Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and Infringement on the Rights of Man: In Six Books, with Notes Explanatory and MiscellaneousS. Engles, 1805 - 358 pages |
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... Pity us while we lift our suppliant hands , For lo , keen misery before thee stands . Twice ten tempestuous nights we roll'd resign'd To roaring billows and the veering wind : Heav'n bade the deep to spare , but heav'n our foe , Spares ...
... Pity us while we lift our suppliant hands , For lo , keen misery before thee stands . Twice ten tempestuous nights we roll'd resign'd To roaring billows and the veering wind : Heav'n bade the deep to spare , but heav'n our foe , Spares ...
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... pity and to feel . From Russian fields sad wand'rers o'er the main , Behold the relics of the Russian train ; Through various seas by various perils toss'd , And forc'd by storms unwilling on your coast ; Far from our destin'd course ...
... pity and to feel . From Russian fields sad wand'rers o'er the main , Behold the relics of the Russian train ; Through various seas by various perils toss'd , And forc'd by storms unwilling on your coast ; Far from our destin'd course ...
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... pity weep and melt , Those cannot sympathize who never felt : The youth who ' scap'd now hastens to impart With weeping eyes and agonizing heart . Swift fled the lad , nor not a moment stands Till he had reach'd the town and warrior ...
... pity weep and melt , Those cannot sympathize who never felt : The youth who ' scap'd now hastens to impart With weeping eyes and agonizing heart . Swift fled the lad , nor not a moment stands Till he had reach'd the town and warrior ...
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... pity touch'd the hero's yielding heart , Who still suspended the destroying dart ; Compassion pleads , and pleading gains the prize , The youth he spares , and bids the youth arise . While thus he pities on the distant plain , His ...
... pity touch'd the hero's yielding heart , Who still suspended the destroying dart ; Compassion pleads , and pleading gains the prize , The youth he spares , and bids the youth arise . While thus he pities on the distant plain , His ...
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... pity I implore , Ah ! comfort , comfort her , when I'm no more ! Oh ! let her , let her find when I am gone , In you , a younger , as an older son : With that dear hope , ( he cries ) which soothes my soul , " While down his cheeks a ...
... pity I implore , Ah ! comfort , comfort her , when I'm no more ! Oh ! let her , let her find when I am gone , In you , a younger , as an older son : With that dear hope , ( he cries ) which soothes my soul , " While down his cheeks a ...
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æther ANGOLA arms AVENIA beauteous behold blood brave breast breath bright Chaldea chief chieftains Christian tyrant Christians clouds coursers cries crown'd cruel dart dastard dear death deep despotism dreadful earth Ev'n ev'ry eyes fall fame fate father fear field fierce fight fix'd flames flew flies friends furious gen'rous glory gold golden gore grief groans hand HAWKINS head hear heart heav'n hero jav'lin Jove LAMBERT LANGO LECLERC loud LOUVERTURE LOUVERTURE'S majestic mighty woe MONDINGO mournful myrmidons native night o'er oppress'd pain panting pierc'd pity plain poison'd poor pow'r pray'r prey prince proud purple purple plain rage rise roar round ruffians rush'd sable train ships shore sight sire skies slain slavery slaves sorrows soul spear spoke sweet Swift sword tears tempest thee thou thro thunder town trembling troops tyrants veng'ance warriors waves weeping wind wound wretched youth
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Page 234 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored mind Sees GOD in clouds, or hears Him in the wind ; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Page 31 - Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!
Page iii - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 96 - But, when he speaks, what elocution flows! Soft as the fleeces of descending snows, The copious accents fall, with easy art; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart! Wondering we hear, and fix'd in deep surprise, Our ears refute the censure of our eyes.
Page 145 - As from some mountain's craggy forehead torn, A rock's round fragment flies with fury borne, (Which from the stubborn stone a torrent rends,) Precipitate the...
Page 140 - Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Page 324 - Depart from me, ye cursed ; for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in ; naked, and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 272 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Page 190 - Yet on the verge of battle let us stay, And for a moment's space suspend the day; Let Heaven's high...
Page 193 - White are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud ; Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears \— So pale the Greeks the eyes of Hector meet, The chief so thunders, and so shakes the fleet.