A Collection of Miscellaneous Poems: Moral, Religious, Sentimental, and AmusingJ. Crissy, 1834 - 156 Seiten |
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A Collection of Miscellaneous Poems: Moral, Religious, Sentimental, and Amusing H S Gibson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
altars angel arms beams beauty beauty's beguile Behold birds birth blessed bliss bloom blush bosom breast breath breathing song bright bright eyes brighter brow burning charms cherub cloud dare darkness dead death deep depart dost doth dream dwells E'en earth eternal fade fair fame fancy fears feel FESTIVAL OF DEATH flame fled glory grave hath Havock heart heaven Hope's hopes hopes and fears immortal John lady life's light lips lisp living love's mighty mind mingled mortal mountain muse neath necromancy never o'er ocean pass pride pure repose rest rill rise shine sigh sing sink skies sleep slumber smile soft song soon soul spread summer sweet sylvan grove tears thee thine thou art thou hast thoughts throne thy dreams thy eyes thy spirit tomb truth twilight twill virtue's visions vital spark waves weep Whilst wings youth zephyrs
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 1 - Poetry has been to me its own " exceeding great reward :" it has soothed my afflictions ; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments ; it has endeared solitude ; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the Good and the Beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Seite 137 - Whose heavy swelling bosom' s still As death, when mountain waves shall be The subject of our Neptune's will. List, mariners ! the sea-bird screams, The tempest and the whirlwind's nigh ! Now starts, affrighted in his dreams, The sailor boy, whose visions fly, Like phantoms from the home of bliss That sailed on fancy's pinions there, To know that in a world like this, Hope's spirit leaves it in despair.
Seite 138 - As hope would shrink from panic fear. l 'll leave your crowded ship — farewell ; t seek my coral groves once more ; The next high mountain waves that swell, Shall dash ye on a flinty shore. The Hornet hath my warning heard — If fate should plunge her in the deep, The screaming of the wild sea bird, Shall ne'er disturb the dreamer's sleep. The mermaid sunk — the waves arose, On naked rocks they dashed their foam ; That fatal...
Seite 24 - ... where salvation's banners are unfurl'd. The power receives it back that gave it birth, That Liberty might feel its influence here; Here, where the dauntless heroes of the earth Brave death and danger in its stormy sphere ; Who live for all mankind as champions live, That meet in peril's hour thy country's foes; And die as thou hast died — and fame doth give A nation's tears to hallow thy repose. Sleep, thou whose battle-field was ocean's breast, Whose vast dominions stretch from pole to pole...
Seite 24 - ... Here, where the dauntless heroes of the earth Brave death and danger in its stormy sphere ; Who live for all mankind as champions live, That meet in peril's hour thy country's foes; And die as thou hast died — and fame doth give A nation's tears to hallow thy repose. Sleep, thou whose battle-field was ocean's breast, Whose vast dominions stretch from pole to pole ; Immortal honour hovers round thy rest — Sleep ! till the ocean can no longer roll Its waves from shore to shore ; And slumber...
Seite 138 - s sporting with my locks — l feel the stormy spirit's breath, That kisses on our coral rocks, Their mermaid messengers of death. More wildly now my ringlets wave— Destruction's hidden shoals are near ; Avoid them as thou would'st the grave, As hope would shrink from panic fear.
Seite 24 - ... thy country's foes; And die as thou hast died — and fame doth give A nation's tears to hallow thy repose. Sleep, thou whose battle-field was ocean's breast, Whose vast dominions stretch from pole to pole ; Immortal honour hovers round thy rest — Sleep ! till the ocean can no longer roll Its waves from shore to shore ; And slumber till thy spirit shall arise, Where blissful peace remains forevermore, And war's loud thunders cannot shake the skies. Thy sword sought not its sheath till we were...
Seite 24 - ... And, lower'd on its staff the banner sheet Was bound with mourning's badge — war's loud alarms Were hush'd, and lightly trod the soldiers' feet The listless earth, who follow'd to the grave Our country's champion — the navy's pride : Thus fall the gallant, and thus sink the brave In glory's lap at last, like him who died. Still roar the surges of the mighty sea, And still the tempest rages on the deep ; Son of the sea, and hero of the waves, • Where dwells thy spirit since it left the world...
Seite 127 - To see the portals close, of earthly bliss. " Behold !" the spirit said. A sable cloud I saw approach, and hover o'er the spot ; They struggled — soon its shadow was their shroud, And their fair forms laid in a coral grot.
Seite 127 - But, ere I slept, the sunshine of those days, Long since departed, and their brightness too, Burst on my mind like unexpected rays...