Thomas Love Peacock Bright Poems
- 1. Lines On The Death Of Julia
Accept, bright spirit, reft in life's best bloom
This votive wreath to thy untimely tomb.
Formed to adorn all scenes, and charm in all,
The fire-side circle, and the courtly hall;
... - 2. The Magic Bark
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O freedom! power of life and light!
Sole nurse of truth and glory!
... - 3. Palmyra (1st Edition)
---anankta ton pantôn huperbal-
lonta chronon makarôn.
Pindar. Hymn. frag. 33
... - 4. Terzetto
Hark! o'er the silent waters stealing,
The dash of oars sounds soft and clear:
Through night's deep veil, all forms concealing,
Nearer it comes, and yet more near.
... - 5. Newark Abbey
August, 1842
with a remembrance of August, 1807
... - 6. The Flower Of Love
'Tis said the rose is Love's own flower,
Its blush so bright, its thorns so many;
And winter on its bloom has power,
But has not on its sweetness any.
... - 7. Palmyra (2nd Edition)
---anankta ton pantôn huperbal-
lonta chronon makarôn.
Pindar. Hymn. frag. 33
... - 8. Sir Hornbook
I.
O'er bush and briar Childe Launcelot sprung
With ardent hopes elate,
... - 9. A Fragment
Nay, deem me not insensible, Cesario,
To female charms; nor think this heart of mine
Is cas'd in adamant; because, forsooth,
I cannot ogle, and hyperbolize,
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