The maniac, a tale; or, a view of Bethlem Hospital: and The merits of women, a poem from the French [of J.M.E.B. Legouvé] With poetical pieces on various subjects, original and translated / [Mrs. Amelia Bristow].

  • Bristow, Amelia, Mrs.
Date:
1810
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Credit: The maniac, a tale; or, a view of Bethlem Hospital: and The merits of women, a poem from the French [of J.M.E.B. Legouvé] With poetical pieces on various subjects, original and translated / [Mrs. Amelia Bristow]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Tired; hopeless, spent, he now in desperate mood,” Spurns the false earth, and plunges *midst: the home His element he changes, not his fate; te wou A That still pursues, with unrelenting hate: : The pack voracious, fierce, :with,sweat defiled, Tones piercing sharp, eyes flashing: fury, wild, Fly after ; through the waves too, cut their way 5 © . To claim their barbarous feast! their destined prey. Panting with thirst, the expanse that round them floats, Seems scarcely to ‘suffice their burning throats. But imstincts ‘more imperious still, command ; For blood they thirst! blood they aloud demand. ' Of friends, of hope bereft, one sole résource Their victim sees; to rage he has recourse! © 9) — Alas:!.of shifts so dimpétently! vain, ont 10] Why had mean fears msured'the shame, thes ial LÉ Why, ‘listening to his courage high, muate, > Had not great deeds ennobled his sad fate ?. _ Sick of base arts, injall his native might, He rouses dreadful to the coming fight : Adyances dauntless ’midst his numerous foes, .) :+ _ His generous vengeance: aims his deadliest) ere i ? Where valour copes with valour. On-all sides, »: Beset; | assailed, the shock! he firm.abides, : 4: 90+ The infuriate pack pouriround, rage: in their eyes ; / With ravenous jaws, and intermingled.cries.. . wht He combats still; strikes, struggles. tu the last. «i But fruitless this. brave stand,, those effortsvasts ; >