The Pelican Island, and Other PoemsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827 - 264 páginas Autograph manuscript signed; bound with a presentation ALS from Montgomery to Thomas Raffles, 1829 Apr 17. |
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... Light was an element of life , and air The clothing of my incorporeal form , - A form impalpable to mortal touch , And volatile as fragrance from the flower , Or music in the woodlands . What the soul Can make itself at pleasure , that ...
... Light was an element of life , and air The clothing of my incorporeal form , - A form impalpable to mortal touch , And volatile as fragrance from the flower , Or music in the woodlands . What the soul Can make itself at pleasure , that ...
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... lights , like living eyes , that look'd At once on me from every side , I stood , ( Motion and rest with me were mere volition , ) Myself perhaps a star among the rest ! But here again I found no fellowship ; Sight could not reach , nor ...
... lights , like living eyes , that look'd At once on me from every side , I stood , ( Motion and rest with me were mere volition , ) Myself perhaps a star among the rest ! But here again I found no fellowship ; Sight could not reach , nor ...
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... light , Twinkled from east to west by one consent . The constellations round the arctic pole , That never set to us , here scarcely rose , But in their stead , Orion through the north Pursued the Pleiads ; Sirius , with his keen , Quick ...
... light , Twinkled from east to west by one consent . The constellations round the arctic pole , That never set to us , here scarcely rose , But in their stead , Orion through the north Pursued the Pleiads ; Sirius , with his keen , Quick ...
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... Light as a flake of foam upon the wind , Keel upward from the deep emerged a shell , Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is fill'd ; Fraught with young life , it righted as it rose , And moved at will along the yielding water . The ...
... Light as a flake of foam upon the wind , Keel upward from the deep emerged a shell , Shaped like the moon ere half her horn is fill'd ; Fraught with young life , it righted as it rose , And moved at will along the yielding water . The ...
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... light wings , that flung a diamond shower Of dew - drops round its evanescent form , Sprang into light , and instantly descended . Ere I could greet the stranger as a friend , Or mourn his quick departure , on the surge , - A shoal of ...
... light wings , that flung a diamond shower Of dew - drops round its evanescent form , Sprang into light , and instantly descended . Ere I could greet the stranger as a friend , Or mourn his quick departure , on the surge , - A shoal of ...
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2d Edit abyss amidst appear'd art Thou Author beautiful beheld beneath billow birds birth Blessed bliss bosom BOTANY breast breath breeze burthen CANTO child clouds coloured coral reef darkness dead death dreams earth Engravings eternity evanescent fill'd fire flood foolscap 8vo gaze glory Green happy hath heart heaven hope isle J. C. LOUDON JOHN BRITTON kindred knew land light living look'd mind morn mountains musquitos Nature Nature's nest never night o'er ocean open'd Orme peace PELICAN ISLAND Plates Poems prey Price 11 printed for Longman rain reef Rees Right Ho rock round scene SCOTTISH BORDER seem'd shine small isle song soul spirit star by star stars strange sup.-roy sweet thee THOMAS MOORE Thou art thought trees turn'd Twas vanish'd voice Vols Volumes Voyages watch'd waves whence wild wind wings young
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