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The works of Mrs. Hemans

With a memoir of her life, by her sister. In seven volumes
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne (1793-1835)

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VOL. I.
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ENGLAND AND SPAIN; AND WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE.
  
ENGLAND AND SPAIN;
  
WALLACE'S INVOCATION TO BRUCE.
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VOL. II.
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VOL. III.
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VOL. IV.
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VOL. V.
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VOL. VI.
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VOL. VII.

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VIII.—THE SONG OF THE VIRGIN.

Yet as a sunburst flushing mountain snow,
Fell the celestial touch of fire erelong
On the pale stillness of thy thoughtful brow,
And thy calm spirit lighten'd into song.
Unconsciously, perchance, yet free and strong
Flow'd the majestic joy of tuneful words,
Which living harps the quires of Heaven among
Might well have link'd with their divinest chords.
Full many a strain, borne far on glory's blast,
Shall leave, where once its haughty music pass'd,
No more to memory than a reed's faint sigh;
While thine, O childlike virgin! through all time
Shall send its fervent breath o'er every clime,
Being of God, and therefore not to die.
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