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While Memory watches o'er the sad review Of joys that faded like the morning dew. (Thomas Campbell)
Melt and dispel, ye spectre-doubts, that roll Cimmerian darkness o'er the parting soul! View quote
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Another's sword has laid him low, Another's and another's; And every hand that dealt the blow- Ah me! it was a brother's! View quote
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Drink ye to her that each loves best! And if you nurse a flame That 's told but to her mutual breast, We will not ask her name. View quote
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p>Triumphal arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art. View quote
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Nor ever shall the Muse's eye Unraptured greet thy beam: Theme of primeval prophecy, Be still the poet's theme! View quote
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Let Winter come! let polar spirits sweep The darkening world, and tempest-troubled deep! View quote
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How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower, and town. View quote
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With thee, sweet Hope! resides the heav'nly light, That pours remotest rapture on the sight. View quote
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For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. View quote
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What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity? (Thomas Campbell)
Methinks, thy jubilee to keep, The first-made anthem rang On earth deliver'd from the deep, And the first poet sang. View quote
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Angel of life! thy glittering wings explore Earth's loneliest bounds, and Ocean's wildest shore. View quote
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The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! View quote
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On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I. View quote
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And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. View quote
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What millions died that Caesar might be great! View quote
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I'll meet the raging of the skies, but not an angry father. View quote
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The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory or the grave! Wave, Munich! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry! View quote
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An original something, dear maid, you would wish me to write; but how shall I begin? For I'm sure I have not original in me, Excepting Original Sin. View quote
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On the green banks of Shannon, when Sheelah was nigh, No blithe Irish lad was so happy as I, No harp like my own could so cheerily play, And wherever I went was my poor dog Tray. (Thomas Campbell)
What potent spirit guides the raptur'd eye To pierce the shades of dim futurity? Can Wisdom lend, with all her heav'nly pow'r, The pledge of Joy's anticipated hour?Ah, no! she darkly sees the fate of man- Her dim horizon bounded to a span; Or, if she hold an image to the view, Tis nature pictur'd too severely true. View quote
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Can all that optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow?When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place To cold material laws! And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High, Have told why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky. View quote
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How glorious is thy girdle cast O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam.For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man. View quote
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