Favourite English Poems: Thomson to Tennyson, 1700-1860Sampson Low, Son & Company, 1863 |
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... loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade , And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made . But now the sounds of population fail : No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale , No busy steps ...
... loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade , And fill'd each pause the nightingale had made . But now the sounds of population fail : No cheerful murmurs fluctuate in the gale , No busy steps ...
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... louder plaints the mother spoke her woes , And bless'd the cot where every pleasure rose ; And kiss'd her thoughtless babes with many a tear , And clasp'd them close , in sorrow doubly dear ; Whilst her fond husband strove to lend ...
... louder plaints the mother spoke her woes , And bless'd the cot where every pleasure rose ; And kiss'd her thoughtless babes with many a tear , And clasp'd them close , in sorrow doubly dear ; Whilst her fond husband strove to lend ...
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... loud wi ' angry sugh ; The shortening winter - day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The blackening trains o ' craws to their repose : The toil - worn Cotter frae his labour goes , This night his weekly moil ...
... loud wi ' angry sugh ; The shortening winter - day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The blackening trains o ' craws to their repose : The toil - worn Cotter frae his labour goes , This night his weekly moil ...
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... loud as he could bawl . Away went Gilpin - who but he ? His fame soon spread around : " He carries weight ! he rides a race ! ' Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still , as fast as he drew near , " Twas wonderful to view How in a trice ...
... loud as he could bawl . Away went Gilpin - who but he ? His fame soon spread around : " He carries weight ! he rides a race ! ' Tis for a thousand pound ! " And still , as fast as he drew near , " Twas wonderful to view How in a trice ...
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... You shall go back for mine . " Ah , luckless speech , and bootless boast For which he paid full dear ; For , while he spake , a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort , as he Had heard 82 JOHN GILPIN .
... You shall go back for mine . " Ah , luckless speech , and bootless boast For which he paid full dear ; For , while he spake , a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear ; Whereat his horse did snort , as he Had heard 82 JOHN GILPIN .
Términos y frases comunes
beneath bird BIRKET FOSTER bless blest bliss breast breath bright brow C. W. COPE CHARLES DIBDIN charm cheerful child clouds cold CRESWICK dead dear deep door dread dream E. H. WEHNERT e'en earth father fear fields flowers GEORGE THOMAS Giles Gilpin glow green hand HARRISON WEIR hath head hear heard heart Heaven hill Hope hour John Gilpin labour land land of mist light living looks LORD BYRON loud Loxian Luke midnight moon morn mother murmurs Nature's never night o'er peace PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pleasure poem poor poor Jack Porphyro pow'r praise pride Queen rapture rise round sails shade ship shore sigh sleep smile song soul sound spirit storm sweet Sweet Auburn tears tell thee thine thou thought toil trembling twas vale village voice warm wave weary wild wind wing wretched youth
Pasajes populares
Página 19 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Página 258 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Página 64 - But, hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily Mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek, With heart-struck anxious care, inquires his name, While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak ; Weel pleas'd the Mother hears, it's nae wild, worthless rake. Wi...
Página 30 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene!
Página 241 - My lips were wet, my throat was cold, My garments all were dank; Sure I had drunken in my dreams, And still my body drank. I moved, and could not feel my limbs: I was so light — almost I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost.
Página 72 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Página 1 - THESE, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Página 110 - The blisses of her dream so pure and deep At which fair Madeline began to weep, And moan forth witless words with many a sigh; While still her gaze on Porphyro would keep; Who knelt, with joined hands and piteous eye, Fearing to move or speak, she look'd so dreamingly. XXXV 'Ah, Porphyro!
Página 89 - St. Agnes' Eve* — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold...
Página 265 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by : And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory.