shine Sire slain slaves sleep smile soft sorrows soul spirit star storm sweet sweetly Swiss tears tempest thee thine thou Thrice tomb turn'd Twas UNDERWALDEN vale Valley VENGEANCE voice Wand WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND waves weary weep wild wilderness wind wounds youth
Popular passages
Page 80 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found, They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground.
Page 169 - ONCE, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man — and who was he ? Mortal, howe'er thy lot be cast, That man resembled thee.
Page 170 - The changing spirits' rise and fall, We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffered, — but his pangs are o'er ; Enjoyed,— but his delights are fled ; Had friends, — his friends are now no more ; And foes, — his foes are dead. He...
Page 171 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw, Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew.
Page 73 - The soul, of origin divine, God's glorious image freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day ! The sun is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The soul, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE!
Page 76 - LIVE ! — repent and pray ; In dust thine infamy deplore ; There yet is mercy ; — go thy way, And sin no more.
Page 75 - Ah! think not, hope not, fool, to find A friend in me. •By all the terrors of the tomb. Beyond the power of tongue to tell...
Page 124 - Welcome to a Land of Rest ! Thus the choir of angels sing, As they bear the soul on high, While with hallelujahs ring All the regions of the sky.
Page 84 - All in awful judgment rise. — 0 then, innocently brave, 1 will wrestle with the wave ; Lo ! Commerce spreads the daring sail, And yokes her naval chariots to the gale. " Blow, ye breezes ! — gently blowing, Waft me to that happy shore, Where, from fountains ever flowing, Indian realms their treasures pour ; Thence returning, poor in health, Rich in honesty and wealth, O'er thee, my dear paternal soil, I'll strew the golden harvest of my toil.
Page 164 - She triumphs ; — the winds and the waters conspire To spread her invincible name ; — The universe rings with her fame ; — But the cries of the fatherless mix with her praise, And the tears of the widow are shed on her bays...