The Warrior's Return, and Other PoemsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 - 185 pages |
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abbess Affliction's arms beam beauteous beauties Behold bless blest bloom boast Borrowdale bosom breast breath bright brow Byzantium canst charms cheek child chilling Clermont cloud cold COMET conscious cried daring dark dear despair disdain dread drest Dunston e'er Editha Editha's Euphrasia exclaimed falchion fame father's fears feel fond fondly forget frown gaze glance glowing grief groan hail hast heard Heaven Henry Henry's Hispaniola Holy Land hope hopeless love hour Julia last embrace Laura leave thee lips look LOTHARIO Love's LUCAYAN'S SONG maid Methinks midnight Montrose mountains mournful ne'er never nought nuptial nymphs o'er o'erjoyed once pale pangs passion pity plain Poor Kate prayer pride prize proud RICHARD TAYLOR Saracen scenes scorn seek sigh sight silence smile soft sorrow soul sparkling speak sweet swell tears tender thine eye thou art throb thy heart towers trembling Twas vainly voice Walter youth Zama
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Page 49 - The eye's mild beam that speaks the candid mind, Which, sportive oft, yet fearful to offend, By humour charms, but never wounds a friend. But in my breast contending feelings rise, While this lov'd semblance...
Page 70 - ... children. With this idea, they continue for hours on the coast, until nature becomes utterly exhausted, when, stretching out their arms towards the ocean, as if to take a last embrace of their distant country and relatives, they sink down and expire without a groan...
Page 69 - ... thither, to partake of the bliss which they enjoyed. That simple people listened with wonder and credulity, and, fond of visiting their relations and friends in that happy region, followed the Spaniards with eagerness.
Page 85 - He ceased, and Lucy checked the thought That he might at th* altar die— The prayer with such true love was fraught, How could she such a prayer deny ? They reached the church,— her cheek was wan With chilling fears of coming woe, But triumph, when the rites began. Lent Henry's cheek a flattering glow. The nuptial knot was scarcely tied. When Henry's eye strange lustre fired ; • She's mine : she's mine !" he falt'ring cried, And in that throb of joy expired.
Page 69 - Indians resided, by whom they were sent to invite their descendants to resort thither, to partake of the bliss enjoyed there by happy spirits. That simple people listened with wonder and credulity ;. and fond of visiting their relations and friends in that happy region, followed the Spaniards with eagerness. By this artifice, above forty thousand were decoyed into Hispaniola, to share in the suffer- BOOK ings which were the lot of the inhabitants of that island, and to mingle their groans and tears...
Page 83 - Round youthful Henry's restless bed His weeping friends and parents pressed; But she who raised his languid head He loved far more than all the rest. Fond mutual love their bosoms fired; And nearly dawned their bridal day, When every hope at once expired, For Henry on his death-bed lay. The fatal truth the sufferer read In weeping Lucy's downcast eye: "And must I, must I, then," he said, "Ere thou art mine, my Lucy, die!" "No. . . . deign to grant my last, last prayer; 'Twould soothe thy lover's...
Page 50 - I'm of the giver proud. Thus pride and friendship war with equal strife, And now the FRIEND exults, and now the WIFE.
Page 85 - He ceas'd: and Lucy checked the thought That he might at the altar die, . . . The prayer with such true love was fraught, How could she such a prayer deny? "They reached the church . . . her cheek was wan With chilling fears of coming woe . . . But triumph when the rites began Lent Henry's cheek a flattering glow.
Page 144 - But these, however, are in precisely the same train of thought as the following: — And oft we see gay ivy's wreath The tree with brilliant bloom o'erspread, When, part its leaves and gaze beneath, We find the hidden tree is dead.
Page 131 - Perhaps," and high she drew her head, " Perhaps that I to earth tonight Shine with unwonted beauty bright; And therefore mortals in amaze Come crowding forth on me to gaze ;" And then,....for heavenly beauties love, Like earthly ones, applause to move,....