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Page 72
... doom'd so sad , so dark a change to see , Thine honours blasted and thy glory fled ! But ah ! no human state from change is free , Whole empires hang upon the slenderest thread ; And often Fate , at Heaven's appointed hour , Exalts the ...
... doom'd so sad , so dark a change to see , Thine honours blasted and thy glory fled ! But ah ! no human state from change is free , Whole empires hang upon the slenderest thread ; And often Fate , at Heaven's appointed hour , Exalts the ...
Page 74
... doom'd to bleed , Some tender tears of human pity rose.- " Ah vale accurst ! " he cried , " ah vale decreed For orphans ' sufferings and the widow's woes ! The latest ages shall thy name deplore , And mark with blood , till time itself ...
... doom'd to bleed , Some tender tears of human pity rose.- " Ah vale accurst ! " he cried , " ah vale decreed For orphans ' sufferings and the widow's woes ! The latest ages shall thy name deplore , And mark with blood , till time itself ...
Page 84
... doom'd in Clermont's mantling blood , As from the bolt of heaven , with headlong speed Aghast he fled , and urged his purple - harness'd steed . O how unlike the chief , whose boasts were heard From far Euphrates to the Ebro wave , That ...
... doom'd in Clermont's mantling blood , As from the bolt of heaven , with headlong speed Aghast he fled , and urged his purple - harness'd steed . O how unlike the chief , whose boasts were heard From far Euphrates to the Ebro wave , That ...
Page 87
... doom'd to stray A wanderer over earth until the judgement day . Forgive , kind hearers , my wide wandering strain , Uncheck'd by rules of sterner minstrelsy , If , from the baseless fabric of the brain , I sometimes turn to sad reality ...
... doom'd to stray A wanderer over earth until the judgement day . Forgive , kind hearers , my wide wandering strain , Uncheck'd by rules of sterner minstrelsy , If , from the baseless fabric of the brain , I sometimes turn to sad reality ...
Page 177
... doom'd me a miscarriage , Worse than I e'er sustain'd before Albracca , When at its gates did that thrice - famous war rage . The poor thing had so spoil'd her health by pining , She found herself now rapidly declining : XLVIII . " And ...
... doom'd me a miscarriage , Worse than I e'er sustain'd before Albracca , When at its gates did that thrice - famous war rage . The poor thing had so spoil'd her health by pining , She found herself now rapidly declining : XLVIII . " And ...
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ancient Ariosto arms Astaroth Astolpho Aymon behold blood bower Boyardo brave breast breath call'd Canto Charlemagne Christian Clermont's Count of Poitiers courser cried dæmon dark death Derry doom'd dread E'en e'er earth erst eternal eyes fair faith fame fate fear fell Ferrau fierce fix'd Ganellon glorious hath heart Heaven hell Heptarchy holy honour hope hour Huon of Bordeaux king knight land light Lord Luigi Pulci Malagigi Marca Hispanica Marsilius Meridiana mighty Montalban's Moorish Morgante Maggiore mortal ne'er noble o'er once Orlando Paladins pass'd peace plain poem press'd pride prince Pulci realm Ricciardetto Rinaldo Roncesvalles round sacred seem'd shade shore sighs sight Sobrarbe solemn soul Spain spirit stanza steed strain sweet sword tears thee thine thou thought thro throne traitor truth turn'd Turpin vale valiant voice warrior Whereat Whig wonder