Manfred. Hebrew melodies. Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte. Monody on the death of Sheridan. Lament of Tasso. Poems. Prophecy of Dante. CainJohn Murray, 1828 |
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... Thyself to be thy proper Hell ! And on thy head I pour the vial Which doth devote thee to this trial ; Nor to slumber , nor to die , Shall be in thy destiny ; Though thy death shall still seem near To thy wish , but as a fear ; Lo ! the ...
... Thyself to be thy proper Hell ! And on thy head I pour the vial Which doth devote thee to this trial ; Nor to slumber , nor to die , Shall be in thy destiny ; Though thy death shall still seem near To thy wish , but as a fear ; Lo ! the ...
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... Thy self - respect , grafted on innocent thoughts ; Thy days of health , and nights of sleep ; thy toils , By danger dignified , yet guiltless ; hopes Of cheerful old age and a quiet grave , With cross and garland over its green turf ...
... Thy self - respect , grafted on innocent thoughts ; Thy days of health , and nights of sleep ; thy toils , By danger dignified , yet guiltless ; hopes Of cheerful old age and a quiet grave , With cross and garland over its green turf ...
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... thyself ; My prayers shall be for thee . Man . I need them not , But can endure thy pity . I depart ' Tis time - farewell ! —Here's gold , and thanks for thee— No words - it is thy due . - Follow me not- : - I know my path - the ...
... thyself ; My prayers shall be for thee . Man . I need them not , But can endure thy pity . I depart ' Tis time - farewell ! —Here's gold , and thanks for thee— No words - it is thy due . - Follow me not- : - I know my path - the ...
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... being , With whom I wore the chain of human ties ; If I had such , they seem'd not such to me- Yet there was one— Witch . Spare not thyself - proceed . Man . She was like me in lineaments her eyes 26 ACT II . MANFRED .
... being , With whom I wore the chain of human ties ; If I had such , they seem'd not such to me- Yet there was one— Witch . Spare not thyself - proceed . Man . She was like me in lineaments her eyes 26 ACT II . MANFRED .
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... Des . Enter NEMESIS . Say , where hast thou been ? My sisters and thyself are slow to - night . Nem . I was detain'd repairing shatter'd thrones , Marrying fools , restoring dynasties , Avenging men upon their 32 ACT II . MANFRED .
... Des . Enter NEMESIS . Say , where hast thou been ? My sisters and thyself are slow to - night . Nem . I was detain'd repairing shatter'd thrones , Marrying fools , restoring dynasties , Avenging men upon their 32 ACT II . MANFRED .
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Page 193 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Page 51 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 61 - And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent ! THE HARP THE MONARCH MINSTREL SWEPT.
Page 87 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...
Page 195 - Should her lineaments resemble Those thou never more may'st see, Then thy heart will softly tremble With a pulse yet true to me. All my faults perchance thou knowest, All my madness none can know ; All my hopes, where'er thou goest, Wither, yet with thee they go. Every feeling hath been shaken ; Pride, which not a world could bow. Bows to thee — by thee forsaken, Even my soul forsakes me now...
Page 148 - I will not ask where thou liest low, Nor gaze upon the spot; There flowers or weeds at will may grow, So I behold them not: It is enough for me to prove That what I loved, and long must love, Like common earth can rot; To me there needs no stone to tell, Tis nothing that I loved so well.
Page 213 - A fearful hope was all the world contained ; Forests were set on fire — but hour by hour They fell and faded — and the crackling trunks Extinguished with a crash — and all was black. The brows of men by the despairing light Wore an unearthly aspect, as by fits The flashes fell upon them...
Page 191 - Then the mortal coldness of the soul like death itself comes down ; It cannot feel for others' woes, it dare not dream its own ; That heavy chill has frozen o'er the fountain of our tears, And though the eye may sparkle still, 'tis where the ice appears.
Page 188 - They name thee before me, A knell to mine ear; A shudder comes o'er me — Why wert thou so dear? They know not I knew thee Who knew thee too well : Long, long shall I rue thee Too deeply to tell.
Page 218 - I saw two beings in the hues of youth Standing upon a hill, a gentle hill, Green and of mild declivity, the last As 'twere the cape of a long ridge of such, Save that there was no sea to lave its base, But a most living landscape, and the wave Of woods and cornfields, and the abodes of men Scatter'd at intervals, and wreathing smoke Arising from such rustic roofs ; — the hill Was crowned with a peculiar diadem Of trees, in circular array, so fix'd, Not by the sport of nature, but of man...