Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine, 7 (1858–59), 59–61.
Poesy of the Passions: Hope
Anon
Genre: | Regular Feature, Poetry, Extract |
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Thomas Campbell
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[Title] Subjects: | Astronomy, Cosmology, Eschatology, Ether |
The extracted poem asserts that hope's 'joyous youth' began when 'yonder spheres sublime / Pealed their first notes' and that 'When all the sister planets have decayed' and when 'the realms of ether glow [...] Thou, undismayed, shalt [...] light thy torch at Nature's funeral pile' (60).
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