The Poetical Works of Ebenezer Elliott Edited by his Son Edwin Elliott ... A New and Revised Edition: Two Volumes |
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MONODY ON JOHN KEATS.
He lived and loved! He was a power
That left its thought more felt than spoken:
“A fading flower! a falling shower!
A breaking wave!” which now is broken.
That left its thought more felt than spoken:
“A fading flower! a falling shower!
A breaking wave!” which now is broken.
Can greatness die, and be unborn?
It cannot, thou in scorn repliest:
He perish'd in his “scorn of scorn,”
And lowest deem'd, of all was highest.
It cannot, thou in scorn repliest:
He perish'd in his “scorn of scorn,”
And lowest deem'd, of all was highest.
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A vapour quench'd his visions grand:
Ah, hope destroy'd is worth's undoing!
He left the deathless deed he plann'd
A deed undone—And what a ruin!
Ah, hope destroy'd is worth's undoing!
He left the deathless deed he plann'd
A deed undone—And what a ruin!
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