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. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... XXXVI. But he had fallen upon mournful times When all great deeds were stagnant. Tales of fame The isle still haunted, and in sounding rhymes Were sometimes sung, barren of future aim. The leaders of the land were supple mimes, Greedy of passing plaudits, sold to shame; By whose base drugs, into deep slumber ...
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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. 1873 edition. Excerpt: ... XXXVI. But he had fallen upon mournful times When all great deeds were stagnant. Tales of fame The isle still haunted, and in sounding rhymes Were sometimes sung, barren of future aim. The leaders of the land were supple mimes, Greedy of passing plaudits, sold to shame; By whose base drugs, into deep slumber cast, A orice great realm lay pillowed on its past. XXXVII. The sacred Sceptre's virtue was confessed Therein no more; no man no man obeyed. They had disarmed Authority; the best Were worst of all, few, feeble, and afraid. Religion, long inviolable guest, A menial first, an alien now was made; There was no end, no means, to prompt or please, Save poor brute toil, or rich imbruted ease. XXXVIII. But he was of the strain of those who still Are noble or are nothing; who in days, Empty of worthy purpose, curb their will, And, though instinct with action, stand and gaze. Secluded vale and all unpeopled hill Are more to them than ignominious praise; And o'er the world whilst night and dark are drawn, Silent they wait till God brings back the dawn. xxxix. So home he left, and o'er the oft-ploughed sea, Through groaning cities, and long, teeming fields, Past poplars tall, and many a crocussed lea, To where the vine its clustering fruitage yields, Onwards he journeyed, until herb and tree All scantier grew, and their protecting shields The Alps threw out, and on his cheek he felt Airs that but blow from snows that never melt. XL. But not longwhile within the cold embrace Of the unruffled mountains would he stay, Nor by hushed lakes that still reflect their face, Darkly by night, translucently by day, But by snow-suckled torrents did he trace His devious, slow, and uninstructed way, Until they led him to that tideless sea That laps the shore of what...
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