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" A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? "
Blackwood's Magazine - Page 130
1839
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The Book of Nature

John Mason Good - 1831 - 482 pages
...delighted measure 1 SUII it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance liail. Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, Shecall'd on Echo still through nil the sons. Anrf where her sweetest theme she chore, A soft responsive...
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The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 pages
...hurried hand the strings. 4. With woful measures wan Despair, In sullen sounds his grief beguil'd — 5. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...prolong ; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, 0 She called on Echo still through all her song : And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft- responsive...
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The Academical Reader: Comprising Selections from the Most Admired Authors ...

John J. Harrod - 1832 - 338 pages
...his grief beguiled; A solemn, strange, and mingled air; 'Twas sad, by fits — by starts, 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope! with eyes so fair, What was thy...pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. 5. Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 pages
...wild! But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive...
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Principles of Elocution: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and ...

Thomas Ewing - 1832 - 428 pages
...beguiled ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air : 'Twas sad, by fits — by starts, 'twas wild. But thou, 0 Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail. Still would her touch the...
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Poetic gems: partly original; but chiefly selected from the best authors: by ...

Samuel BLACKBURN - 1833 - 254 pages
...his grief beguil'd ; A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy...rocks, the woods, the vale, She call'd on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at...
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The Harvard Classics, Volume 41, Page 2

1910 - 542 pages
...sounds, his grief beguiled; A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong:...
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The Book of Georgian Verse

William Stanley Braithwaite - 1909 - 1334 pages
...sounds his grief beguiled; A solemn, strange, and mingled air; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whisper'd promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong;...
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The Treasure Book of Verse: Being a Reissue of Poetry for Home and School

Anna Callender Brackett - 1909 - 374 pages
...sounds his grief beguiled, A solemn, strange, and mingled air, 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ? Still it whispered promised pleasure And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail I Still would her touch the...
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Century Readings for a Course in English Literature

John William Cunliffe, James Francis Augustin Pyre, James Francis Augustine Pyre, Karl Young - 1910 - 1176 pages
...fits, by starts 't was wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delightful measure? 3° phecy be soon fulfilled : Fate ! drop the curtain...nurse the tender thought To reason, and on reason thro" all the song; 35 And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at...
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