Edwin and Eltrada, a Legendary Tale (Helen Maria Williams Poems)
Where the pure Derwent's waters glide Along their mossy bed,Close by the river's verdant side, A castle rear'd its head.The antient pile ...
Where the pure Derwent's waters glide Along their mossy bed,Close by the river's verdant side, A castle rear'd its head.The antient pile ...
Character of ZAMOR , a bard—His passion for ACILOE , daughter of the Cazique who rules the valley—The Peruvian tribe ...
I. While envious crowds the summit view, Where Danger with Ambition strays; Or far, with anxious step, pursue Pale Av'rice, thro' his winding ways; The ...
I. Rise, winds of night! relentless tempests, rise! Rush from the troubled clouds, and o'er me roll! In this chill pause a deeper ...
The troops of ALMAGRO and ALPHONSO meet on the plain of CUZCO —. MANCO -CAPAC attacks them by nights—His army ...
PIZARRO takes possession of Cuzco—The fanaticism of VALVERDA , aSpanish priest—Its dreadful effects—A Peruvian priest put to the tor-ture—His Daughter's ...
I.As wand'ring late on Albion's shoreThat chains the rude tempestuous deep,I heard the hollow surges roarAnd vainly beat her guardian ...
The hollow winds of night no moreIn wild, unequal cadence pour,On musing fancy's wakeful ear,The groan of agony severeFrom yon ...
ALMAGRO'S expedition to Chili—His troops suffer great hardships from cold, in crossing the Andes—They reach Chili—The Chilians make a brave ...
FAIR OTAHEITE , fondly blest By him who long was doom'd to brave The fury of the Polar wave, That fiercely mounts the ...
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared thelight and the sun.Thou hast set all the ...
As roam'd a pilgrim o'er the mountain drear, On whose lone verge the foaming billows roar,The wail of hopeless sorrow pierc'd ...
Description of Peru, and of its Productions—Virtues of the People;and of their Monarch, ATALIBA —His love for ALZIRA —Their Nup-tials ...
PIZARRO lands with the Forces—His meeting with ATALIBA —Its un-happy consequences—ZORAI dies—ATALIBA imprisoned, and strangled—Despair of ALZIRA . Flush'd with impatient ...
I. Abash'd the rebel squadrons yield— MACBETH , the victor of the field, Exulting, past the blasted wild; And where his dark o'erhanging towers Frown ...
ADDRESSEDTO MY NEPHEWATHANASE C. L. COQUEREL,ON HIS WEDDING DAY, 1819.CHILD of my heart! while others hailThis festive morn, when joys ...
"Drear cell! along whose lonely bounds, Unvisited by light, Chill silence dwells with night,Save where the clanging fetter sounds! Abyss, where mercy never ...
I. Pale moon! thy mild benignant lightMay glad some other captive's sight;Bright'ning the gloomy objects nigh,Thy beams a lenient thought supply:But, ...
Minister of the United States at Paris, WHO DIED AT NAROWITCH IN POLAND, ON HIS RETURNFROM WILNA, DEC. 26, 1812. WHERE ...
While thee I seek, protecting Power!Be my vain wishes still'd;And may this consecrated hourWith better hopes be fill'd.Thy love the ...
O, ever skilled to wear the form we love!To bid the shapes of fear and grief depart; Come, gentle Hope! with ...
WHO SENT ME FLOWERS, WHEN CONFINED BYILLNESS.WHILE sickness still my step detainsFrom scenes where vernal pleasure reigns,Where Spring has bath'd ...
While soon the "garden's flaunting flowers" decay,And, scatter'd on the earth, neglected lie, The "Mountain Daisy," cherish'd by the rayA poet ...
PATHWAY of light! o'er thy empurpled zone,With lavish charms, perennial summer strays;Soft 'midst thy spicy groves the zephyr plays, While far ...
The glitt'ring colours of the day are fled;Come, melancholy orb! that dwell'st with night, Come! and o'er earth thy wand'ring lustre ...
SUBLIME Calbassia! luxuriant tree,How soft the gloom thy bright-hued foliage throws!While from thy pulp a healing balsam flows, Whose power the ...
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