The Restoration of the Works of Art to Italy a Poem
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tho' his pains intense, Distend each vein, and dart thro* every sense j c 18 THE RESTORATION OF Tho' fix'd on him, his children's suppliant eyes, Implore the aid avenging Fate denies ; Tho' with the giant-snake in fruitless strife, O * Heaves every muscle with convulsive life, And in each limb Existence writhes, enroll'd Midst the dread circles of the venom'd fold ; Yet the strong spirit lives and not a cry, Shall own the might of Nature's agony ! That furrow'd brow unconquer'd Soul reveals, Th...at patient eye to angry Heav'n appeals, That struggling bosom concentrates its breath, Nor yields one moan to torture or to death I Sublimest triumph of intrepid Art f With speechless horror to congeal the heart, To freeze each pulse, and dart thro' every vein, Cold thrills of fear, keen sympathies of pain ; Yet teach the spirit how its lofty power, THE WORKS OF ART TO ITALY. 19 May brave the pangs of Fate's severest hour ! Turn from such conflicts, and enraptur'd ga/e, On scenes where Painting all her skill displays : Landscapes, by colouring drest in richer dyes, More mellow'd sunshine, more unclouded skies ; Or dreams of bliss, to dying Martyrs given, Descending Seraphs, robed in beams of heaven.
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