The poems of George Huddesford ... now first collected. Including Salmagundi, Topsy-Turvy, Bubble and Squeak, and Crambe Repetita. With corrections, and original additions |
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ELEGY. WRITTEN AT SEA.
On sapphire throne, o'er Heav'n's unnumber'd fires
The moon in full-orb'd majesty presides;
Calm are the seas, a favouring breeze transpires,
While thro' the waves the Vessel smoothly glides:
The moon in full-orb'd majesty presides;
Calm are the seas, a favouring breeze transpires,
While thro' the waves the Vessel smoothly glides:
Beyond th' horizon's bound the mind extends,
To the sought shores where Hope delusive leads;
And flattering Fancy keen regret suspends
For absent kindred, friends, and native meads:
To the sought shores where Hope delusive leads;
And flattering Fancy keen regret suspends
For absent kindred, friends, and native meads:
Till Sympathy from brooding Memory's stores
Culls thorns, and plants them in the bleeding breast;
Sunk into gloom the mind no more explores
Hope's future dawn, and pants in vain for rest.
Culls thorns, and plants them in the bleeding breast;
Sunk into gloom the mind no more explores
Hope's future dawn, and pants in vain for rest.
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What tho' the seas are calm, the skies serene,
Thus anguish dictates the desponding strain:
“To Friendship fear presents a gloomier scene,
“The whirlwind's fury and tempestuous main.
Thus anguish dictates the desponding strain:
“To Friendship fear presents a gloomier scene,
“The whirlwind's fury and tempestuous main.
“Ev'n now perhaps from many a kindred eye
“My dubious fate compels the generous tear,
“And ev'ry passing cloud that veils the sky
“Chills some fond anxious breast with boding fear.
“My dubious fate compels the generous tear,
“And ev'ry passing cloud that veils the sky
“Chills some fond anxious breast with boding fear.
“In my Love's bosom deeper sorrows roll,
“Frantic with dread she sighs, implores, she raves;
“Whilst Horror paints me, to her sickening soul,
“Dash'd on a rock, or whelm'd beneath the waves.”
“Frantic with dread she sighs, implores, she raves;
“Whilst Horror paints me, to her sickening soul,
“Dash'd on a rock, or whelm'd beneath the waves.”
Father of Heav'n, whose power controls the storms,
O let thy mercy hear a wanderer's pray'r!
Check the wild fears connubial fondness forms,
And save the tender Mourner from despair!
O let thy mercy hear a wanderer's pray'r!
Check the wild fears connubial fondness forms,
And save the tender Mourner from despair!
For Me,—whate'er thy sov'reign will shall doom,
Still give me faith to bear that lot resign'd:
That faith which bursts the confines of the tomb,
And, heav'n-aspiring, sooths th' afflicted mind.
Still give me faith to bear that lot resign'd:
That faith which bursts the confines of the tomb,
And, heav'n-aspiring, sooths th' afflicted mind.
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