The Poets of America Volume . 1.cJohn Keese
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Author: John Keese
Page Count: 46 pages
Published Date: 01 May 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781235915604
Download Link: The Poets of America Volume . 1
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1840 Excerpt: ...her I worship like an idolater. 146 THOUGHTS OF A STUDENT. Many a big, proud tear have I, When from my sweet and roaming track, From the green earth and misty sky, And spring and love I hurry back; Then what a dismal, dreary gloom Settles upon my loathed room. Darker to every thought and sense Than if they had never travelled thence. Yet I have other thoughts that cheer The toilsome day, and lonely night, And many a scene and hope appear, And almost make me gay and bright. Honour and fame that I would win, Though every toil that yet hath been Were doubly borne, and not an hour Were brightly hued by Fancy's power. And though I may sometimes sigh to think Of earth and heaven, and wind and sea, And know that the cup which others drink Shall never be brimmed by me; That many a joy must be untasted, And many a glorious breeze be wasted, Yet would not, if I dared, repine, That toil and study and care are mine. LOVE AND FAME. BY H. T. TUCKERMAN. Give me the boon of Love! I ask no more for Fame; Far better one unpurchased heart Than Glory's proudest name. Why wake a fever in the blood, Or damp the spirit now, To gain a wreath whose leaves shall wave Above a withered brow? Give me the boon of Love! Ambition's meed is vain; Dearer Affection's earnest smile Than Honour's richest train. I'd rather lean upon a breast Responsive to my own, Than sit pavilioned gorgeously Upon a kingly throne. LOVE AND FAME. Like the Chaldean sage, Fame's worshippers adore, The brilliant orbs that scatter light O'er heaven's azure floor; But in their very hearts enshrined The votaries of Love Keep e'er the holy flame, which once Illumed the courts above. Give me the boon of Love! Renown is but a breath, Whose loudest echo ever floats From out the halls of death. A loving eye beguiles me mo...
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