The proud, the cold untroubled heart of stone, / That never mused on sorrow but its own.
Thomas Campbell
Cease, every joy, to glimmer on my mind, But leave-oh leave the light of Hope behind.
mind light joy leave hope
The patriot's blood is the seed of Freedom's tree
blood tree seed
And muse on Nature with a poet's eye.
muses nature muse eye
'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue
distance mountain enchantment view
Another's sword has laid him low, <br/>Another's and another's; <br/>And every hand that dealt the blow,<br/>Ah me! It was his brother's!
sword hand
While memory watches o'er the sad review<br/>Of joys that faded like the morning dew.
memory sad morning
Our bugles sang truce - for the night-cloud had lowered, / And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky.
sky stars
heart sorrow cold proud
The combat deepens. On, ye brave, / Who rush to glory, or the grave! / Wave, Munich! All thy banners wave, / And charge with all thy chivalry!
glory chivalry grave brave wave combat
To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.
death live memory hearts immortality remembrance leave die epitaph
Tis the sunset of life gives me mystical lore, And coming events cast their shadows before.
life
Who hath not owned, with rapture-smitten frame, The power of grace, the magic of a name?
magic grace power
There was silence deep as death, And the boldest held his breath, For a time.
silence death thetimes time
O star-eyed Science! Hast thou wandered there, To waft us home the message of despair?
home science
Britannia needs no bulwarks, No towers along the steep; Her march is o'er the mountain waves, Her home is on the deep.
home
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