The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two CantosLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 286 pages |
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... tears of sorrow o'er the Trentane wave , That Granta's Bard should find a distant grave . Dear White ! thou " sitsť " not " a lorn spectre there : ” * No - for , in Heaven , thy harp knows no despair . Of Genius brighter , but less ...
... tears of sorrow o'er the Trentane wave , That Granta's Bard should find a distant grave . Dear White ! thou " sitsť " not " a lorn spectre there : ” * No - for , in Heaven , thy harp knows no despair . Of Genius brighter , but less ...
Page 38
... And proves , how justly , to the child of tears , His greatest blessing is the rod he fears.t * Job iv . 13-17 . ↑ Job , chap . i . ii . and iii . † Job , passim With heart in heaven , and with adoring eye , 38 THE BARDIAD .
... And proves , how justly , to the child of tears , His greatest blessing is the rod he fears.t * Job iv . 13-17 . ↑ Job , chap . i . ii . and iii . † Job , passim With heart in heaven , and with adoring eye , 38 THE BARDIAD .
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... whom , methinks , I see Like some lorn spirit of adversity , A Isaiah xxxv . lxv . † Is . x . xiii . xiv . ‡ Is . i . xxx . xxxi . § Is . liii . ix . xxiv . lii . xl . J Seated , in tears , midst Zion's lov'd remains , 40 THE BARDIAD .
... whom , methinks , I see Like some lorn spirit of adversity , A Isaiah xxxv . lxv . † Is . x . xiii . xiv . ‡ Is . i . xxx . xxxi . § Is . liii . ix . xxiv . lii . xl . J Seated , in tears , midst Zion's lov'd remains , 40 THE BARDIAD .
Page 41
... tears . " Mystic and awful , as the " wheel ” he drew , — Dazzling and rapid , as his " seraph ” flew , — † The great EZEKIEL , Judah's confines shook . ( Whose mould our Ossian and our Dante took . ) AMOS , whose herds on bleak Tekoah ...
... tears . " Mystic and awful , as the " wheel ” he drew , — Dazzling and rapid , as his " seraph ” flew , — † The great EZEKIEL , Judah's confines shook . ( Whose mould our Ossian and our Dante took . ) AMOS , whose herds on bleak Tekoah ...
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... tear should consecrate his early grave . Say not to Genius we deny her meed , For whence doth Genius but from Heaven proceed ? ' Tis GOD's behest ; to man no praise belongs , Except it raise and consecrate his songs . Your's be the ...
... tear should consecrate his early grave . Say not to Genius we deny her meed , For whence doth Genius but from Heaven proceed ? ' Tis GOD's behest ; to man no praise belongs , Except it raise and consecrate his songs . Your's be the ...
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