The pleasures of hope, with other poems / By Thomas Campbell.

  • Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844
Date:
1812
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The pleasures of hope, with other poems / By Thomas Campbell. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Rush on his thought; he sweeps before the wind, Treads the lov’d shore he sigh’d to leave behind; Meets at each step a friend’s familiar face, And flies at last to Helen’s long embrace ; Wipes from her cheek the rapture-speaking tear. And clasps, w ith many a sigh, his children dear! While, long neglected, but at length caress’d. His faithful dog salutes the smiling guest, Points to the master’s eyes (where’er they roam) His wistful face, and whines a welcome home. Friend of the brave! in peril’s darkest hour, Intrepid virtue looks to thee for power; To thee the heart its trembling homage yields, On stormy floods, and carnage-cover’d fields,