The tradition of the castle; or, Scenes in the Emerald isle, Volum 1;Volum 1824

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Pàgina 245 - from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs; how many drink the cup Of baleful grief, or eat the bitter bread Of misery ; sore pierc'd by wintry winds, How many shrink into the sordid hut Of cheerless poverty. How many, rack'd with honest passions, droop In deep retir'd distress.
Pàgina 1 - Sunk are thy bowers in shapeless ruin all, And the long grass o'ertops the mould'ring wall; And, trembling, shrinking from the spoiler's hand, Far, far away, thy children leave the land.
Pàgina 329 - But happy they, the happiest of their kind, Whom gentler stars unite, and in one fate Their hearts, their fortunes, and their beings blend. Tis not the coarser tie of human
Pàgina 101 - to tell, Bat gaze on that of the gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well; As large as languishingly dark, But soul beamed forth in every spark That darted from beneath the lid, Bright as the jewel of Giamschid.
Pàgina 101 - On her might muftis gaze, and own That through her eye the immortal shone; On her fair cheeks' unfading hue The young pomegranates blossoms strew Their bloom in blushes ever new. Her hair, in hyacinthine flow, When left to roll its folds below, As midst her
Pàgina 329 - Perfect esteem, enlivened by desire Ineffable, and sympathy of soul; Thought meeting thought, and will preventing will, With boundless confidence ; for nought but love Can answer love, and render bliss secure.
Pàgina 101 - blossoms strew Their bloom in blushes ever new. Her hair, in hyacinthine flow, When left to roll its folds below, As midst her handmaids in the hall She stood superior to them nil, Hath swept the marble.
Pàgina 154 - near us, yet beyond us lies, O'erlook'd, seen double, by the fool and wise ; Plant of celestial seed, if dropp'd below, Say in what mortal soil
Pàgina 102 - As rears her crest the ruffled swan, And spurns the wave with wings of pride, When pass the steps of stranger man Along the banks that bound her tide, Thus rose fair
Pàgina 102 - whiter neck, Thus armed with beauty would she check Intrusion's glance, till Folly's gaze Shrunk from the charms it meant to praise— Thus high and graceful was her gait.

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