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The Vision of Judgment
The Vision of Judgment
I
Saint Peter sat by the celestial gate:
His keys were rusty, and the lock was dull,
So little trouble had…
There Be None of Beauty's Daughters
There Be None of Beauty's Daughters
There be none of Beauty's daughters
With a magic like Thee;
And like music on the waters
Is thy sweet…
The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown!
The Spell Is Broke, The Charm Is Flown!
The spell is broke; the charm is flown!
Thus is it with life's fitful fever:
We madly smile when we shoul…
The Siege and Conquest of Alhama
The Siege and Conquest of Alhama
The Moorish King rides up and down,
Through Granada's royal town;
From Elvira's gate to those
Of Bivaram…
The Prayer Of Nature
The Prayer Of Nature
Father of Light! great God of Heaven!
Hear'st thou the accents of despair?
Can guilt like man's be e'er forgiven?
Ca…
The Isles of Greece
The Isles of Greece
The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece!
Where burning Sappho loved and sung,
Where grew the arts of war and peace,
…
The Island: Canto III.
The Island: Canto III.
I.
The fight was o'er; the flashing through the gloom,
Which robes the cannon as he wings a tomb,
Had ceased; and …
The Island: Canto I.
The Island: Canto I.
I.
The morning watch was come; the vessel lay
Her course, and gently made her liquid way;
The cloven billow flashed …
The Giaour
The Giaour
A Fragment of a Turkish Tale
The tale which these disjointed fragments present, is founded upon circumstances now
less common …
The Harp The Monarch Minstrel Swept
The Harp The Monarch Minstrel Swept
The harp the monarch minstrel swept,
The King of men, the loved of Heaven,
Which Music hallow'd while she wep…
The Dream
The Dream
I
Our life is twofold; Sleep hath its own world,
A boundary between the things misnamed
Death and existence: Sleep hath…
The Eve Of Waterloo
The Eve Of Waterloo
There was a sound of revelry by night,
And Belgium's capital had gathered then
Her beauty and her chivalry, and bright
…
The Destruction of Sennacherib
The Destruction of Sennacherib
The Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;
And the sheen …
The Corsair
The Corsair
'O'er the glad waters of the dark blue sea,
Our thoughts as boundless, and our soul's as free
Far as the breeze can bear, the billows…
The Chain I Gave: From The Turkish
The Chain I Gave: From The Turkish
The chain I gave was fair to view,
The lute I added sweet in sound;
The heart that offer'd both was true,
The Conquest
The Conquest
The Son of Love and Lord of War I sing;
Him who bade England bow to Normandy
And left the name of conqueror more than king
T…
Substitute For An Epitaph
Substitute For An Epitaph
Kind Reader! take your choice to cry or laugh;
Here HAROLD lies, but where's his Epitaph?
If such you seek, try Westmin…
The Adieu
The Adieu
Written Under The Impression That The Author Would Soon Die.
Adieu, thou Hill! where early joy
Spread roses o'er my brow;
Stanzas Written On The Road Between Florence And Pisa
Stanzas Written On The Road Between Florence And Pisa
Oh, talk not to me of a name great in story;
The days of our youth are the days of our glory;
Stanzas To The Po
Stanzas To The Po
River, that rollest by the ancient walls,
Where dwells the Lady of my love, when she
Walks by thy brink, and there perchance re…
Stanzas To Augusta (II.)
Stanzas To Augusta (II.)
I.
Though the day of my destiny's over,
And the star of my fate hath declined,
Thy soft heart refused to discove…
Stanzas To A Lady, With The Poems Of Camoëns
Stanzas To A Lady, With The Poems Of Camoëns
This votive pledge of fond esteem,
Perhaps, dear girl! for me thou'lt prize;
It sings of Love's ench…
Stanzas For Music: There's Not A Joy The World Can Give
Stanzas For Music: There's Not A Joy The World Can Give
There's not a joy the world can give like that it takes away
When the glow of early thought decli…
Stanzas To A Hindoo Air
Stanzas To A Hindoo Air
Oh! my lonelylonelylonelyPillow!
Where is my lover? where is my lover?
Is it his bark which my dreary dreams discover?