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Stanzas Composed During A Thunderstorm
Stanzas Composed During A Thunderstorm
Chill and mirk is the nightly blast,
Where Pindus' mountains rise,
And angry clouds are pouring fa…
Sonnet, To The Same (Genevra)
Sonnet, To The Same (Genevra)
Thy cheek is pale with thought, but not from woe,
And yet so lovely, that if Mirth could flush
Its rose of whitenes…
Sonnet to Lake Leman
Sonnet to Lake Leman
Rousseau Voltaire
our
Gibbon De
Staël Leman!
these names are worthy of thy shore,
Thy shore of names…
Sonnet - to Genevra
Sonnet - to Genevra
Thy cheek is pale with thought, but not from woe,
And yet so lovely, that if Mirth could flush
Its rose of whiteness with the…
Song For The Luddites
Song For The Luddites
I.
As the Liberty lads o'er the sea
Bought their freedom, and cheaply, with blood,
So we, boys, we
Will die…
So We'll Go No More a-Roving
So We'll Go No More a-Roving
So we'll go no more aroving
So late into the night,
Though the heart still be as loving,
And the moon still …
Saul
Saul
Thou whose spell can raise the dead,
Bid the prophet's form appear.
'Samuel, raise thy buried head!
King, behold the phantom…
Remind Me Not, Remind Me Not
Remind Me Not, Remind Me Not
Remind me not, remind me not,
Of those beloved, those vanish'd hours,
When all my soul was given to thee;
Ho…
Remember Thee! Remember Thee!
Remember Thee! Remember Thee!
Remember thee! remember thee!
Till Lethe quench life's burning stream
Remorse and shame shall cling to thee,
…
Prometheus
Prometheus
Titan! to whose immortal eyes
The sufferings of mortality,
Seen in their sad reality,
Were not as things that …
On this Day I Complete my Thirty-Sixth Year
On this Day I Complete my Thirty-Sixth Year
'Tis time the heart should be unmoved,
Since others it hath ceased to move:
Yet, though I cannot be b…
Oscar Of Alva: A Tale
Oscar Of Alva: A Tale
How sweetly shines through azure skies,
The lamp of heaven on Lora's shore;
Where Alva's hoary turrets rise,
And he…
On The Day Of The Destruction Of Jerusalem By Titus
On The Day Of The Destruction Of Jerusalem By Titus
From the last hill that looks on thy once holy dome,
I beheld thee, oh Sion! when render'd to Rome: <…
On The Death Of Mr. Fox
On The Death Of Mr. Fox
The following iiliberal impromptu appeared in a morning papaer:
'Our nation's foes lament on Fox's death,
But ble…
On The Bust Of Helen By Canova
On The Bust Of Helen By Canova
In this beloved marble view,
Above the works and thoughts of man,
What Nature could, but would not, do,
An…
On Revisiting Harrow
On Revisiting Harrow
Here once engaged the stranger's view
Young Friendship's record simply traced;
Few were her words; but yet, though few,
On My Thirty-Third Birthday, January 22, 1821
On My Thirty-Third Birthday, January 22, 1821
Through life's dull road, so dim and dirty,
I have dragg'd to threeandthirty.
What have these years…
On Napoleon's Escape From Elba
On Napoleon's Escape From Elba
Once fairly set out on his party of pleasure,
Taking towns at his liking, and crowns at his leisure,
From Elba to …
On Chillon
On Chillon
Eternal Spirit of the chainless Mind!
Brightest in dungeons, Liberty, thou art;
For there thy habitation is the heart—
The hea…
On Lord Thurlow's Poems
On Lord Thurlow's Poems
When Thurlow this damn'd nonsense sent
(I hope I am not violent),
Nor men nor gods knew what he meant.
On A Nun
On A Nun
Of two fair virgins, modest, though admired,
Heaven made us happy; and now, wretched sires,
Heaven for a nobler doom their worth desires…
On A Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken
On A Cornelian Heart Which Was Broken
Illfated
Heart! And can it be,
That thou should'st thus be rent in vain?
Have years of care for thi…
Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte
Ode To Napoleon Buonaparte
'Expends Annibalem:quot
libras in duce summo
Invenies?~JUVENAL., Sat. X.
I.
Tis donebut
…
Oh! Weep For Those
Oh! Weep For Those
I.
Oh! Weep for those that wept by Babel's stream,
Whose shrines are desolate, whose land a dream,
Weep for the harp o…