- 1. Salvation
When the gloom is deepest round thee;
When the bands of grief have bound thee,
And in loneliness and sorrow,
By the poisoned springs of life
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- 2. Instability. From The Spanish.-sixteenth Century
When the day is brightest,
Darkness draweth near;
When the heart is lightest,
Coming grief I fear.
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- 3. The Knight's Pledge
The tedious night at length hath pass'd;
To horse! to horse! we'll ride as fast
As ever bird did fly.
Ha! but the morning air is chill;
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- 4. A Servian Song
Wherefore neighest thou so sadly?
Stampest with the hoof so madly?
Speak my steed-why at the tent
With thy stately neck down bent?
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- 5. Opportunity.from The Italian Of Machiavelli
Who art thou, glorious Form, flashing by me,
So beautiful, so Godlike-wilt thou fly me?
Why o'er thy face and bosom fall thy tresses streaming?
And why the airy pinions on thy white feet gleaming?
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- 6. Suleima To Her Lover.from The Turkish
Thou reck'nest seven Heavens; I but one:
And thou art it, Beloved! Voice and hand,
And eye and mouth, are but the angel band
Who minister around that highest throne
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- 7. Farawell
Let mine eyes the parting take,
Which my faint lips never can;
Moments such as these might break
Even the sternest heart of man.
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- 8. Why Weepest Thou?
Why weepest thou?
A few more hours dreary,
And thy spirit, the world weary
Beneath the icy hand of death must bow;
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- 9. King Erick's Faith
In Upsal's stately Minster, before the altar, stands
The Swedish King, brave Erick, with high uplifted hands
His royal robes are round him, the crown upon his head,
And thus, before his people, right sovranly he said:
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