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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1823 Excerpt:...happy earth, And lightly spread it round my tomb; 'Twill shed delight on my abode, 'Twill make me fearless of its gloom. And when my fair majestic nymph Shall visit this delightful spot; When she shall view my silent dust, And mark the change her love has wrought; Then will she waft a gentle sigh, Then will she drop a tender tear, And, like an infant at the breast, Which cannot speak its soft distress, So will the heart of gentle Laura bleed, And, in sad silence, treasure up its wo. From Dobson's Life of Petrarch. Fairest goddess, now thy brother Breaks thy urn and sends the tempest. At each blow, a sound tremendous Bursts from heaven, and unremitting Lightning flashes, thunder rattles. But thou, nymph, thy clouds collecting, Pour'd their waters; and, commixing Hail and snow, in storm descendest. Of the world the great Creator To this function thee appointed, Partner of his power and glory. Hymn to the Peruvian Isis, or Juno; from Webb's Obs. on Poetry and Music. § 9. Examples of blank stanzas. So fond are mortal men, FalPn into wrath divine, As their own ruin on themselves t' invite. Samson Agonistes. He led me on to mightiest deeds, Above the nerve of mortal arm, Against th' uncircumcis'd, our enemies. Ibid. The sun to me is dark, And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Ibid. Unless he feel within Some source of consolation from above; Secret refreshings, which repair his strength, And fainting spirits uphold. Ibid. While Spring shall pour his showers, as oft he wont, And bathe thy breathing tresses, meekest Eve Q2 While Summer loves to sport Beneath thy lingering light; While sallow Autumn fills thy lap with leaves; Or Winter, yelling through the troublous air, Affrights thy shrinking train, And rudely...