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... thine elfin chain , Thy flame - wood lamp is quenched and dark , And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stain — Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye , Thou hast scorned our dread decree , And thou ...
... thine elfin chain , Thy flame - wood lamp is quenched and dark , And thy wings are dyed with a deadly stain — Thou hast sullied thine elfin purity In the glance of a mortal maiden's eye , Thou hast scorned our dread decree , And thou ...
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... thine . Let amorous fools in lovesick measure pine ; Let Strangford whimper on , in fancied pain , And leave to Moore his rose leaves and his vine ; Be thine the task a higher crown to gain , The envied wreath that decks the patriot's ...
... thine . Let amorous fools in lovesick measure pine ; Let Strangford whimper on , in fancied pain , And leave to Moore his rose leaves and his vine ; Be thine the task a higher crown to gain , The envied wreath that decks the patriot's ...
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... whose agonizing throws Are bitterer far than all the worst of woes ; A hope of crime and horrors , wild and strange As demon thoughts - that hope is thine , Revenge ! ' Twas this that gave , oh ! Ellinor , 50 EXTRACTS FROM.
... whose agonizing throws Are bitterer far than all the worst of woes ; A hope of crime and horrors , wild and strange As demon thoughts - that hope is thine , Revenge ! ' Twas this that gave , oh ! Ellinor , 50 EXTRACTS FROM.
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... The silly myrtle deemed its own . Eva ! behold thine image there , As fair , as false thy glances fall ; But who the worthless smile would share That sheds its light alike on all . L TO A LADY WITH A WITHERED VIOLET . THOUGH fate 73 To Eva,
... The silly myrtle deemed its own . Eva ! behold thine image there , As fair , as false thy glances fall ; But who the worthless smile would share That sheds its light alike on all . L TO A LADY WITH A WITHERED VIOLET . THOUGH fate 73 To Eva,
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... Thine eyes were on me still , And there was comfort in each glance To charm the sense of ill . And were they absent now , Sall , I'd seek my bed of pain , And bless each pang that gave me back Thy looks of love again . Oh , pleasant is ...
... Thine eyes were on me still , And there was comfort in each glance To charm the sense of ill . And were they absent now , Sall , I'd seek my bed of pain , And bless each pang that gave me back Thy looks of love again . Oh , pleasant is ...
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ASTOR beam beauty beneath beneath the sky blue born bosom bower brave breast breath bright Bronx brow burning charm cheek clouds cold courser CULPRIT FAY dark dear death doom dreams earth elfin fade fairy fame feel FITZ-GREENE HALLECK flowers friends gaze gentle GEORGE DEARBORN glance glow grave Greece green harp hath heart heaven hope hour HUDSON RIVER JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE kiss land life's light linger look lyre moonlight moonshine morning mountain NEW-YORK night o'er October 31 pillow POEMS Poet's pride proud pure rainbow rock RODMAN DRAKE round shade sigh sing skies slumbers smile song sorrow soul spark spell spirit sprite star storm stream summer sweet sylphs tears thee thine thou art Thou hast thought tree voice wandering warm water-sprites wave weep WEST POINT wild wind wings Wyoming YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Page 65 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 66 - tis given To guard the banner of the free, To hover in the sulphur smoke, To ward away the battle-stroke, And bid its blendings shine afar, Like rainbows on the cloud of war, The harbingers of victory!
Page 66 - Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Page 22 - Tears fell, when thou wert dying, From eyes unused to weep, And long, where thou art lying, Will tears the cold turf steep. When hearts, whose truth was proven, Like thine, are laid in earth, There should a wreath be woven To tell the world their worth...
Page 67 - Flag of the seas! on ocean wave Thy stars shall glitter o'er the brave; When death, careering on the gale, Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back, Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and tliee. And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.
Page 5 - Her soldier, closing with the foe, Gives for thy sake a deadlier blow ; His plighted maiden, when she fears For him, the joy of her young years, Thinks of thy fate, and checks her tears : And she, the mother of thy boys, Though in her eye and faded cheek Is read the grief she will not speak, The memory of her buried joys, And even she who gave thee birth, Will, by their pilgrim-circled hearth, Talk of thy doom without a sigh : For thou art Freedom's now, and Fame's ; One of the few, the immortal...
Page 68 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home ! By angel hands to valor given ; Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Page 9 - Twas tied with threads of dawning gold, And buttoned with a sparkling star. Her face was like the lily roon That veils the vestal planet's hue; Her eyes, two beamlets from the moon, Set floating in the welkin blue. Her hair is like the sunny beam, And the diamond gems which round it gleam Are the pure drops of dewy even That ne'er have left their native heaven.
Page 12 - Strong sense, deep feeling, passions strong, A hate of tyrant and of knave, A love of right, a scorn of wrong, Of coward and of slave; A kind, true heart, a spirit high, That could not fear and would not bow. Were written in his manly eye And on his manly brow.