V. "The words I speak are no complaint And if I breathe out my despair, It is not that my heart grows faint, Or shrinks from what 'tis doomed...
VI. "How shall I to myself alone, The weakness of my bosom own？ Why, mindful of my fame and pride, When my brave brethren had died； Why, with my ...
VII. 'Twas midnight； calmly slept the Earth, And the mysterious eyes above, Gazed down with chastened looks of love, Not, as when first they hymne...
I. With plumes to which the dewdrops cling, Wide waves the morn her golden wing； With countless variegated beams The empurpled orient glows and gleams...
II. There is a silent power, that o'er Our bosoms wields a wizard might, Restoring bygone years to light, With the same vivid glow they wore, Ere ...
III. Ascending from the golden east, The sun had gained his zenith height, The guests were gathered to the feast, Prepared to grace the marriage rite；...
IV. Within an arbour, rudely reared, But to the maiden's heart endeared By every tie that binds the heart, By hope's, and love's, and memo...
V. It was the holy vesper hour, The time for rest, and peace, and prayer, When falls the dew, and folds the flower Its petals, delicate and fair, Agai...
VI. Still onward, solemnly and slow, And speaking not a word, they go, Till pausing in their way before Mazelli's quiet cottage door, They gently ...
VII. And day on weary day went by, And like the drooping autumn leaf, She faded slow and silently, In her deep, uncomplaining grief； For, sick of life...