A Collection of One Hundred Pieces of English Literature: Fifty in Prose and Fifty in Verse : Accompanied with a Variety of Notes for the Use of the Inhabitants of the Netherlands, Volume 1Nayler en Company, 1830 |
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Page 9
... Trembling , hoping , lingering , flying- Oh the pain , the bliss of dying ! Cease , fond Nature , cease thy strife , And let me languish into Life . Hark ! they whisper- angels say , Sister spirit , come away ! ' What is this absorbs me ...
... Trembling , hoping , lingering , flying- Oh the pain , the bliss of dying ! Cease , fond Nature , cease thy strife , And let me languish into Life . Hark ! they whisper- angels say , Sister spirit , come away ! ' What is this absorbs me ...
Page 12
... tremble in their capitals , The oak - leviathans , whose huge ribs make Their clay - creator the vain title take Of Lord of Thee , and arbiter of war These are Thy toys ; and , as the snowy flake , They melt into Thy yest of waves ...
... tremble in their capitals , The oak - leviathans , whose huge ribs make Their clay - creator the vain title take Of Lord of Thee , and arbiter of war These are Thy toys ; and , as the snowy flake , They melt into Thy yest of waves ...
Page 37
... Tremble through your troubled breast , Soft as evening o'er the ocean When she charms the waves to rest ? Have you lost a friend , or brother ? Heard a father's parting breath ? Gazed upon a lifeless mother , Till she seemed to wake ...
... Tremble through your troubled breast , Soft as evening o'er the ocean When she charms the waves to rest ? Have you lost a friend , or brother ? Heard a father's parting breath ? Gazed upon a lifeless mother , Till she seemed to wake ...
Page 39
... Trembling , pale , and agonizing , While you mourned the vision gone , Bright the Morning - Star arising Opened heaven , from whence it shone . Thither all your wishes bending , Rose in ecstacy sublime ; Thither all your hopes ascending ...
... Trembling , pale , and agonizing , While you mourned the vision gone , Bright the Morning - Star arising Opened heaven , from whence it shone . Thither all your wishes bending , Rose in ecstacy sublime ; Thither all your hopes ascending ...
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... Tremble , thou wretch , That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipped of justice . Hide thee , thou bloody hand ; Thou perjure , and thou similar of virtue , That art incestuous . Caitiff to pieces shake , That under covert and ...
... Tremble , thou wretch , That hast within thee undivulged crimes Unwhipped of justice . Hide thee , thou bloody hand ; Thou perjure , and thou similar of virtue , That art incestuous . Caitiff to pieces shake , That under covert and ...
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