- 1. The Pleasures Of Memory Part Ii
Delle cose custode, e dispensiera.
TASSO.
ANALYSIS OF THE SECOND PART.
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- 2. To The Fragment Of A Statue Of Hercules, Commonly Called The Torso
And dost thou still, thou mass of breathing stone,
(Thy giant limbs to night and chaos hurl'd)
Still sit as on the fragment of a world;
Surviving all, majestic and alone?
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- 3. Two Sisters
Well may you sit within, and, fond of grief,
Look in each other's face, and melt in tears.
Well may you shun all counsel, all relief.
Oh she was great in mind, tho' young in years!
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- 4. To A Voice That Had Been Lost. [1]
Vane, quid affectas faciem mihi ponere, pictor?
AĆ« ris et lingua sum filia;
Et, si vis similem pingere, pinge sonum. AUSONIUS.
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- 5. On A Tear
Oh! that the Chemist's magic art
Could crystallize this sacred treasure!
Long should it glitter near my heart,
A secret source of pensive pleasure.
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- 6. Ode To Superstition.[1]
I. 1.
Hence, to the realms of Night, dire Demon, hence!
Thy chain of adamant can bind
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- 7. Written In The Highlands Of Scotland, September 1, 1812
Blue was the loch, [1] the clouds were gone,
Ben-Lomond in his glory shone,
When, Luss, I left thee; when the breeze
Bore me from thy silver sands,
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- 8. Verses Written To Be Spoken By Mrs. Siddons
Yes, 'tis the pulse of life! my fears were vain!
I wake, I breathe, and am myself again.
Still in this nether world; no seraph yet!
Nor walks my spirit, when the sun is set,
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