The Bardiad: A Poem ; in Two CantosLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, etc., etc., Originally published as an ode.-Pref., 1823 - 286 páginas |
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... sits , like a forlorn dis- consolate widow , in her weeds . While winds , in doleful ac- cents , howl ; and rains , in repeated showers , weep . " - " Winter Piece . " L - " How frequently is the face of nature changed NOTES . 65.
... sits , like a forlorn dis- consolate widow , in her weeds . While winds , in doleful ac- cents , howl ; and rains , in repeated showers , weep . " - " Winter Piece . " L - " How frequently is the face of nature changed NOTES . 65.
Página 66
... winds have forgot to blow . The gentle gales have fanned themselves asleep . Not so much as a single leaf nods . Even the quivering aspin rests . And not one breath curls o'er the stream . Sometimes , on the contrary , the tempest ...
... winds have forgot to blow . The gentle gales have fanned themselves asleep . Not so much as a single leaf nods . Even the quivering aspin rests . And not one breath curls o'er the stream . Sometimes , on the contrary , the tempest ...
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... death to the people . His sword is a green meteor , half - extinguished . His face is without form , and dark . He sighed thrice over the hero ; and thrice the winds of the night roared around . Many were his words to Oscar . NOTES . 69.
... death to the people . His sword is a green meteor , half - extinguished . His face is without form , and dark . He sighed thrice over the hero ; and thrice the winds of the night roared around . Many were his words to Oscar . NOTES . 69.
Página 70
... wind ; " are full of the most amazing and terrible majesty . I know no passage more sublime in the writings of any uninspired author . " The flame was dim and distant ; the moon hid her red face in the east . A blast came from the ...
... wind ; " are full of the most amazing and terrible majesty . I know no passage more sublime in the writings of any uninspired author . " The flame was dim and distant ; the moon hid her red face in the east . A blast came from the ...
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... winds , and fly ! thou come to my presence with thy shadowy arms ? thy gloomy form , spirit of dismal Loda ? clouds ... wind , and fly ! the blasts are in the hollow of my hand : the course of the storm is mine . The king of Sora is my ...
... winds , and fly ! thou come to my presence with thy shadowy arms ? thy gloomy form , spirit of dismal Loda ? clouds ... wind , and fly ! the blasts are in the hollow of my hand : the course of the storm is mine . The king of Sora is my ...
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Amorites awful Bard beam beauty blast blessings Book of Job breast breath bright bursting Castle of Indolence CHARLOTTE SMITH charm Chaucer clouds critical dark death deep divine dread earth enchanting epic poetry Ettrick fairy fancy Fingal fire flower gales genius glow grief hand harmony harp hath heart heaven Hebrew Henriade Heshbon hill Hope king Knight's Tale language light lone Lord lyre melody mind Minstrel Moab moon mountain Muse nature never night numbers o'er Ossian pale Palemon passion Poem poetical Poetry Poets praise pride rapture reader rise rock round sacred scene seraphic Sihon sing smile soft song sorrow soul sound Spenser spirit stars storm strain sublime sweet taste tear tell thee thine thou shalt thought trembling unto verse voice wandering wave wild wind wings wretch
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