The Poetical Works of the late Mrs Mary Robinson including many pieces never before published. In Three Volumes |
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THE MORALIST. |
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THE MORALIST.
Hark! the hollow moaning wind
Sweeps along the midnight air,
Sullen as the guilty mind;
Hidden source of dark despair.
Sweeps along the midnight air,
Sullen as the guilty mind;
Hidden source of dark despair.
See the death-wing'd Lightning fly!
Desolation marks its way,
Fatal as the vengeful Eye,
Fixing on its destin'd prey.
Desolation marks its way,
Fatal as the vengeful Eye,
Fixing on its destin'd prey.
Dreadful Thunders threat'ning roll,
Viewless, 'midst the turbid clouds!
So the fierce relentless soul
Hate's empoison'd arrow shrouds.
Viewless, 'midst the turbid clouds!
So the fierce relentless soul
Hate's empoison'd arrow shrouds.
See the billowy Ocean's breast,
Sway'd by ev'ry wav'ring wind,
Rises, foams, and sinks to rest,
Fickle as the human mind!
Sway'd by ev'ry wav'ring wind,
Rises, foams, and sinks to rest,
Fickle as the human mind!
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Sweetly blooms the Rose of May,
Glitt'ring with the tears of Morn;
So insidious Smiles betray,
While they hide the treach'rous Thorn.
Glitt'ring with the tears of Morn;
So insidious Smiles betray,
While they hide the treach'rous Thorn.
Mark gay Summer's glowing prime,
Shadow'd by the twilight gloom;
So the ruthless wing of Time
Bends the fairest to the Tomb.
Shadow'd by the twilight gloom;
So the ruthless wing of Time
Bends the fairest to the Tomb.
Moralist! where'er you move
O'er vast Nature's varying plan,
Ev'ry changing scene shall prove
A sad epitome of man!
O'er vast Nature's varying plan,
Ev'ry changing scene shall prove
A sad epitome of man!
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