Items related to Bernice; Or, the Curse of Minna, and Other Poems
Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text, images, or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1844. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... BERNICE: OR, THE CURSE OF MINNA. CANTO I. --"A magic voice and verse, Hath baptized thee with a Curse! And a spirit of the air Hath begirt thee with a snare; In the wind there is a voice Shall forbid thee to rejoice; And to thee shall night deny All the quiet of her sky! And the day shall have a sun Which shall make thee wish it done! · # · · · I call upon thee, and compel Thyself to be thy proper Hell!"--Manfred. The crescent Queen sate on her throne, Each star looked from its Eden bower; The summer-winds, with lulling tone, Were stealing sweets from every flower: 14 BERNICE. Canto L And where the light dews sweetly slept, The glow-worm his lone vigil kept, Or listened to the song-bird's call Beside some flashing water-fall: A lovely eve--fair Italie, Thou land of love and minstrelsie,-- As ever bathed, in lucid light, The holy temples of the night! But lo! a marble palace, where The orange-tree perfumes the air, And on the graceful, bending bough, The luscious fruit is hanging low, So rich, so round, in this fair light 'T would tempt a fasting anchorite! And near, the citron and the lime, Beneath whose boughs are heard the chime Of merry1 waters, gushing up From some bright Naiad's sparkling cup; Then here, the pine-tree's solemn shade Spreads midnight o'er each fairy glade, Its dark-fringed branches waving by In echo to the night-wind's sigh. The velvet lawn pass lightly o'er-- Canto I. BERNICE. 15 Tread softly through the corridor-- Why stand ye on the threshold now? Why gaze with dark contracted brow? What see ye in the lighted room To shroud the mirthful face in gloom? Why pause ye, at the gilded door? Have ye ne'er looked on Death before 1 Nay, doubt it not--the penciled brow-- The eye, the lip, that seems to speak, Are mu...
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- PublisherGeneral Books LLC
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 1151389404
- ISBN 13 9781151389404
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages32
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