The Poetical Works of Barry Cornwall [pseud.], Volume 1H. Colburn, 1822 |
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Page 74 - It were all one, That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere.
Page 2 - And dreams in their development have breath, And tears, and tortures, and the touch of joy ; They leave a weight upon our waking thoughts, They take a weight from off our waking toils, They do divide our being...
Page 94 - I have heard That guilty creatures, sitting at a play, Have by the very cunning of the scene Been struck so to the soul that presently They have proclaim'd their malefactions; For murder, though it have no tongue, will speak With most miraculous organ.
Page 94 - Then shower'd his bounties on me, like the Hours, That open-handed sit upon the clouds, And press the liberality of heaven Down to the laps of thankful men...
Page 211 - But he is gone That struck the sparkling stream from Helicon ; And never hath one risen in his place, Stamped with the features of that mighty race. Yet wherefore grieve I — seeing how easily The plumed spirit may its journey take Through yon blue regions of the middle air ; And note all things below that own a grace, Mountain, and cataract, and silent lake, And wander in the fields of poesy, Where avarice never comes, and seldom care.
Page 205 - WOMAN. GONE from her cheek is the summer bloom, And her lip has lost all its faint perfume : And the gloss has dropped from her golden hair, And her cheek is pale, but no longer fair.
Page 178 - The picture of the mind revives again: While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years. And so I dare to hope...
Page 104 - I will not, will not pain your love : Nay more, I will deserve it. 1 can die Now, for my mind has grown within this hour To firmness : yet, I now could wish to live, To shew you what I am.
Page 149 - tis said, Do spirits quit their leaden urns, to tempt Wretches from sin. Some have been seen o...