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Historic Sonnets.
HISTORIC SONNETS .
No . IV . —CLEOPATRA . And the blood sprung forth from her marble arm , Where the dark venomous creature drank;—the veins Issued in purple torrent , as delighted With the magnanimous effort she had made ;
And flowers around her head were idly wreathed , More beauteous from the beauteous form they hid—As the Corinthian foliage , though most fair . Is fairer on the column which it graces . " Anthony ! best loved ! yes , I come to thee !" Her latest breath sighed forth;—in the dark groves , Where meet immortal loversCleopatra
, Again was bless'd , when close clasped in the arms Of him , who for her would risk even that world . Thinking it dearly purchased by one kiss . EDWARD RALEIGH MORAN , P . M . No . 49 .
The Earthquake At Aleppo.
THE EARTHQUAKE AT ALEPPO .
Land of the sweet , the blushing rose ! * If such the charm thy skies disclose , That Venus quits her natal sea , And leaves her Paphian bower , for thee ; For thee , deserts iEgean isles , Withdraws from Cyprus all her smiles ; And leads afar the sportive loves
To stray 'mid Syria ' s myrtle groves : 'Tis meet for thee , my tuneful lyre ( That Venus and her boy inspire ) Should tell in tributary lays The glories of thine ancient days ; Thy sacred fanes , thy sculptur'd pride , Thy fragrant cedars branching wide , Thy lofty mountains , o ' er whose crest The palm-trees cast their sable vest .
But now to themes of death and woe , The bard ' s unwilling verse must flow ; For Heaven to Syria still denies Untroubled rest , and stormless skies ; Nor grants in fadeless pride to reign The cities of her sultry plain .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Historic Sonnets.
HISTORIC SONNETS .
No . IV . —CLEOPATRA . And the blood sprung forth from her marble arm , Where the dark venomous creature drank;—the veins Issued in purple torrent , as delighted With the magnanimous effort she had made ;
And flowers around her head were idly wreathed , More beauteous from the beauteous form they hid—As the Corinthian foliage , though most fair . Is fairer on the column which it graces . " Anthony ! best loved ! yes , I come to thee !" Her latest breath sighed forth;—in the dark groves , Where meet immortal loversCleopatra
, Again was bless'd , when close clasped in the arms Of him , who for her would risk even that world . Thinking it dearly purchased by one kiss . EDWARD RALEIGH MORAN , P . M . No . 49 .
The Earthquake At Aleppo.
THE EARTHQUAKE AT ALEPPO .
Land of the sweet , the blushing rose ! * If such the charm thy skies disclose , That Venus quits her natal sea , And leaves her Paphian bower , for thee ; For thee , deserts iEgean isles , Withdraws from Cyprus all her smiles ; And leads afar the sportive loves
To stray 'mid Syria ' s myrtle groves : 'Tis meet for thee , my tuneful lyre ( That Venus and her boy inspire ) Should tell in tributary lays The glories of thine ancient days ; Thy sacred fanes , thy sculptur'd pride , Thy fragrant cedars branching wide , Thy lofty mountains , o ' er whose crest The palm-trees cast their sable vest .
But now to themes of death and woe , The bard ' s unwilling verse must flow ; For Heaven to Syria still denies Untroubled rest , and stormless skies ; Nor grants in fadeless pride to reign The cities of her sultry plain .