What shall be said of this embattled day And armèd occupation of this night By all thy foes beleaguered,—now when sight Nor sound denotes the loved one far away? Of these thy vanquished hours what shalt thou say,— As every sense to which she dealt delight Now labours lonely o`er the stark noon-height To reach the sunset`s desolate disarray? Stand still, fond fettered wretch! while Memory`s art Parades the Past before thy face, and lures Thy spirit to her passionate portraitures: Till the tempestuous tide-gates flung apart Flood with wild will the hollows of thy heart, And thy heart rends thee, and thy body endures.SourceThe script ran 0.001 seconds.
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