Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 184 of 258
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# Page Analysis This is a printed poetry page (page 166) from what appears to be a Victorian-era literary work. The poem, titled "Written at the Eagle's Nest, Killarney, July 26, 1800," is a romantic verse describing a group seeking rest and shade by a lake near an eagle's nest in Ireland. The speaker celebrates the natural beauty of the location—its soft turf, magical sounds, and woodland melodies—declaring these hours among life's brightest moments, ones memory will preserve forever. The poem employs elevated, sentimental language typical of Romantic-era verse rather than the sensational melodrama characteristic of penny dreadfuls.
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166 WRITTEN AT THE EAGLE’S NEST, ms * KILLARNEY, July 26, 1800. Heeze let us rest, while with meridian blaze The sun rides glorious ’mid the cloudless sky, While o’er the lake no cooling Zephyrs fly, But on the liquid glass we dazzled gaze, And fainting ask for shade: lo! where his nest The bird of Jove has fixed: the lofty brow, _ With arbutus and fragrant wild shrubs drest, | Impendent frawns, nor will approach allow : Here the soft turf invites ; here magic sounds Celestially respondent shall enchant, While Melody from yon steep wood rebounds In thrilling cadence sweet. Sure, life can grant No brighter hours than this; and memory oft Shall paint this happiest scene with pencil soft. Comicbooks;com