Penny Dreadfuls, 1812 · page 186 of 258
Psyche, and other poems — page 186: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a poem titled "ON LEAVING KILLARNEY," dated August 5, 1800. The text is a lyrical verse expressing melancholy farewell to the Irish landscape of Killarney—its hills, lakes, and forests—as the speaker departs by boat. The poem laments the loss of natural beauty and sensory pleasures (music, birdsong) experienced there, while hoping the place remains untouched and continues to bring joy to others. It appears to be extracted prose or poetry from a larger work rather than typical penny dreadful sensation fiction.
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165 ON LEAVING KILLARNEY. | August 5, 1800. , ‘ FAREWELL, Sweet scenes! pensive once more I turn Those pointed hills, and wood-fringed lakes to view With fond regret; while in this last adieu A silent tear those brilliant hours shall mourn For ever past. So from the pleasant shore, Borne with the struggling bark against the wind, The trembling pennant fluttering looks behind With vain reluctance! ’Mid those woods no more For me the voice of pleasure shall resound, Nor soft flutes warbling o’er the placid lake Aerial music shall for me awake, And wrap my charmed soul in peace profound ! Though lost to me, here still may Taste delight To dwell, nor the rude axe the trembling Dryads fright! Comicdooksheom