BALL-DAN NG, &c. Floating like light clouds 'twixt our gaze and heaven— Of the fair forms which terminate so well. BYRON'S Marino Faliero When gas and beauty's blended rays More “inward bruises” than it heals; HON. NICH. BIDDLE'S Ode to Bogle Such grace and such beauty! dear creature! you'd swear And turn from gentle Juliet's woe, To count the twirls of Fanny Ellsler's toe. MOORE SPRAGUE'S Curiosity. The bright and youthful dancers meet, MRS. C. H. W. ESLING'S Broken Bracelet. And fairy forms, now here, now there, Hover'd like children of the air. MRS. C. H. W. ESLING's Broken Bracelet. Of all that did chance, 't were a long tale to tell. 69 70 BANISHMENT – EXILE. BANISHMENT EXILE. Banish'd!—the damned use that word in hell; SHAKSPEARE. Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them soon: MILTON'S Paradise Lost. When I think of my own native land, Soon hurries me back to despair. Ah me! how oft will fancy's spells, in slumber, How oft regret will bid me sadly number Each lost delight, and dear friend left behind! COWPER MAT. G. LEWIS Dreams of the land where all my wishes centre, I depart, MAT. G. LEWIS, Whither I know not; but the hour's gone by, When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye. BYRON'S Childe Harold Then fare thee well, my country, lov'd and lost! BANNER-FLAG, 1 turn in sorrow from thy glorious coast, And urge Home of my heart and friends, adieu' How oft shall I remember you! E. D. GRIFFIN. R. H. WILDE. BANNER-FLAG. Who, forthwith, from the glitt'ring staff unfurl'd MILTON'S Paradise Lost. "T is the Star-Spangled Banner-Oh, long may it wave O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave! As long as patriot valour's arm Shall win the battle's prize, Flag of the free heart's only home, Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven! For ever float that standard sheet! F. KEY J. R. DRAKE. Where breathes the foe but falls before us, J. R. DRAKE. 3 BASHFULNESS - BLUSH-MODESTY. BASHFULNESS-PLUSH-MODESTY. Unto the ground she cast her modest eye, The bashful blush her snowy cheeks did dye. SPENSER'S Fairy Queen. Maidens in modesty say No, to that Which they would have the profferers construe, Aye. SHAKSPEARE. Confusion thrill'd me then, and secret joy, From every blush that kindles in thy cheeks, BROOKE. Rowe's Tamerlane. As lamps burn silent with unconscious light, He saw her charming, but he saw not half AARON HILL. THOMSON'S Seasons. Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame. A crimson blush her beauteous face o'erspread, The modest matron, and the blushing maid. POPE. PARNELL GOLDSMITH's Traveller BASHFULNESS - BLUSH - MODESTY. 'The bashful virgin's sidelong look of love. That modest grace subdu'd my soul, I pity bashful men, who feel the pain GOLDSMITH YOUNG COWPER. True modesty is a discerning grace, And only blushes in the proper place; But counterfeit is blind, and skulks thro' fear, COWPER. Playful blushes, that seem'd nought I know a cheek whose blushes, I could gaze upon for ever, And so the blush is form'd, and flies, Modesty's the charm That coldest hearts can quickest warm; T. MOORE. MRS. OSADOD MRS. DINNIES J. K. PAULDING. |