English Minstrelsy: Being a Selection of Fugitive Poetry from the Best English Authors; with Some Original Pieces, Hitherto Unpublished, Volume 2Walter Scott J. Ballantyne and Company, 1810 - English poetry |
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Page 15
... gleams of light : So that the gay scene by degrees Bathes my blithe heart in extasies ; And Fancy to my ravish'd sight Pourtrays her kindred visions bright . 10 At length the parting light subdues My softened soul to 15.
... gleams of light : So that the gay scene by degrees Bathes my blithe heart in extasies ; And Fancy to my ravish'd sight Pourtrays her kindred visions bright . 10 At length the parting light subdues My softened soul to 15.
Page 17
... bright sun's returning power With laughing beam has chased the storm , And chear'd reviving Nature's form ; By sweet - brier hedges , bathed in dew , Let me my wholesome path pursue : There issuing forth , the frequent snail Wears the ...
... bright sun's returning power With laughing beam has chased the storm , And chear'd reviving Nature's form ; By sweet - brier hedges , bathed in dew , Let me my wholesome path pursue : There issuing forth , the frequent snail Wears the ...
Page 43
... Bright , and blushing , as the morn , Not on earth a mortal born ? Shafts , to pierce the strong , I view , Wings , the flying to pursue ; Victim of his power , behind Stalks a slave of human kind , Whose disdain of all the free Speaks ...
... Bright , and blushing , as the morn , Not on earth a mortal born ? Shafts , to pierce the strong , I view , Wings , the flying to pursue ; Victim of his power , behind Stalks a slave of human kind , Whose disdain of all the free Speaks ...
Page 85
... And darkness and doubt are now flying away . ' No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn . So breaks on the traveller , faint , and astray , The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn . See Truth , Love , and Mercy , in triumph 85.
... And darkness and doubt are now flying away . ' No longer I roam in conjecture forlorn . So breaks on the traveller , faint , and astray , The bright and the balmy effulgence of morn . See Truth , Love , and Mercy , in triumph 85.
Page 107
... BRIGHT her locks of beauty grew , Curling fair and sweetly flowing ; And her eyes of smiling blue , Oh how soft ! how heavenly glowing ! Ah poor plundered heart of pain ! When wilt thou have end of mourning ? This long , long year I ...
... BRIGHT her locks of beauty grew , Curling fair and sweetly flowing ; And her eyes of smiling blue , Oh how soft ! how heavenly glowing ! Ah poor plundered heart of pain ! When wilt thou have end of mourning ? This long , long year I ...
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anguish Ave Maris Stella bard behold beneath blest bliss bloom blow bosom bower breast breath breeze bright brow charms cheek cherub cruel dark dear death delight doth dwell e'er eyes Fain fair fate fear flowers fond fondly friends gaze gentle glowing grace green grief grove Hallow my fancie hand harp haste hear heart heaven hope hour humble JOANNA BAILLIE JOHN LEYDEN light lonely love is dead maid maze of Fate MONODY morn mortal mourn murmurs muse ne'er night nymph o'er once pain peace pensive pity plundered heart repose round rove scene shade shines sighs SIR JOHN MORRIS smile soft song sooth sorrow soul Star stept strain stream sweet tale tears thee thine thought thy EMMA's touch of joy trembling VINCENT BOURNE voice wake wave whither wilt thou wild willow tree wilt thou go wind wings youth