The Wizard of the North: The Vampire Bride, and Other PoemsW. Blackwood, 1833 - 92 pages |
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The wizard of the North, The vampire bride, and other poems Henry Thomas Liddell Ravensworth [Earl of] No preview available - 2012 |
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Albert altar altar stone bells they ring Beneath bird bitter cry blest blood breast bridal bright brow Caledonia censers charm cheek cheer'd Chivalry choristers sing Clansman clay clime clove confest couch Culloden damp and cold dark death deeds dispell'd doth dragon car dread dreams e'er earth Edward D eternal faithful bride fame fear fiend finger foaming gallant Gleam Glengarry glowing grave hand haste heart Heaven holy HORAT hour howl lips of stone lonely lyre mighty Montrose mountain Mourn neath night nuptial bed o'er Oasis open'd wide own'd pinions powers of Hell press'd priest repose Reynard rill rock Rose round sapphire stone Save SCOTT shone shrine shroud sight silvan SIR WALTER SCOTT sleep slumber deep smell'd smile soul Spectre sprung St Leonard's St Peter's sung terrors thine thou throne tomb transient Twas Unmoved VAMPIRE BRIDE vex'd Virgin Wake wave wild WIZARD
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Page 4 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-inform'd the tenement of clay.
Page 28 - extended, and his ring gone. He dissembled the loss, and returned to his wife; but whenever he attempted to embrace her, he found himself prevented by something dark and dense, which was tangible though not visible, interposing between them, and he heard a voice saying, " Embrace me! for I am Venus, whom this day you wedded, and I will not restore your ring.
Page 69 - keen and watchful foe. But Daedalus presumed to try New paths along the azure sky, * On wings to man denied; The labour of Alcmena's son Burst through the gates of Acheron, And
Page 69 - the Stygian tide. How shall the Thunderer sleep ? or how Relax the terrors of his brow ? Nought seems impossible to Man ! We climb high Heaven itself, and scan With bold
Page 67 - through nightly mist that blinds To mortal ken each friendly star, The pilot's beacon from afar, Arcturus or the Pleiades.— Him could no forms of death affright,
Page 87 - bird ! that on the mountain's peak, Reposing in the sun thy mighty pinions, Look'st from thy throne of clouds o'er cliff and creek, Or with expanded plumes and sharpen'd beak, Rangest at will thy undisturb'd dominions, Majestic monarch of the sky ! How mean appears man's destiny, When, sailing in the blue profound, Thou
Page 66 - From fading eve to rosy morn! And thee, the King of Tempests guard From sunken rock, and breaking wave, (All winds, save Zephyr, being
Page 67 - His breast was surely fortified With triple bars of oak and brass, Who first upon the stormy tide Ventured his fragile bark to guide, And dared the distant main to pass;
Page 68 - In vain hath God's all-wise decree Cleft the broad earth with trackless sea, If ships, in bold defiance driven, Cross the dread gulf
Page 68 - conspire To vex the sorrowing Earth; And Death, whose step was mercifully slow, Now dogs our daily