Specimen Of The Former Translation Of The Lass Of Fair Wone (Charlotte Dacre Poems)
HER sire, a harsh and angry man, With furious voice revil'd,"Hence from my sight, I'll none of thee-- ...
HER sire, a harsh and angry man, With furious voice revil'd,"Hence from my sight, I'll none of thee-- ...
ALAS for me!--ah! would that it were true I did not love thee--tyrant, then would I With calmness ...
OH, Madness! worst of ev'ry ill!'Twere mercy more the wretch to kill, Than thou should'st give the blow:Come racking ...
SO full my thoughts are of thee, that I swear All else is hateful to my troubl'd soul; ...
By an unknown Hand. IN ANSWER TO HER LINES INTITLED 'THE PHILOSOPHER.' 'TIS not indiff'rent, I would have you prove; ...
On being prevented by severe illness from going thither. SWEET spot! it cannot e'er offend I deem, That I ...
O'ER an immeasurable space, the eyeSaw conic mountains tap'ring to the sky,And caverns dark as Acheron between,Vast pits for graves ...
AS slow I wander'd o'er yon barren heath, Musing on woes to come--on evils past, Cursing that fate ...
WHY frequent wanders in the dead of night, The pensive Laura thro' the forest's gloom?Why dares, regardless, the terrific ...
'TIS Meditation that delights to dwell In deep seclusion; silently to roam,Oft list'ning thoughtful to the distant knell, ...
TRUANT! you love me not--the reason this, You told me that you lov'd a maid before; And tho', perchance, ...
RETURN, sweet Peace, and shed thy glories round, And spread thy fair wings o'er a troubled isle;No more let ...
BEHOLD, within that cavern drear and dank, Whose walls in rainbow tints so dimly shine,A wretch, with swollen eyes ...
HATING the gentle zephyrs am'rous sighs, Hating the smoothness of the glassy main,From prison'd cave, impatient to arise, ...
MISTY his face, and rueful to behold; His eyes like dimly shining stars were seen:And cloudy vestments did his ...
INDIFFERENCE! nymph of calm, unruffled brow, I hail thee, henceforth, as a welcome guest;Thy easy chain of flow'rets round ...
HIS ruby cheek made orient crimson pale,His gelid hair did stiffen in the gale;Like silv'ry wire it glitter'd in the ...
'TIS she, the nymph with dripping hair, Who, when Aquarius rules the sky,With dewy robes and bosom bare, ...
The Metamorphosis. Of late I saw thee gay, Thine eyes with lustre shone,Oh! gentle shepherd, say, Thy mirth, ...
OH, Sleep! kind god, approach thy gentle wand, And strew thy poppies round my aching head,Lay on my lids ...
WHERE the hoarse billows rush upon the shore, Where shrieks some screech-owl's melancholy voice,Where the bleak winds in ...
HAST thou not seen the blooming rose Turn to the God of day?Her fragrant treasures all disclose, Enchanted ...
SEE light the hills adorning, The lark begins her strains,As brightly gleams the morning, Wide breaking o'er the ...
OH! Thou whose breath empoisons the sweet air,Whose heart is evil, and whose mind despair;Whose baleful tongue the fairest fame ...
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