Hermes; oder kritisches Jahrbuch der Literatur, Volumes 3-4

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1819

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Page lv - as frank — . For time at last sets all things even — * And if we do but watch the hour, There never yet was human power Which could evade if unforgiven, The patient search and vigil long Of him who treasures up a wrong/*
Page lvi - Were black as death, their lashes the same hue, Of doWncast length, in whose silk shadow lies Ne'er with such force the swiftest arrow flew, 'Tis as the snake late coil'd, who pours his length And hurls at once his
Page lvi - her heel and in her air There was a something, which bespoke command, As one who was a lady in the land. „Her hair, I said, was auburn; but her eyes Deepest attraction, for when to the
Page lv - his uncourteous ride^ They play'd me then a bitter prank When, with the wild 'horse for my guide, They bound me to his foaming flank. At length I play'd them
Page liv - Transparent with the sun therein When waves no murmur dare to make And heaven beholds her face within A cheek and lip — but why proceed? I loved her then, I love her still.
Page liv - Since thou hast learn'd the art so well?,'* Mazeppa said: — „Twere long to tell; And we have many a league to go With every now and then a blow,
Page liv - And Charles of this a slender share With smiles partook a moment there, To force of cheer a greater show And seem above both wounds and
Page lv - And still reluctant distance kept, Until I was made known to her, And we might then and there confer I long'd and was resolved to speak;
Page lv - flash They bade me to destruction dash, That one day I should come again, With twice five thousand horse, to thank The count
Page liv - Than thee Mazcppa! On the earth So, fit a pair had never birth, Since Alexander's days till now, As thy Bucephalus and thou : All

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