Miscellaneous PoemsThe author, 1827 - 179 pages |
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adieu anguish ANN GREENE Anna artless bade beam belov'd bend blest bliss bloom bosom breast breathe bright brow Charles Charleston charms cheek David Bell dear dearest death delight doom'd e'en e'er Edwin Eliza Elizabeth fair fame fancy fancy's farewell fate feeling fond forever friendship Gaillard genius girl glow grace grave grief hail heart Henry hope hour infant James John John Ashe John Gaillard John H life's Lines lov'd lyre magic maid mind Miss Jane Miss Mary mourn MURDEN muse natal day ne'er numbers nymph o'er off'ring pangs peace pensive Porcher prove rapture refin'd Samuel Samuel W Sarah scenes sigh smile soft sooth sorrows soul sportive Susan sweet sweetly syren tear tender thee thine Thomas Thomas Cochran thou thought thrill throb tomb trackless sea truth twas virtue virtue's William William Seabrook woes youth zephyrus
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Page 73 - In every work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend ; And if the means be just, the conduct true, Applause, in spite of trivial faults, is due. As men of breeding, sometimes men of wit, T...
Page 128 - midst studies too severe ! Foremost to mourn, was generous Southey seen, He told the tale, and show'd what White had been, Nor told in vain. Far o'er the Atlantic wave A wanderer came, and sought the poet's grave ; On yon low stone he saw his lonely name, And raised this fond memorial to his fame.
Page 19 - And, uncontroll'd, put new ones in their place, So might I chase all others from her heart, And my own image in the stead impart ; But ah ! how short the bliss would prove if he Who seized it next might do the same by me
Page 63 - To muse with monks unletter'd and unknown, What from his soul the parting tribute drew? What claim'd the sorrows of a last adieu ? The still retreats that soothed his tranquil breast Ere grandeur dazzled, and its cares oppress'd.
Page 48 - Bursts through the cypress-walk, the convent-cell, Oft will her warm and wayward heart revive, To love and joy still tremblingly alive ; The whisper'd vow, the chaste caress prolong, Weave the light dance and swell the choral song; With rapt ear drink the enchanting serenade, And, as it melts along the moonlight glade, To each soft note return as soft a sigh, And bless the youth that bids her slumbers fly.
Page 14 - twill pierce thee to the heart ; A broken reed, at best ; but, oft, a spear ; On its sharp point peace bleeds, and hope expires.
Page 25 - Treads the loved shore he sigh'd to leave behind ; Meets at each step a friend's familiar face, And flies at last to Helen's long embrace...
Page 63 - Melts at the long-lost scenes that round him rise, And sinks a martyr to repentant sighs. Ask not if courts or camps dissolve the charm : Say why VESPASIAN loved his Sabine farm; Why great NAVARRE, when France and freedom bled, Sought the lone limits of a forest-shed.
Page 35 - Heaven that thou alone canst make ? And wilt thou quit the stream That murmurs through the dewy mead, The grove and...
Page 25 - But HOPE can here her moonlight vigils keep, And sing to charm the spirit of the deep ; Swift as yon streamer lights the starry pole, Her visions warm the watchman's pensive soul ; His native hills that rise in happier climes, The grot that heard his song of other times, His...