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... Youth , and Hope's delusive gleams , flew fast ? Is it that those , who circled on thy shore , Companions of my youth , now meet no more ? Whate'er the cause , upon thy banks I bend , Sorrowing , yet feel such solace at my heart , As at ...
... Youth , and Hope's delusive gleams , flew fast ? Is it that those , who circled on thy shore , Companions of my youth , now meet no more ? Whate'er the cause , upon thy banks I bend , Sorrowing , yet feel such solace at my heart , As at ...
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... youth beguiles , And soon a longing look , like me , they cast Back on the pleasing prospect of the past : Yet Fancy points where still far onward smiles Some sunny spot , and her fair colouring blends , ' Till cheerless on their path ...
... youth beguiles , And soon a longing look , like me , they cast Back on the pleasing prospect of the past : Yet Fancy points where still far onward smiles Some sunny spot , and her fair colouring blends , ' Till cheerless on their path ...
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... youth , reviving gales ye bring , As when erewhile the tuneful morn of spring Joyous awoke amidst your blooming vales , And fill'd with fragrance every painted plain : Fled are those hours , and all the joys they gave ! Yet still I gaze ...
... youth , reviving gales ye bring , As when erewhile the tuneful morn of spring Joyous awoke amidst your blooming vales , And fill'd with fragrance every painted plain : Fled are those hours , and all the joys they gave ! Yet still I gaze ...
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... youth , reviving gales ye bring , As when erewhile the tuneful morn of spring Joyous awoke amidst your blooming vales And fill'd with fragrance every painte Fled are those hours , and all Yet still I gaze , and coun That bears me nearer ...
... youth , reviving gales ye bring , As when erewhile the tuneful morn of spring Joyous awoke amidst your blooming vales And fill'd with fragrance every painte Fled are those hours , and all Yet still I gaze , and coun That bears me nearer ...
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... youth and beauty , go to thy death - bed ; Ev'n whilst on dreams of bliss we fondly fed , years to come of comfort ! -Be it so . Of Ere this I have felt sorrow ; and ev'n now ( Tho ' sometimes the unbidden thought must start , And half ...
... youth and beauty , go to thy death - bed ; Ev'n whilst on dreams of bliss we fondly fed , years to come of comfort ! -Be it so . Of Ere this I have felt sorrow ; and ev'n now ( Tho ' sometimes the unbidden thought must start , And half ...
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amid amidst BAMBOROUGH CASTLE beam beat beauteous behold bells beneath BENWELL bloom bow'rs breast bright brow bury'd cheer cold dark deep delight distant DONHEAD dreams Ev'n fading fantastick farewell forsaken gale gaze gleam grey hapless HEADLEY hear heard heart heav'n hills hope HOTWELLS HOWARD JULY 21 LAZARETTOS life's list'ning lonely look lov'd magick meek Midsummer Night's Dream morn mournful murmuring musick musing ne'er night o'er OSTEND pale pass'd peace Pelew Islands pensive pity poor rejoice RIVER CHERWELL rocks sail scenes seem'd Sesac shade shore sigh sight silent sing skies slow smile song SONNET soothing sorrow sounds Southampton spirit steals strain stream sweet tear tempest tender thee thine thou dost thou hast thought tide tow'r TRINITY COLLEGE vale Virtue voice wander wander'd wave weary Whilst wild WINCHESTER COLLEGE wind woods yonder youth
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Page 169 - ... all the decent drapery of life is to be rudely torn off; all the superadded ideas, furnished from the wardrobe of a moral imagination, which the heart owns and the understanding ratifies, as necessary to cover the defects of our naked shivering nature, and to raise it to dignity in our own estimation, are to be exploded as a ridiculous, absurd and antiquated fashion.
Page 170 - Though thy clime Be fickle, and thy year, most part, deformed With dripping rains, or withered by a frost, I would not yet exchange thy sullen skies And fields without a flower, for warmer France With all her vines ; nor for Ausonia's groves Of golden fruitage and her myrtle bowers.
Page 169 - It is this which has given its character to modern Europe. It is this which has distinguished it under all its forms of government, and distinguished it to its advantage, from the states of Asia, and possibly from those states which flourished in the most brilliant periods of the antique world.
Page 15 - How sweet the tuneful bells responsive peal ! As when, at opening morn, the fragrant breeze Breathes on the trembling sense of wan disease, So piercing to my heart their force I feel ! And hark ! with lessening cadence now they fall, And now along the white and level tide They fling their melancholy music wide, Bidding me many a tender thought recall Of summer days...
Page 168 - This mixed system of opinion and sentiment had its origin in the ancient chivalry; and the principle, though varied in its appearance by the varying state of human affairs, subsisted and influenced through a long succession of generations, even to the time we live in.
Page 173 - Brief as the lightning in the collied night, That, in a spleen, unfolds both heaven and earth. And ere a man hath power to say, — Behold ! The jaws of darkness do devour it up : So quick bright things come to confusion.
Page 173 - Ah me ! for aught that ever I could read, Could ever hear by tale or history, The course of true love never did run smooth: But, cither it was different in blood ; Her.
Page 18 - I rest my only hope at last, And think, when thou hast dried the bitter tear That flows in vain o'er all my soul held dear, I may look back on every sorrow past, And meet life's peaceful evening with a smile ; — As some lone bird, at day's departing hour, Sings in the sunbeam, of the transient shower Forgetful, though its wings are wet the while ;— Yet ah ! how much must that poor heart endure, Which hopes from thee, and thee alone, a cure.
Page 169 - All the pleasing illusions, which made power gentle, and obedience liberal, which harmonized the different shades of life, and which, by a bland assimilation, incorporated into politics the sentiments which beautify and soften private society, are to be dissolved by this new conquering empire of light and reason.
Page 14 - The orient beam illumes the parting oar ; — From yonder azure track, emerging white, The earliest sail slow gains upon the sight, And the blue wave comes rippling to the shore. Meantime far off the rear of darkness flies : Yet 'mid the beauties of the morn, unmoved, Like one for ever torn from all he loved...