Poems,Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, 1820 - 66 páginas |
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... Thro ' the long distance , came a voice of dread , Like thunder o'er my senses : - " Mortal , haste , For clouds and whirlwinds are around thy head , Thy port is there , in yon pure stainless sky , And thy next step may be eternity ...
... Thro ' the long distance , came a voice of dread , Like thunder o'er my senses : - " Mortal , haste , For clouds and whirlwinds are around thy head , Thy port is there , in yon pure stainless sky , And thy next step may be eternity ...
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... thro ' thy expanding spirit The holier hopes thou dost inherit . -Yes ! sanctified by flood and fire , Thy heart shall spurn each low desire ; And from the pangs and stings of fate , Shall rise more nobly elevate ; — Look back upon the ...
... thro ' thy expanding spirit The holier hopes thou dost inherit . -Yes ! sanctified by flood and fire , Thy heart shall spurn each low desire ; And from the pangs and stings of fate , Shall rise more nobly elevate ; — Look back upon the ...
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... form , It flung the darkness of the storm ; And taught thee , even by despair , To pour thy fainting soul in prayer ; And lowly bend to kiss the rod Which led thee back to peace and God ! SONNET . I HEARD a happy murmur thro ' the 11.
... form , It flung the darkness of the storm ; And taught thee , even by despair , To pour thy fainting soul in prayer ; And lowly bend to kiss the rod Which led thee back to peace and God ! SONNET . I HEARD a happy murmur thro ' the 11.
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Jane Elizabeth Roscoe Hornblower. SONNET . I HEARD a happy murmur thro ' the sky Arch'd in blue beauty , thousand birds were singing ; Beneath my feet earth's loveliest flowers were springing ; And radiant prospects burst upon my eye ...
Jane Elizabeth Roscoe Hornblower. SONNET . I HEARD a happy murmur thro ' the sky Arch'd in blue beauty , thousand birds were singing ; Beneath my feet earth's loveliest flowers were springing ; And radiant prospects burst upon my eye ...
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... thro ' the darkest scenes of this world's night , The faith - enlightened spirit can look higher Unto its rest ! -0 thou example pure , And untir'd traveller in this holy road , Still grant thy warning counsel , and secure , My soul ...
... thro ' the darkest scenes of this world's night , The faith - enlightened spirit can look higher Unto its rest ! -0 thou example pure , And untir'd traveller in this holy road , Still grant thy warning counsel , and secure , My soul ...
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Almighty Amid ANGEL-MINDED ART thou aw'd beam beauty birds blessed blest bloom blossom blue blue heaven bosom breast breath'd bright brow calm celestial cheek clouds dark deep doom dreams earth earthly eternal extasy faded faint FAMILY CIRCLE fate fate's feel flowers form'd gaze glorious glory glow grief hallow'd happy hath heart throbb'd heaven holy hopes hour human Immortality impulse knew life's living LLANBERIS PASS lonely lov'd mortal murmur musings nature's night o'er pale peace pour'd my soul pure purer radiant rapture rest round sacred seem'd shade shadowy shone shrine sigh sight slumber smil❜d smile soften'd solitude SONNET sorrow spirit STANZAS stings storm strange sublime sweet tears tempests tender thee Thou art thou hast stamp'd thoughts thro thy heart thy mercy tomb trembled trust Twill breathe unto vanish'd visions voice was hush'd wandering wearied weep wept wild wing young
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Página 35 - At once too proud, too humble to deplore, She bow'd her head in quietness : — she knew Her blighted prospects could revive no more ; Yet was she calm, for she had heaven in view.
Página 34 - All undisguis'd in its young tenderness ; And, smiling, saw that he and only he, Had power at once to wound it, or to bless. ' She gave to him her innocent affection, And the warm feelings of her guileless breast; And from the storms of life she sought protection, In his dear love, her home of earthly rest...
Página 41 - I liv'd Amid my own creations ; and a world Of many hopes and raptures was within me, Such as I could not tell of; for I knew Such feelings could not bear a sympathy ; They were too sacred to admit communion, Too blest to need it — to the fields and woods Did my heart's fulness pour them ; solitude Was the expansion of my secret visions, When I could ask my soul to tell me all, And many a bright and blessed reverie Hath...
Página 34 - You would have deem'd that he had been forgot,, Or thought her bosom callous to the stroke : But on her cheek there was one hectic spot, 'Twas little, —but it told her heart was broke.
Página 19 - WEEP not, tho' lonely and wild be thy path, And the storms may be gathering round ; There is one who can shield from the hurricane's wrath, And that one may for ever be found. He is with thee, around thee,- He lists to thy cry, And thy tears are recorded by Him — A pillar of fire He will be to thine eye, Whose brightness no shadow can dim.
Página 26 - Is fleeting fast—and merrily chime The morning bells ; and the beautiful view Thy touch should, arrest, is fading too! The glow of the cloud is darkening fast. And the sunny mist is almost past; And thy lyre is lying all unstrung ; And thy matin hymn is still unsung; And thy lip is mute, and thy knee unbending, Nor is yet the sweet prayer to heaven ascending. What 1 slumbering still!
Página 41 - Tho' bound with sweet ties to a happy home, With all life's sacred charities around me ; I have been lonely — for my soul had thirst The waters of this world could not assuage : I found them bitter, and I had high dreams, And strange imaginations — yea...
Página 54 - Would seek a refuge in its parent breast ! O Father! in thy mercy shelter me, For I am worn with mortal miseries ; My dark and earth-entangled spirit free, And plume it to ascend its native skies ; With loosen'd wing to thy high rest to soar, And never to desert its mansion more ! Ntu Series — vol.
Página 20 - And weep not that none arc around thce to love, For a Father is with thee to bless; And if griefs have exalted thy spirit above, Oh say, wouldst thou wish for one less ? He is with thee, whose favour for ever is life, Could a mortal heart guard thee so well ? Oh! hush the vain wish, calm thy bosom's wild strife, And forbid but a thought to rebel.
Página 35 - She bow'd her head in quietness : — she knew Her blighted prospects could revive no more ; Yet was she calm, for she had heaven in view. • ' She lov'd and she forgave him — and in dying She ask'da blessing on his future years ; And so she went to sleep ; meekly relying Upon that power which shall efface all tears. Her simple turf the young spring...