The Pleasures of Hope: With Other PoemsMundell, 1806 - 136 pages |
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... field that is yet open for the progress of hu- manizing arts among uncivilized nations .... from these views of amelioration of society , and the extension of liberty and truth over despotic and barbarous countries , by a melancholy ...
... field that is yet open for the progress of hu- manizing arts among uncivilized nations .... from these views of amelioration of society , and the extension of liberty and truth over despotic and barbarous countries , by a melancholy ...
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... fields of air , The prophet's mantle , ere his flight began , Dropt on the world — a sacred gift to man . 40 Auspicious Hope ! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil , a charm for every woe : Won by their sweets , in Nature's ...
... fields of air , The prophet's mantle , ere his flight began , Dropt on the world — a sacred gift to man . 40 Auspicious Hope ! in thy sweet garden grow Wreaths for each toil , a charm for every woe : Won by their sweets , in Nature's ...
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... fields ; Now on Atlantic waves he rides afar , Where Andes , giant of the western star , With meteor - standard to the winds unfurl'd , Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world . 60 Now far he sweeps , where scarce a summer ...
... fields ; Now on Atlantic waves he rides afar , Where Andes , giant of the western star , With meteor - standard to the winds unfurl'd , Looks from his throne of clouds o'er half the world . 60 Now far he sweeps , where scarce a summer ...
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... Virtue looks to thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On stormy floods , and carnage cover'd fields , nord b 90 When front to front the banner'd hosts combinedow of Halt PLEASURES OF HOPE . 9.
... Virtue looks to thee for power ; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields , On stormy floods , and carnage cover'd fields , nord b 90 When front to front the banner'd hosts combinedow of Halt PLEASURES OF HOPE . 9.
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... fields of fame ! Lo ! Newton , priest of Nature , shines afar , Scans the wide world , and numbers ev'ry star ! f q 126 well Wilt thou , with him , mysterious rites apply , as And watch the shrine with wonder - beaming eye ? 130 Yes ...
... fields of fame ! Lo ! Newton , priest of Nature , shines afar , Scans the wide world , and numbers ev'ry star ! f q 126 well Wilt thou , with him , mysterious rites apply , as And watch the shrine with wonder - beaming eye ? 130 Yes ...
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afar ANTISTROPHE Author beauty bleed bliss boards bosom bright Charles Bell charm clime confiderable David Brewster deed deep delight Diffections doom'd dread Edinburgh edition elegance Endemic eternal fame fate feveral fhould fome foolfcap friendless fubject fuch Genius GEORGE II Gilderoy glow hand Hark hath heart Heav'n heav'nly Heraldry HISTORY hour Hussar illuftrated John Cheyne JULIUS CÆSAR life's light Loxian lyre MEDEA Mercy midnight mind mingles moſt murmur Muse Nature Nature's NOTE numbers o'er obfervations pang Peace PEACE of AMIENS pensive PLEASURES OF HOPE POEMS POETICAL poor dog Tray pow'r Prebendary prefent Price rapture Review royal 8vo.-Price sacred shade shore sigh slumber smile soothe sorrow soul spirit storm sublime sweet tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tical TOBIAS SMOLLETT trembling triumph unfathom'd uſeful vale vols watch wave weep wild winds yellow fever
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Page 28 - He said, and on the rampart-heights arrayed His trusty warriors, few but undismayed; Firm-paced and slow, a horrid front they form. Still as the breeze, but dreadful as the storm...
Page 29 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of Time Sarmatia fell unwept, without a crime ; Found not a generous friend, a pitying foe, Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe...
Page 53 - By wealthless lot or pitiless command ; Or doom'd to gaze on beauties that adorn The smile of Triumph or the frown of Scorn ; While Memory watches o'er the sad review Of joys that faded like the morning dew ; Peace may depart, and life and nature seem A barren path, a wildness, and a dream...
Page 23 - And, mark the wretch, whose wanderings never knew The world's regard, that soothes, though half untrue, Whose erring heart the lash of sorrow bore, But found not pity when it err'd no more. Yon friendless man, at whose dejected eye Th...
Page 51 - And say, without our hopes, without our fears, Without the home that plighted love endears, Without the smile from partial beauty won, Oh ! what were man ? — a world without a sun.
Page 2 - Tis Nature pictured too severely true. With thee, sweet HOPE! resides the heavenly light, That pours remotest rapture on the sight : Thine is the charm of life's bewilder'd way, That calls each slumbering passion into play. Waked by thy touch, I see the sister band, On tiptoe watching, start at thy command, And fly where'er thy mandate bids them steer, To Pleasure's path, or Glory's bright career.
Page 19 - With aching temples on thy hand reclined, Muse on the last farewell I leave behind, Breathe a deep sigh to winds that murmur low, And think on all my love, and all my woe...
Page 31 - Departed spirits of the mighty dead! Ye that at Marathon and Leuctra bled! Friends of the world! restore your swords to man, Fight in his sacred cause, and lead the van! Yet for Sarmatia's tears of blood atone, And make her arm puissant as your own! Oh! once again to Freedom's cause return The patriot TELL — the BRUCE OF BANNOCKBURN!
Page 53 - The world was sad ! — the garden was a wild ! And man, the hermit, sigh'd — till woman smil'd...
Page 25 - Come, bright improvement! on the car of time, And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore.