The Works of Mrs. Hemans, with a Memoir by Her Sister, and an Essay on Her Genius by Mrs. Sigourney ...Lea and Blanchard, 1840 |
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... head , Lone tears ! yet ofttimes burden'd with th ' excess Of our strange nature's quivering happiness . But , oh ! sweet Friend ! we dream not of love's might Till Death has robed with soft and solemn light The image we enshrine ...
... head , Lone tears ! yet ofttimes burden'd with th ' excess Of our strange nature's quivering happiness . But , oh ! sweet Friend ! we dream not of love's might Till Death has robed with soft and solemn light The image we enshrine ...
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... head sustain , Nor bathe his parch'd lips in the hour of pain , Nor say to him , " Farewell ! ” — He pass'd away— O ! had my love been there , its conquering sway Had won him back from death ! —but thus removed , Borne o'er the abyss no ...
... head sustain , Nor bathe his parch'd lips in the hour of pain , Nor say to him , " Farewell ! ” — He pass'd away— O ! had my love been there , its conquering sway Had won him back from death ! —but thus removed , Borne o'er the abyss no ...
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... head Mothers vain blessings and tears had shed ; Sisters were watching in many a home For the fetter'd footstep , no more to come ; Names in the prayer of that night were spoken , Whose claim unto kindred prayer was broken ; And the ...
... head Mothers vain blessings and tears had shed ; Sisters were watching in many a home For the fetter'd footstep , no more to come ; Names in the prayer of that night were spoken , Whose claim unto kindred prayer was broken ; And the ...
Side 26
... heads gleam'd , And the scatter'd plumage stream'd , And the broken shields were toss'd , And the shiver'd lances cross'd , And the mail - clad sleepers round Made the harvest of that ground . He was there ! the leader amidst his band ...
... heads gleam'd , And the scatter'd plumage stream'd , And the broken shields were toss'd , And the shiver'd lances cross'd , And the mail - clad sleepers round Made the harvest of that ground . He was there ! the leader amidst his band ...
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... sad contrast seem To the anxious eyes of that pale band , With torches wavering in every hand , For they dread each moment the shout of war , And the burst of the Moslem scimitar . There is no plumed head o'er the bier to bend.
... sad contrast seem To the anxious eyes of that pale band , With torches wavering in every hand , For they dread each moment the shout of war , And the burst of the Moslem scimitar . There is no plumed head o'er the bier to bend.
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ANCESTRAL SONG art thou Auvergne bear beauty BERNARDO DEL CARPIO bless'd blessing blue streams bower breast breath bright brother brow child childhood's clouds dark dead death deep dreams dust dwell e'en earth faint fair farewell fill'd flowers gaze gentle GIULIO REGONDI glad glance gleam gloom glorious glory glow gone grave grief hath haunted heaven holy hour JOANNA BAILLIE Leonora d'Este LICHFIELD CATHEDRAL light linger lone lyre MARGUERITE OF FRANCE midst mighty mingled mirth mountain mournful night o'er pale pass'd pour'd prayer proud Rhine rich rose seem'd shadow shed shore shrine silent sing skies sleep smile soft solemn song soul sound spirit stranger's heart stream strong sunny sunset tree sweet Tasso tears thee thine things Thou art Thou hast thought thrilling tomb tone unto voice wander wave weep whispers wild wind wings
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Side 78 - The better days of life were ours; The worst can be but mine; The sun that cheers, the storm that lowers, Shall never more be thine.
Side 122 - The intelligible forms of ancient poets, The fair humanities of old religion, The power, the beauty, and the majesty, That had their haunts in dale, or piny mountain, Or forest by slow stream, or pebbly spring, Or chasms and watery depths; all these have vanished; They live no longer in the faith of reason.
Side 193 - And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet : there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them, 26.
Side 62 - Into these glassy eyes put light — be still ! keep down thine ire, Bid these white lips a blessing speak — this earth is not my sire ! Give me back him for whom I strove, for whom my blood was shed,— Thou canst not ? — and a king ! — his dust be mountains on thy head...
Side 187 - Pleasant the wind's low sigh, And the gleaming of the west, And the turf whereon we lie ; When the burden and the heat Of labour's task are o'er, And kindly voices greet The tired one at his door. Come to the sunset tree ! The day is past and gone ; The woodman's axe lies free, And the reaper's work is done.
Side 61 - Amidst the pale and wildered looks of all the courtier train ; And, with a fierce, o'ermastering grasp, the rearing war-horse led, And sternly set them face to face, — the king before the dead : —
Side 317 - O clear and shining light, whose beams That hour Heaven's glory shed Around the palms, and 'o'er the streams, And on the shepherds...
Side 172 - I IN these flowery meads would be : These crystal streams should solace me; To whose harmonious bubbling noise I with my angle would rejoice. Sit here, and see the turtle-dove Court his chaste mate to acts of love; Or on that bank, feel the west wind Breathe health and plenty; please my mind. To see sweet dewdrops kiss these flowers. And then...
Side 112 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers, through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud!
Side 52 - Whispered my native streams ; " Hath the spirit nursed amidst hill and grove. Still revered its first high dreams?