The Poetical Works of John Snowden Hopkins: Containing Alberto, an Epic Poem; Delascus, a Dramatic Poem; Together with Miscellaneous PoemsWoods & Crane, printers, 1842 - 215 pages |
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Alberto art thou beauteous beauty bitter blend bosom breath bright brow charms clay cloud CORELLO crumbling crushed dark dark wave darkness reigned dead death deemed deep DELASCUS desolation despair destiny didst doom doth dream dwell e'er earth eternal fame fancy fatal past fate feelings flash forever gazed gleams gloom glory glowing golden air Greece hath heart heaven hierophant hope hour idol immortal isle kindling land life's light live love's lyre mighty mighty hand mind MINISTER morn mortal mysterious night o'er ocean pain pall passion perchance PHANTOM redeem round ruins sacred SECOND GENIUS shrine shroud silence slumber smile soft song sorrow sought soul speak spirit star stood storm strange tear tempest thee thine things thou art tomb tone torture trackless sea twas unto vision voice waters wild winds withered wreck Ye ministers Ye stars youth
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Page 122 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 25 - So great the distance seemed to her between his height of dignity and her lowly fortunes, that she would say, " It were all one that I should love a bright peculiar star and think to wed it, Bertram is so far above me.
Page 91 - Th' uncertain glory of an April day, Which now shows all her beauty to the sun, And by and by a cloud takes all away.