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Page 21
... death ! Nature's immortal , immaterial sun ! Whose all - prolific beam late call'd me forth From darkness , teeming darkness , where I lay The worm's inferior , and , in rank , beneath The dust I tread on , high to bear my BOOK OF ...
... death ! Nature's immortal , immaterial sun ! Whose all - prolific beam late call'd me forth From darkness , teeming darkness , where I lay The worm's inferior , and , in rank , beneath The dust I tread on , high to bear my BOOK OF ...
Page 22
... death is equal ; neither weighs ; All weight in this - O let me live to thee ! YOUNG . BELINDA . NOT with more glories in th ' ethereal plain , The sun first rises o'er the purpled main , Than , issuing forth , the rival of his beams ...
... death is equal ; neither weighs ; All weight in this - O let me live to thee ! YOUNG . BELINDA . NOT with more glories in th ' ethereal plain , The sun first rises o'er the purpled main , Than , issuing forth , the rival of his beams ...
Page 35
... death contending , sink and rise , While some in wilder agony essay To hold their footing on that tossing mass Of miserable life , making their path O'er palpitating bosoms . " Tis in vain ! The keen pang passes , and the satiate flood ...
... death contending , sink and rise , While some in wilder agony essay To hold their footing on that tossing mass Of miserable life , making their path O'er palpitating bosoms . " Tis in vain ! The keen pang passes , and the satiate flood ...
Page 36
... death . Yes , ere ambition's heart is sear'd and sold , And desolated , bid him mark thine end And count thy wages . The proud victor's plume , The hero's trophied fame , the warrior's wreath Of blood - dash'd laurel - what will these ...
... death . Yes , ere ambition's heart is sear'd and sold , And desolated , bid him mark thine end And count thy wages . The proud victor's plume , The hero's trophied fame , the warrior's wreath Of blood - dash'd laurel - what will these ...
Page 37
... death ; Those features to the grave be sent In sleep thus mutely eloquent ; Or , art thou , what thy form would seem , The phantom of a blessed dream ? A human shape I feel thou art , I feel it at my beating heart , Those tremors both ...
... death ; Those features to the grave be sent In sleep thus mutely eloquent ; Or , art thou , what thy form would seem , The phantom of a blessed dream ? A human shape I feel thou art , I feel it at my beating heart , Those tremors both ...
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ANNA SEWARD ANON art thou beams beauty beneath birds bless bloom blossoms blue Bluebottle bower breast breath breeze bright brow buds calm charm cheek child clouds dark dear death deep delight dream earth eternal fair father flowers friends gaze gentle gleams glory glow golden grace Granada grave grief happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hope hour J. G. LOCKHART Lady light lips lonely lonely grove look look'd lovelier maid MARY HOWITT Moorish morn mother mountains murmuring Naiad Nature's ne'er neath night o'er pale Pale flowers pass'd peace rill rose round shade shed shine sigh sight silent sing sister skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring star summer sunny sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought throne tree Twas vale voice waves weep wild wind wing young youth