Timbuctoo. A poem, which obtained the chancellor's medal at the Cambridge commencement, M.DCCC.XXIX. |
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abyss Afric aloft alternate Amid battlement bear beneath Black Blaze bore bound brain brightness calm carry Child circled City clear cloud cones Dappled dark Darken deep depth Distinct dome dream dull Earth Ev'n eyes face faery light fair fearful felt fill'd flame flashing fleet Flowing gaze glooms glory glowing gold green Grew hall hand harmonies heart Heaven height hills hollow Hope hung Illimitable Imperial impulse interval issue keen lake living Long look'd loveliness Memory mental mighty Mind Mountain multitudes muse night Open pale pass perfect rais'd rampart Rapid rapt restless round sand scan sense shadowing slope spheres Spirit Spring Stars step stood streets strong sweet tears thee things thou thoughts Throne TIMBUCTOO towers trackless Unto Unutterable visible vision vivid voice waters wave wheel wild winds wings wonderful
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Page 7 - Wide Afric, doth thy Sun Lighten, thy hills enfold a City as fair As those which starr'd the night o' the Elder World? Or is the rumour of thy Timbuctoo A dream as frail as those of ancient Time...
Page 11 - There is no mightier Spirit than I to sway The heart of man ; and teach him to attain By shadowing forth the Unattainable ; And step by step to scale thatmighty stair Whose landing-place is wrapt about with clouds Of glory of heaven.
Page 7 - I look'd, but not Upon his face, for it was wonderful With it's exceeding brightness, and the light Of the great Angel Mind which look'd from out The starry glowing of his restless eyes. I felt my soul grow mighty, and my Spirit With supernatural excitation bound Within me, and my mental eye...