PoemsLittell & Henry, 1821 - 236 páginas |
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anguish beams beauty billows bless blest bliss bosom breeze bright brow calm change of season charms cherish'd cloudless clouds dead dear death delight dream e'en earth exult fairy bowers fancy fancy's farewell fear feelings flowers fond fresh friendship gaze gentle glorious glory glow gone grace grief happy hath heart heaven holy hope hour kings shall rejoice life's light live lonely lov'd loveliest loveliness lyre memory memory's mirth morning muse nature's night o'er ocean ocean shore pass'd patriarch's hope peaceful pensive pleasure praise pure river Deben round scene season seem'd shade shed shine sigh silent slumber smile song soothing sorrow soul sound spirit splendour STANZAS starless nights sweet taught tears tell tempest thee theme thine thou art thou hast thought thy dreams tone transient trod Twas unto VERSES visions wake waking eye WARREN HILL ween worth
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Página 106 - Now in thy youth, beseech of Him Who giveth, upbraiding not; That his light in thy heart become not dim, And his love be unforgot; And thy God, in the darkest of days, will be, Greenness, and beauty, and strength to thee.
Página 58 - And vanish'd each glimpse of its glory. But the Christian, made wise by a wisdom divine, Though all human fabrics may falter, Still finds in his heart a far holier shrine, Where the fire burns...
Página 57 - Woman ! believe me, the hour is near, When He, if ye rightly would hail him, Will neither be worshipped exclusively here, Nor yet at the altar of Salem.
Página 189 - I shall not forget, until memory depart, When first I beheld it, the glow of my heart ; The wonder, the awe, the delight that stole o'er me, When its billowy boundlessness opened before me.
Página 48 - FORESTS, and lakes, the majesty of mountains, The dazzling glaciers, and the musical sound Of waves and winds, or softer gush of fountains : In sights and sounds like these thy soul has found Sublime delight; but can the visible bound Of this small globe be the sole nurse and mother Of knowledge and of feeling ? Look around ! Mark how one being differs from another ; Yet the world's book is spread before each human brother.
Página 104 - When in the silence of moonlight thou leanest, Where glist'ning waters run, To see, by that gentle and peaceful beam, The willow bend down to the sparkling stream ? And oh ! in a lovely autumnal day, When leaves are changing before thee, Do not nature's charms, as they slowly decay, Shed their own mild influence o'er thee? And hast thou not felt, as...
Página 105 - O smile not ! nor think it a worthless thing, If it be with instruction fraught ; That which will closest and longest cling, Is alone worth a serious thought...
Página 236 - From dulness, nor let cold indifference steep My senses in oblivion: if the thrill Of early bliss must sober, as it will, And should, when earthly things to heavenly yield. I would have feelings left time cannot chill; That, while I yet can walk through grove or field, I may be conscious there of charms by thee reveal'd.
Página 57 - Who, having once enter'd, hath shown us the way, O Lord, how to worship before Thee ; Not with shadowy forms of that earlier day, But in spirit and truth to adore Thee.
Página 39 - VERSES TO AN INFANT. BLESSINGS rest on thee, happy one ! All that parental love Could ask, or wish, since life begun, Be given thee from above. Fruitless the wish, and vain the prayer, For perfect bliss would be ; Thou canst not shun what all must share, Nor 'scape from sorrow free. What all must meet, thou canst not miss : Yet mayst thou, sweet one ! know Capacity to relish bliss, And strength to combat woe. May that pure innocence, which now Is infancy's best spell, Encircle long thy cloudless...