Sensibility: The Stranger, and Other PoemsHarper, 1818 - 319 páginas |
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... blest be thine early years , 66 May no affliction dim thine eyes with tears , " May Hope thy steps through life's rough path attend , " And never leave thee till the journey end ; 66 May'st thou in form be manly as thy sire 14 SENSIBILITY .
... blest be thine early years , 66 May no affliction dim thine eyes with tears , " May Hope thy steps through life's rough path attend , " And never leave thee till the journey end ; 66 May'st thou in form be manly as thy sire 14 SENSIBILITY .
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... blest vot'ries , Sensibility ! Look where the good man calmly lays his head Upon the pillow of affliction's bed : No pangs remorseful rend his peaceful breast , Death wafts his spirit to eternal rest ; While health and fortune crown'd ...
... blest vot'ries , Sensibility ! Look where the good man calmly lays his head Upon the pillow of affliction's bed : No pangs remorseful rend his peaceful breast , Death wafts his spirit to eternal rest ; While health and fortune crown'd ...
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... blest influence fill the soul with light ; Sweet as a moon - beam smiling on the wave , Dost thou look down to guide , to cheer , and save ! So when Jehovah on lov'd Lazarus ** bier Let fall the unearthly , heaven - descended tear , The ...
... blest influence fill the soul with light ; Sweet as a moon - beam smiling on the wave , Dost thou look down to guide , to cheer , and save ! So when Jehovah on lov'd Lazarus ** bier Let fall the unearthly , heaven - descended tear , The ...
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... blest light on others beams in vain . Lo , Cæsar musing on the Rubicon , Exclaims , " The die is cast , the work's begun- " Let Janus , now obedient to the fates , " Unbind his fiends , ope wide his massive gates . " Had not ambitious ...
... blest light on others beams in vain . Lo , Cæsar musing on the Rubicon , Exclaims , " The die is cast , the work's begun- " Let Janus , now obedient to the fates , " Unbind his fiends , ope wide his massive gates . " Had not ambitious ...
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... silver lyre , And fill my soul with more than mortal fire ; With sounds celestial soothe my throbbing heart , Till ev'ry grov❜ling , earth - born care depart : Awake , awake , blest pow'r , thy hallow'd lay 40 SENSIBILITY .
... silver lyre , And fill my soul with more than mortal fire ; With sounds celestial soothe my throbbing heart , Till ev'ry grov❜ling , earth - born care depart : Awake , awake , blest pow'r , thy hallow'd lay 40 SENSIBILITY .
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Términos y frases comunes
abbot affliction's amidst angel anguish art thou Augustine Azid beam behold blest bliss bold bands bosom breast breath bright bright eye canker-worm charm cheek cheer cloud cold dæmon dead death death's domain delight despair divine doom'd dost E'en e'er earth earthly ev'ry fair fate father feeling flow'r giv'n gloom glory grace grave grief hallow'd hapless heart heav'n heav'nly holy hope hour king of day life's light lips Logan look'd Lord lov'd lustre lyre mind misery mortal Mount Thabor mourn ne'er never night o'er pale pangs peace pensive pleas'd pleasure poor pow'r pray'r pride Pythias R. B. SHERIDAN reign repose rest scene seem'd Sensibility shade shed shine sigh silent smile sooth sorrow soul spirit Stranger sweet tears thee thine thought tomb Twas vale virtue weary ween weep wild wilt thou youth
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Página 24 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 24 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 22 - I may challenge the whole orations of Demosthenes and Cicero, and of any more eminent orator, if Europe has furnished more eminent, to produce a single passage, superior to the speech of Logan, a Mingo chief, to Lord Dunmore, when governor of this state.
Página 23 - In the spring of the year 1774, a robbery and murder were committed on an inhabitant of the frontiers of Virginia, by two Indians of the Shawanee tribe. The neighbouring whites, according to their custom, undertook to punish this, outrage in a summary way. Colonel Cresap, a man infamous for the many murders he had committed on those much injured people, collected a party and proceeded down the Kanhaway in quest of vengeance.
Página 23 - Logan, who had long been distinguished as a friend of the whites. This unworthy return provoked his vengeance. He accordingly signalized himself in the war which ensued. In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia.
Página 23 - Cresap and his party concealed themselves on the bank of the river ; and the moment the canoe reached the shore, singled out their objects, and at one fire killed every person in it.
Página 23 - ... speech, to be delivered to lord Dunmore. " I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat: if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the...
Página 23 - Mingoes, and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia. The Indians were defeated, and sued for peace. Logan however disdained to be seen among the suppliants. But, lest the sincerity of a treaty should be distrusted, from which so distinguished a chief absented himself, he sent by a messenger the following speech to be delivered to Lord Dunmore. 'I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed...
Página 202 - Each village lass is proud to wear Her newest gown and bonnet, While dames of threescore whisper near And moralise upon it.