Poems (1786) Volume I
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Excerpt: ...starting from repose Heard the dire shrieks of murder burst- From infant innocence they rose, And shook these solemn towers!- I shudd'ring pass that fatal room For ages wrapt in central gloom, - I shudd'ring pass that iron door Which Fate perchance unlocks no more, Death, smear'd with blood, o'er the dark portal lowers. A The anniversary of the murder of Edward the Fifth, and his brother Richard, Duke of York. II. How fearfully my step resounds Along these lonely bounds:- Spare, savage blast! the taper's quiv'ring fires, Deep in these gath'ring shades its flame expires. Ye host of heaven! the door recedes- It mocks my grasp-what unseen hands Have burst its iron bands? No mortal force this gate unbarr'd Where danger lives, which terrors guard- Dread powers! its screaming hinges close On this dire scene of impious deeds- My feet are fix'd!-Dismay has bound My step on this polluted ground- But lo! the pitying moon, a line of light Athwart the horrid darkness dimly throws, And from yon grated window chases night.- III. Ye visions that before me roll, That freeze my blood, that shake my soul! Are ye the phantoms of a dream? Pale spectres! are ye what ye seem? They glide more near- Their forms unfold! Fix'd are their eyes, on me they bend- Their glaring look is cold! And hark!-I hear Sounds that the throbbing pulse of life suspend. IV. "No wild illusion cheats thy sight "With shapes that only live in night- "Mark the native glories spread "Around my bleeding brow! "The crown of Albion wreath'd my head, "And Gallia's liliesA twin'd below- "When my father shook his spear, "When his banner sought the skies, "Her baffled host recoil'd with fear, ...
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