The Poetical Register, and Repository of Fugitive Poetry for 1801-11, Volume 4F.C. & J. Rivington, 1806 |
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... rise beyond the sphere ! I long to cast the chains away , That bind me down to earth ; To burst these dungeon - walls of clay , And start to second birth . Life lies in embryo , -never free Till Nature yields her breath , Till Time ...
... rise beyond the sphere ! I long to cast the chains away , That bind me down to earth ; To burst these dungeon - walls of clay , And start to second birth . Life lies in embryo , -never free Till Nature yields her breath , Till Time ...
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Her form , when peace and hope were hers , was fair As rising flowers beneath the gleams of May ; And her lips smil'd ... rising years ? Why flatter , cruel Flatterer ! these eyes , Yet leave them fading in unpitied tears ? How coud'st ...
Her form , when peace and hope were hers , was fair As rising flowers beneath the gleams of May ; And her lips smil'd ... rising years ? Why flatter , cruel Flatterer ! these eyes , Yet leave them fading in unpitied tears ? How coud'st ...
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... rising of the nightless Day ! Hark ! the Cock crows ! -- the warning note he gave ! Hark ! yet again ! —A long - a last farewell ! — Come PERJUR'D , view thy gift , the deep , dark Grave Where thy lost JULIA's dismal relics dwell ...
... rising of the nightless Day ! Hark ! the Cock crows ! -- the warning note he gave ! Hark ! yet again ! —A long - a last farewell ! — Come PERJUR'D , view thy gift , the deep , dark Grave Where thy lost JULIA's dismal relics dwell ...
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... " Amidst Glendalloch's awful waste : " So shall the Pæan of thy praise 66 Arise , to meet thy rising rays , " From Elephanta's sculptur'd cave , " To Eiren , of the western wave , " And the rejoicing earth prolong " The orbit of 20.
... " Amidst Glendalloch's awful waste : " So shall the Pæan of thy praise 66 Arise , to meet thy rising rays , " From Elephanta's sculptur'd cave , " To Eiren , of the western wave , " And the rejoicing earth prolong " The orbit of 20.
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... rise ; To wrap in clay - cold apathy the heart ; Each object void of Fancy's aid to prize , And tear from Happiness its better part ? If this be common sense ; Oh , grant me heav'n , The fuller blessings of the feeling mind ! To ...
... rise ; To wrap in clay - cold apathy the heart ; Each object void of Fancy's aid to prize , And tear from Happiness its better part ? If this be common sense ; Oh , grant me heav'n , The fuller blessings of the feeling mind ! To ...
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ANNA SEWARD Araucanian arms beam beauty beneath blest bliss blood bloom bosom breast breath bright brow Canace charms cloud controul courser dark dear death deep delight dread E'en e'er earth EPIGRAM ev'ry fair fame Fancy fate fire flame flowers fond Friendship gale glory glow golden reign grace grove hallow'd hand heart Heav'n honour hope hour Hymen lake profound light lyre Maid mind morn mourn Muse ne'er nectared roses never night numbers o'er pale Peace plain pleasure Poems pow'r pride PROPERTIUS rage rapture round sacred scene shade shine sigh sing Sir Philip Wodehouse smile soft song SONNET sorrow soul spirit stream sweet sword tear tempests Theatre Royal thee thine thou thro throng toil tomb train trembling truth Valdivia vale verse Virtue wake wave wild WILLIAM CAREY wind wing youth
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Page 234 - Our song and feast shall flow To the fame of your name, When the storm has ceased to blow; When the fiery fight is heard no more, And the storm has ceased to blow.
Page 252 - Go — you may call it madness, folly ; You shall not chase my gloom away. There's such a charm in melancholy, I would not, if I could, be gay.
Page 396 - YE, who with warmth the public triumph feel Of talents dignified by sacred zeal, Here, to devotion's bard devoutly just, Pay your fond tribute due to Cowper's dust ! England, exulting in his spotless fame, Ranks with her dearest sons his favourite name.
Page 456 - Nor my thread wish to spin o'er again : But my face in the glass I'll serenely survey, And with smiles count each wrinkle and furrow ; As this old worn-out stuff, which is threadbare Today, May become Everlasting Tomorrow.
Page 233 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave: Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow; While the battle rages loud and long And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 234 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy winds do blow; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 455 - Look forward with hope for to-morrow. With a porch at my door, both for shelter and shade too. As the sun-shine or rain may prevail; And a small spot of ground for the use of the spade too, With a barn for the use of the flail...
Page 233 - YE Mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze — Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow, — While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 456 - I share what today may afford, And let them spread the table to-morrow. And when I at last must throw off this frail...
Page 128 - has been so much accustomed of late to didactic poetry alone, and essays on moral subjects, that any work, where the imagination is much indulged, will perhaps not be relished or regarded.