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The peripatetic

or, Sketches of the heart, of nature and society; In a series of politico-sentimental journals, in verse and prose, of the eccentric excursions of Sylvanus Theophrastus; Supposed to be written by himself [by John Thelwall]

Thelwall, John (1764-1834)

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[I].

[VOL. I]

II.

VOL. II.

[Eternal curses wait his Crime,—]

[“Come, black Despair! pervade my gloomy mind!]

[Victorious weapon in the fields of Fame!]

[Enchanting maid! whose voice and air]

PHILAUTIACCHA;

[O giant fiend! whose haggard eye]

[Let raging tyrants, with malignant pride]

[Sepulchre of a parent dear!]

[Ah! witness thou, o'er whose untimely bier]

[And I who frequent, from my infant years]

ODE to the CLIFFS, at SANDGATE.

[O! how sweet, at the hour when, deep-blushing, appears]

III.

VOL. III.

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[“Come, black Despair! pervade my gloomy mind!]

“Come, black Despair! pervade my gloomy mind!
To thee, to thee, I yield my tortur'd soul.
Vain phantom, Hope! I give thee to the wind:—
Come, Stygian fiend! whom endless fears controul.
As broods the mangled serpent o'er his wound,—
As lurks, in ivy'd nook, the caitiff owl,
Nor dares, while beams the sun's broad glare around,
Wake the scar'd echoes with her murd'rous howl.
So, sullen fiend! to this dark cavern flies
The man of crimes—by hopeless pangs opprest.—
Fiend! thou art here.—How ghastly glare thy eyes!
While thy chill touch congeals my shuddering breast.
Come, endless Night! thy thickest mantle spread!
Ye kindred horrors! shriek around my head!”