Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing cheek, his sinking heart confess The might — the majesty of Loveliness... THE DUBLIN PENNY JOURNAL - Page 286by Philip Dixon Hardy - 1836Full view - About this book
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...above, Was she—the daughter of that rude old Chief, Who met the maid with tears—but not of grief. Who hath not proved how feebly words essay To fix one spark of Beauty's heavenly ray ? Who doth not feel, until his failing sight Faints into dimness with its own delight, His changing... | |
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