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Page 39
... fading into dimness ! The plain is dyed in gore : the snowy plumes why ! Stained in the crimson tide whilst shrieks of woe , And dying groans , appal and deafen me . The brilliant form of glory's self is changed . She sits dejected on a ...
... fading into dimness ! The plain is dyed in gore : the snowy plumes why ! Stained in the crimson tide whilst shrieks of woe , And dying groans , appal and deafen me . The brilliant form of glory's self is changed . She sits dejected on a ...
Page 75
... fading lustre on the throne ! Which deep on every English heart imprest , Will to posterity proclaim thee blest . We see thee now , alas ! a widow'd Queen ! A fair one sits enthroned where thou hast been : Youthful and innocent , the ...
... fading lustre on the throne ! Which deep on every English heart imprest , Will to posterity proclaim thee blest . We see thee now , alas ! a widow'd Queen ! A fair one sits enthroned where thou hast been : Youthful and innocent , the ...
Page 80
... fade upon your view : These lines , poor tribute to your worth , receive , In candour judge them , and in truth believe . Think not that woman's mind , as poets sing , Veers like the wind , or some more fickle thing ; Nor time nor ...
... fade upon your view : These lines , poor tribute to your worth , receive , In candour judge them , and in truth believe . Think not that woman's mind , as poets sing , Veers like the wind , or some more fickle thing ; Nor time nor ...
Page 95
... fading from my view Which once this flower graced , Can ne'er by any rival bloom Be from my thoughts effaced . No rose of Cashmere ever shed A richer fragrance there , Enwreathing tresses , gracing forms As exquisite as rare . ' T was ...
... fading from my view Which once this flower graced , Can ne'er by any rival bloom Be from my thoughts effaced . No rose of Cashmere ever shed A richer fragrance there , Enwreathing tresses , gracing forms As exquisite as rare . ' T was ...
Page 102
... shall steer Through virtue's rivulet so clear , Or vice's muddy way ; We must account for all our flight , When we emerge from this world's night To everlasting day . FRAGMENT . AN EVENING'S REFLECTION . SOFT fades the sun 102 POEMS .
... shall steer Through virtue's rivulet so clear , Or vice's muddy way ; We must account for all our flight , When we emerge from this world's night To everlasting day . FRAGMENT . AN EVENING'S REFLECTION . SOFT fades the sun 102 POEMS .
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AMANA arms beam beauty betray'd bless blest bloom boast bold breast breath bright brow canst charm cheer CONSPIRATOR copies Corinth Cypselas dare dark Deal dost thou doth dream E'en earth Exeunt Exit fade fair fame fancy fate fear feelings Fitzroy Square flower Frankfort genius give glory glow Gods grace grief hand hast hath heart heaven HELENA honour hope hour illumes joys Lady LEONIDAS light Lord LYSANDER magic Margate MELISSA mind Miss mourn muse ne'er nought o'er pangs passion peace PERDICEAS PERIANDER Periander's Pluckley Portland Place pride PROCLES proud rebel Regent's Park retributive justice rise Russell Square scene shade sigh smiles soft Soldiers sorrow soul speak spirit Street Sweet Marian tear thee thine Thou art thoughts tide tomb tower trembling triumph truth Tunbridge Walmer weep whence whilst wild Wingham Woburn Square woman's yield ZEMIRA ΑΜΑΝΑ
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Page iii - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.