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Clouds of dun purple wrap the west , And white mists fringe the cold blue hills The last breeze sighs o ' er earth ' s dim breast , One lone rook seeks his distant nest . And breath , condensed from flowers at rest , The dreamy air with richness fills . As yet , no drop of summer dew
Bathes the brown leaf , or beads the flower - No solitary star looks through The desefrt sky ' s pale misty blue ; But solemn Evening queens the view , And Day and Night revere her hour *
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EVENING STANZAS .
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To weep wher $ nQm ^^ U sc > otiie , tci ^ i . ia ^ &i ^ Or glut the rack witti ^ u ^ J ^ aj ^ Till fainting Nature ^ plfer ^ d otit the tffc By Torture wr « ng : / att 4 ^ ee rKe ^ it bljss to die f
For some ^^ i ^ teW ; i ^ - ^ cl ^ d ^ lqan | In the drear cell prepared a speedier doom ,, And none might - . know the fate of others—save The midnight Moon , and Moon-r ^ flepfeiuR wavel A shriek—a gasp—a struggle—life was fled I The rolling waters , and the shroudless dead ! Nor more of Culprit ' s guilt , or Captive !* woes , Might Slaves demand , or Tyranny disclose I
Slaves—Tyrants ! yes ! tho' Venice scorned to own A lineal Monarchy aad a regal Throne—And smiled to see her Ducal Sovereign made A powerless Puppet , and a sceptred shade * Patrician chiefs with crafty caution drew A veil o ' er deeds too dark for public view > Amongst themselves combined despotic sway *
And reared their wealth o ' er Liberty ' s decay—* Till late the Land , her day * ef freedom done > Saw many Lords usurp ( h $ place of one , A mock Republic varnish with a name The despots splendor * and the bondman ' s shame , And Dissipation ' s baleful arts unite To lull the angry sense of injured right . Venice—farewell 1 when e ' en thy walU shall be
Swept from thine Ifrles , atid tonal > ed beneath the sea , Which must at length roll o ' er thy ij&ld remains Of pillared palaces and gorgeous fanes , Thy name snatt live in every glqwin £ hue , Thy Titian ' s penqil o'er the caoyas threw—Shall live ia Shakspeare ' s scenes ,, and Byron ' s lays * And greenly twine with Otway ^ s mournful bays 1 Farewell i but whilst in Granta ^ s classic Bower
I muse away the meditative hour , I turn from Thee to pour my parting strain O ' er Albion ' s Isle , thy Sister of the Main , And breathe a prayer that long her shores may be What thine were once-- —the dwellings of the Free , In arts and arms , like thine unrivalled shine—* But not , like thine , from ail those charms decline t
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Sept. 2, 1826, page 562, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2552/page/54/
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