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Page 117
I wake , emerging from a sea of dreams Tumultuous ; where my wrecked
desponding thought , From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove , her
helm of reason lost . Though now restored , ' tis only change of pain , ( A bitter
change ! ) ...
I wake , emerging from a sea of dreams Tumultuous ; where my wrecked
desponding thought , From wave to wave of fancied misery At random drove , her
helm of reason lost . Though now restored , ' tis only change of pain , ( A bitter
change ! ) ...
Page 179
I hear the helpless wail , the shriek of wo ; I see the muddy wave , the dreary
shore , The sluggish streams that slowly creep below , Which mortals visit and
return no more . Farewell , ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains ! Enough for me
the ...
I hear the helpless wail , the shriek of wo ; I see the muddy wave , the dreary
shore , The sluggish streams that slowly creep below , Which mortals visit and
return no more . Farewell , ye blooming fields ! ye cheerful plains ! Enough for me
the ...
Page 339
Unchangeable save to thy wild waves ' play Time writes no wrinkle on thine
azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld , thou rollest now . 1 MODERN
GREECE . He who hath bent him o'er BYRON . The Ocean.
Unchangeable save to thy wild waves ' play Time writes no wrinkle on thine
azure browSuch as creation's dawn beheld , thou rollest now . 1 MODERN
GREECE . He who hath bent him o'er BYRON . The Ocean.
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| Title | The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory Observations... |
| Author | George Croly |
| Compiled by | George Croly |
| Publisher | Phillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Sep 2006 |
| Length | 395 pages |
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