https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/ Tue, 14 Apr 2026 16:43:12 +0000 MyBB https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22954 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:55:42 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22954 The soul when standing by the dying bed
Of one whose falt'ring tongue will soon be still
In death, to think th' immortal will have sped

A moment's space, where piercing thought is lost
In the immensity it contemplates ;
Like an unequal vessel strain'd and lost.
Then swallow'd by that gulph the surge creates.

The absorbing thought ! spirit here, " now there,"
The eye glistening with its parting light
Closing upon the earth, re-op'ning where
Perchance 'twill gleam angelically bright
To prove that eVry virtuous tear hath giv'n
Life to tho ransom'd soul— the flow'r of Heav'n.]]> The soul when standing by the dying bed
Of one whose falt'ring tongue will soon be still
In death, to think th' immortal will have sped

A moment's space, where piercing thought is lost
In the immensity it contemplates ;
Like an unequal vessel strain'd and lost.
Then swallow'd by that gulph the surge creates.

The absorbing thought ! spirit here, " now there,"
The eye glistening with its parting light
Closing upon the earth, re-op'ning where
Perchance 'twill gleam angelically bright
To prove that eVry virtuous tear hath giv'n
Life to tho ransom'd soul— the flow'r of Heav'n.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22953 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:52:44 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22953 Her babe, attentive to the slightest start
And ey'ry gentle undulation catching,
Which thrills with rapture her maternal heart ;

Oh ! how she pictures future years with joy,
When proving worthy of her highest pride
He rises from the nobly-purposed boy,
To swell with manliness life's swelling tide.

Ah ! sanguine mother, may no fatal blast
Wreck e v'ry fondly-cherish'd hope thou hast,
But may he be e'en more than thou dost paint ;
Honouring thy life, cheering its decline
With tenderness and love, while thoughts divine
Present th' embryo of a glorious saint.]]> Her babe, attentive to the slightest start
And ey'ry gentle undulation catching,
Which thrills with rapture her maternal heart ;

Oh ! how she pictures future years with joy,
When proving worthy of her highest pride
He rises from the nobly-purposed boy,
To swell with manliness life's swelling tide.

Ah ! sanguine mother, may no fatal blast
Wreck e v'ry fondly-cherish'd hope thou hast,
But may he be e'en more than thou dost paint ;
Honouring thy life, cheering its decline
With tenderness and love, while thoughts divine
Present th' embryo of a glorious saint.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22952 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:51:16 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22952 The cry of fetter'd misery resounds,
To thee it calls, Oh Albion, the roar
Of rushing waters can prescribe no bounds:

Arise, and with resistless might to free
Each sable bondsman — sov'reign of the sea
And burst for aye the yoke of slavery,
Thou own'st the pow'r, it hath been scarcely shown,

Tho' latent it has adequately grown.
Wealth cannot crush the hideous traffic force
(Not moral strength unaided) will alone
Avail with those impervious to remorse ;
Yes ! let the thunder of thine anger peal,
The echoing will be conquest— thy triumph seal.]]> The cry of fetter'd misery resounds,
To thee it calls, Oh Albion, the roar
Of rushing waters can prescribe no bounds:

Arise, and with resistless might to free
Each sable bondsman — sov'reign of the sea
And burst for aye the yoke of slavery,
Thou own'st the pow'r, it hath been scarcely shown,

Tho' latent it has adequately grown.
Wealth cannot crush the hideous traffic force
(Not moral strength unaided) will alone
Avail with those impervious to remorse ;
Yes ! let the thunder of thine anger peal,
The echoing will be conquest— thy triumph seal.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22951 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:49:37 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22951 The graceful inclination as 'twould tend
Where all attractive excellence has been,
Musing as would a fine preceptor, friend ;

Not style alone that of loveliness speaks,
But as if th' intellect was glancing o'er,
All that in charm-invested beauty breaks,
Chaste genius will in its power adore ;

Oh, thus could the vainly aspiring thought
Desire such fervid inspiration brought,
That would endue with mental puissance bright ;
With radiant airiness of Fancy's pow'r
As compressing immortality's hour
In its charm'd circle of creative light.]]> The graceful inclination as 'twould tend
Where all attractive excellence has been,
Musing as would a fine preceptor, friend ;

Not style alone that of loveliness speaks,
But as if th' intellect was glancing o'er,
All that in charm-invested beauty breaks,
Chaste genius will in its power adore ;

Oh, thus could the vainly aspiring thought
Desire such fervid inspiration brought,
That would endue with mental puissance bright ;
With radiant airiness of Fancy's pow'r
As compressing immortality's hour
In its charm'd circle of creative light.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22950 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:42:15 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22950 Level at th' unevenness in his style.
Does a stupendous mountain grandeur lose
For possessing inequalities ? While

Consid'ring this, the world itself presents,
The vastest elevation not detracts
From rotundity ; supposed defect vents
Often the strength within ; those noble acts

Are not beyond hypercritics, the aim
Would vainly seek to reach a mark it sees ;
Whose is th' imagining? — not thebright fame
So high — ne'er above expecting increase,
The massive genius as the mountain's rise
Uprears proportionably to exalt — surprise.]]> Level at th' unevenness in his style.
Does a stupendous mountain grandeur lose
For possessing inequalities ? While

Consid'ring this, the world itself presents,
The vastest elevation not detracts
From rotundity ; supposed defect vents
Often the strength within ; those noble acts

Are not beyond hypercritics, the aim
Would vainly seek to reach a mark it sees ;
Whose is th' imagining? — not thebright fame
So high — ne'er above expecting increase,
The massive genius as the mountain's rise
Uprears proportionably to exalt — surprise.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22949 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:39:11 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22949 Varied records will this elucidate,
See it in usurpation's thorny state,
All that with blood-acquired gold has been ;

Nations when dazzled by the conqu'ror's sheen
Enfeebled, lost the stamina that gave
Vict'ry o'er inadequacy ; between
The ris'n billows depression's space will lave.

The spoil that marks ingloriousness, worn
When time has render'd its memory old
Will, as the attestation does behold,
Be oft ruthlessly from its possessor torn,
Like him who deck'd with Pallas' belt, betray'd
To direful rifling, and the life-sundering blade.]]> Varied records will this elucidate,
See it in usurpation's thorny state,
All that with blood-acquired gold has been ;

Nations when dazzled by the conqu'ror's sheen
Enfeebled, lost the stamina that gave
Vict'ry o'er inadequacy ; between
The ris'n billows depression's space will lave.

The spoil that marks ingloriousness, worn
When time has render'd its memory old
Will, as the attestation does behold,
Be oft ruthlessly from its possessor torn,
Like him who deck'd with Pallas' belt, betray'd
To direful rifling, and the life-sundering blade.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22948 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:35:36 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22948 The high-directed aim at which it soar'd ;
Not as often kindred mind has deplored
The cost through which it was possess'd ; unfeign'd

Associated thought that contemplates
One who has the bright-plumaged bird that seeks
The source of radiance which as spirit breaks
Through shadows, falls from perfecting, still great ;

Recalling him in memory who sought
The m yst'ries of Euripus' waves to scan
Who felt that as engulphed was his thought,
Dashing his form where the wild billows ran,
And all who have as stars a track illumed
Afar from glories of the earth, their own entomb'd.]]> The high-directed aim at which it soar'd ;
Not as often kindred mind has deplored
The cost through which it was possess'd ; unfeign'd

Associated thought that contemplates
One who has the bright-plumaged bird that seeks
The source of radiance which as spirit breaks
Through shadows, falls from perfecting, still great ;

Recalling him in memory who sought
The m yst'ries of Euripus' waves to scan
Who felt that as engulphed was his thought,
Dashing his form where the wild billows ran,
And all who have as stars a track illumed
Afar from glories of the earth, their own entomb'd.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22947 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:32:19 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22947 The portraiture of Midas laving where
Pactolus' waters like the bright thought, rare
Reflected the primeval base of gold ;

Emblematic of genius in its might
Which as he whose touching chang'd instant all
To brilliant gold, where'er its glancings fall,
Upsprings the ray of earth's immortal light.

But is there not more valued gift than this?
See if 'tis not found in transmuting thought
Which would o'erpass the road to mental bliss ,
Yet through just reason to its track is brought ;
No mind attainment is decried, but here
Darkness is illum'd, re-created the soul's sphere.]]> The portraiture of Midas laving where
Pactolus' waters like the bright thought, rare
Reflected the primeval base of gold ;

Emblematic of genius in its might
Which as he whose touching chang'd instant all
To brilliant gold, where'er its glancings fall,
Upsprings the ray of earth's immortal light.

But is there not more valued gift than this?
See if 'tis not found in transmuting thought
Which would o'erpass the road to mental bliss ,
Yet through just reason to its track is brought ;
No mind attainment is decried, but here
Darkness is illum'd, re-created the soul's sphere.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22946 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:30:17 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22946 They 're stewards of high Fortune's offering.
Which will require a strict account, and bring
To audit those with useless splendour deck'd;

For view yon son of indolence and pride,
Whose wanton lavish wastings would supply
The suff rer's need with gen'rous sympathy
And sustenance the famish'd one provide !

How will such behold the glorious place,
The source which has the misused gift bestow'd ?
No smile will welcome him, no words of grace
Tell him of happiness in that abode,
While he who lived despised and sunk in woe,
Th' offspring of Heav'n, shall all ita raptures know.]]> They 're stewards of high Fortune's offering.
Which will require a strict account, and bring
To audit those with useless splendour deck'd;

For view yon son of indolence and pride,
Whose wanton lavish wastings would supply
The suff rer's need with gen'rous sympathy
And sustenance the famish'd one provide !

How will such behold the glorious place,
The source which has the misused gift bestow'd ?
No smile will welcome him, no words of grace
Tell him of happiness in that abode,
While he who lived despised and sunk in woe,
Th' offspring of Heav'n, shall all ita raptures know.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22945 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:29:06 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22945 I raise my invocation, but to Thee
Who givest sleep, and ever dost enfold
Those who its richness as great treasures see;

At this lone hour with favour give to me
That healthful balm, soft quieter of woe
Which, ah, too seldom gentlest sympathy
Its tears of agony bids cease to flow ;

Let me repose, a weary trav'ller, soon
No longer view yon misty struggling moon,
Hear melancholy rays through rain-drops fling,
But wrapt in kindly slumber eVry pow'r,
Renewed and strengthen for the morning hour,
When with creation join'd high praise I sing.]]> I raise my invocation, but to Thee
Who givest sleep, and ever dost enfold
Those who its richness as great treasures see;

At this lone hour with favour give to me
That healthful balm, soft quieter of woe
Which, ah, too seldom gentlest sympathy
Its tears of agony bids cease to flow ;

Let me repose, a weary trav'ller, soon
No longer view yon misty struggling moon,
Hear melancholy rays through rain-drops fling,
But wrapt in kindly slumber eVry pow'r,
Renewed and strengthen for the morning hour,
When with creation join'd high praise I sing.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22944 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:27:37 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22944 Of mightiest thunder, in deep-ton'd wind
That sweep along the storm-eneompass'd shore,
And in each cave hollow echoing finds; —

But chief in thee, O earthquake I Thou dost tell
Of judgment past the reach of human thought ;
E'en in thy name such fearful myst'ries dwell
That with an untold horror thou art fraught,

We hear of thee and wonder ! Oh ! thou art
Invested with a dread which famine nor
Wing'd pestilence can own, or death's swift dart,
Cleaving th' ensanguin'd fields of direful war ;
For thou engulphest cities, kingdoms spread
With desolation, burier of the living-dead.]]> Of mightiest thunder, in deep-ton'd wind
That sweep along the storm-eneompass'd shore,
And in each cave hollow echoing finds; —

But chief in thee, O earthquake I Thou dost tell
Of judgment past the reach of human thought ;
E'en in thy name such fearful myst'ries dwell
That with an untold horror thou art fraught,

We hear of thee and wonder ! Oh ! thou art
Invested with a dread which famine nor
Wing'd pestilence can own, or death's swift dart,
Cleaving th' ensanguin'd fields of direful war ;
For thou engulphest cities, kingdoms spread
With desolation, burier of the living-dead.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22943 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:26:44 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22943 Respire unshackled by the Helot's chain,
Nor from his enervating toils repair
Soon to return to waste what pow'rs remain

His health and life for the oppressor's gain ;
That noble energies should thus be lost,
Which, cultur'd, might to fame's proud height attain,
And prove perchance a nation's ardent boast

! If e'er the patriot's malediction rise,
Sure it must fall upon the shameless head
Of one who mocks fair freedom's type — the skies,
Dooming the subjected to toil for bread
Beyond those limits Nature has assigird,
With'ring the fruit which else would dig nify the mind.]]> Respire unshackled by the Helot's chain,
Nor from his enervating toils repair
Soon to return to waste what pow'rs remain

His health and life for the oppressor's gain ;
That noble energies should thus be lost,
Which, cultur'd, might to fame's proud height attain,
And prove perchance a nation's ardent boast

! If e'er the patriot's malediction rise,
Sure it must fall upon the shameless head
Of one who mocks fair freedom's type — the skies,
Dooming the subjected to toil for bread
Beyond those limits Nature has assigird,
With'ring the fruit which else would dig nify the mind.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22942 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:25:50 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22942 Yon orb th' ethereal as circling rolls
Each crimson cloud like glory-seeking souls,
And heighten'd beauty to his splendour lends !

Emblem of the departing e'er he wends
That unknown path which countless thousands tread,
By Heav'n-taught faith chases each gath'ring doubt
And radiates the murky clouds of dread,

While mourning friends who weeping stand about
His couch of death, the tears of sorrow shed
Enlighten'd are as life's lamp burnetii out.
Destiny, when the parting hour arrives,
May trust in all that has sublimely said
Yet evidence around great hope unwitheing lives.]]> Yon orb th' ethereal as circling rolls
Each crimson cloud like glory-seeking souls,
And heighten'd beauty to his splendour lends !

Emblem of the departing e'er he wends
That unknown path which countless thousands tread,
By Heav'n-taught faith chases each gath'ring doubt
And radiates the murky clouds of dread,

While mourning friends who weeping stand about
His couch of death, the tears of sorrow shed
Enlighten'd are as life's lamp burnetii out.
Destiny, when the parting hour arrives,
May trust in all that has sublimely said
Yet evidence around great hope unwitheing lives.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22941 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:24:09 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22941 The Poet's hallow'd title, and entwine
That fadeless wreath, the fav'ring Muses' sign
Unwith'ring when the body in its tomb

Loses all mortal trace, I would express
One fervent wish, that not in vain I sung,
But that my thoughts should reach the ardent —
young And lonely aspirant, — his vigils bless.

More than by blood such kindred are allied,
For what unites like sympathy of soul ?
May my heart-prompted verse some spirit guide
To truth, to excellence, its radiant goal ;
Made potent by celestial light that gives
Aid to the darken'd soul, which living — ever lives.]]> The Poet's hallow'd title, and entwine
That fadeless wreath, the fav'ring Muses' sign
Unwith'ring when the body in its tomb

Loses all mortal trace, I would express
One fervent wish, that not in vain I sung,
But that my thoughts should reach the ardent —
young And lonely aspirant, — his vigils bless.

More than by blood such kindred are allied,
For what unites like sympathy of soul ?
May my heart-prompted verse some spirit guide
To truth, to excellence, its radiant goal ;
Made potent by celestial light that gives
Aid to the darken'd soul, which living — ever lives.]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22940 Thu, 20 Dec 2012 19:22:22 +0000 ZaunköniG]]> https://sonett-archiv.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=22940 And own that I am never happy when
Amid a social band I do not find
Thy sweetly radiating smiles, for then

The circle has no halo — wit is dull,
Time drags on heavily and murmurs rise ;
But in thy lovely presence, which is full
Of inspiration like the star-lit skies,

The freshen'd mind invigorates her pow'rs
While converse mingles with a chaste delight ;
And when I've been aloof from pleasure's bow'rs,
Enwrapt in gloomy sorrow's darkest night,
Like him* who Afric's wilds explor'd, I've proved
Thy loving sympathy, most worthy to be loved.



* Mungo Park, the celebrated traveller in Africa, who, when faint and weary, was relieved by the sable daughters of the country, and cheered by their songs.]]> And own that I am never happy when
Amid a social band I do not find
Thy sweetly radiating smiles, for then

The circle has no halo — wit is dull,
Time drags on heavily and murmurs rise ;
But in thy lovely presence, which is full
Of inspiration like the star-lit skies,

The freshen'd mind invigorates her pow'rs
While converse mingles with a chaste delight ;
And when I've been aloof from pleasure's bow'rs,
Enwrapt in gloomy sorrow's darkest night,
Like him* who Afric's wilds explor'd, I've proved
Thy loving sympathy, most worthy to be loved.



* Mungo Park, the celebrated traveller in Africa, who, when faint and weary, was relieved by the sable daughters of the country, and cheered by their songs.]]>