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From brighter streams her vast ideas flow'd,
With purer fire her ardent spirit glow'd.
T o her 'twas given in fancy to explore
The land of miracles, the holiest shore ;
That realm where first the light of life was sent,
The loved, the punish'd of th' Omnipotent !
O'er Judah's hills her thoughts inspired would
stray,
Through Jordan's valleys trace their lonely w a y j
By Siloa's brook, or Almotana's deep,
Chain'd in dead silence and unbroken sleep ;
Scenes, whose cleft rocks and blasted deserts tell,
Where pass'd th' Eternal, where his anger fell !
Where oft his voice the words of fate reveal'd.
Swell'd in the whirlwind, in the thunder peal'd,
Or heard by prophets in some palmy vale,
Breathed "still small" whispers on the midnight
gale.
There dwelt her spirit—there her hand portray'd,
'Midst the lone wilderness or cedar-shade,
Ethereal forms with awful missions fraught,
Or patriarch-seers absorb'd in sacred thought,
Bards, in high converse with the world of rest,
Saints of the earth, and spirits of the blest.
But chief to Him, the Conqueror of the*°rave
W h o lived to guide us, and w h o died to save ;
Him, at whose glance the powers of evil fled'
And soul return'd to animate the dead •
W h o m the waves own'd — a n d sunk beneath
his eye,
Awed by one accent of Divinity •
T o Him she gave her meditative hours
Hallow'd her thoughts, and sanctified her powers
Object Description
| Title | The Poetical Works of Mrs. Felicia Hemans |
| Creator | Felicia Hemans |
| Date | 1854 |
| Physical Description | 394 p., ill., port. 20 cm. |
| Publisher | Boston: Phillips, Sampson, and Company, New York: James C. Derby, 1854 |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Call Number | PR4780.A1 1854c |
| Identifier | pr4780_a1_1854c |
| Language | English |
| Custodian | Baylor University - Armstrong Browning Library |
| Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
| Digital Collection | 19th Century Women Poets Collection |
| Note | Inscription on front endpaper: "Sarah C [Pur?] a present/from/her Father J B [Pur?]/Travis /55" and on prelim. leaf: "Sarah C. [Pur?]/Independence/Texas." |
| Format | Books |
Description
| Title | Page 44 |
| Resource Type | Text |
| Rights | http://www.baylor.edu/lib/digitization/digitalrights |
| Digital Collection | 19th Century Women Poets Collection |
| Full Text | (36) From brighter streams her vast ideas flow'd, With purer fire her ardent spirit glow'd. T o her 'twas given in fancy to explore The land of miracles, the holiest shore ; That realm where first the light of life was sent, The loved, the punish'd of th' Omnipotent ! O'er Judah's hills her thoughts inspired would stray, Through Jordan's valleys trace their lonely w a y j By Siloa's brook, or Almotana's deep, Chain'd in dead silence and unbroken sleep ; Scenes, whose cleft rocks and blasted deserts tell, Where pass'd th' Eternal, where his anger fell ! Where oft his voice the words of fate reveal'd. Swell'd in the whirlwind, in the thunder peal'd, Or heard by prophets in some palmy vale, Breathed "still small" whispers on the midnight gale. There dwelt her spirit—there her hand portray'd, 'Midst the lone wilderness or cedar-shade, Ethereal forms with awful missions fraught, Or patriarch-seers absorb'd in sacred thought, Bards, in high converse with the world of rest, Saints of the earth, and spirits of the blest. But chief to Him, the Conqueror of the*°rave W h o lived to guide us, and w h o died to save ; Him, at whose glance the powers of evil fled' And soul return'd to animate the dead • W h o m the waves own'd — a n d sunk beneath his eye, Awed by one accent of Divinity • T o Him she gave her meditative hours Hallow'd her thoughts, and sanctified her powers |
| Format | Books |
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