The Siamese Twins: A Satirical Tale of the Times. With Other PoemsJ. & J. Harper, 1831 - 308 páginas |
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... never drown , And shores untrod - in Truth discover ; While ermined “ INFLUENCE ” half - forsakes Her flock to no contemn'd attacks ; While Pelham for his boroughs quakes , And Jersey trembles for “ Almack's ; " While thus the old world ...
... never drown , And shores untrod - in Truth discover ; While ermined “ INFLUENCE ” half - forsakes Her flock to no contemn'd attacks ; While Pelham for his boroughs quakes , And Jersey trembles for “ Almack's ; " While thus the old world ...
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... never felt , To things that never were existent . * She is not privileged to proseLet finer bards aspire to weary us ; Most humbly she resigns to those , The misanthropic and mysterious . And if she breathe a truth , at times , She doth ...
... never felt , To things that never were existent . * She is not privileged to proseLet finer bards aspire to weary us ; Most humbly she resigns to those , The misanthropic and mysterious . And if she breathe a truth , at times , She doth ...
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... shock Thro ' every woman there whose breast The soft lips of a babe had press'd ; But she who spakean aged crone . The mother's love had never known ! ! The gossip ceased ; and you might mark The influence 16 THE SIAMESE TWINS . ( BOOK.
... shock Thro ' every woman there whose breast The soft lips of a babe had press'd ; But she who spakean aged crone . The mother's love had never known ! ! The gossip ceased ; and you might mark The influence 16 THE SIAMESE TWINS . ( BOOK.
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... never won , we yearn ! Why needs this waste of toil , before Life's last , yet simplest truth we learn ? Oh ! that our early years would own The moral of our burial - stone : The true to kalon of the breast The elixir of the earth is ...
... never won , we yearn ! Why needs this waste of toil , before Life's last , yet simplest truth we learn ? Oh ! that our early years would own The moral of our burial - stone : The true to kalon of the breast The elixir of the earth is ...
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... never contains Enough for a bridge o'er a single creek.f The night hath advanced ; and the sharp , shrill cry Of the geckof breaks forth from the herbage dark ; And out , o'er the hush of the breathless sky , Sweeps the Moon in her ...
... never contains Enough for a bridge o'er a single creek.f The night hath advanced ; and the sharp , shrill cry Of the geckof breaks forth from the herbage dark ; And out , o'er the hush of the breathless sky , Sweeps the Moon in her ...
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Página 277 - CYRIACK, this three years' day these eyes, though clear, To outward view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot ; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against Heaven's hand or will, nor bate a jot Of heart or hope, but still bear up and steer Right onward.
Página 306 - The utmost care will be taken, not only to exclude whatever can have an injurious influence on the mind, but to embrace every thing calculated to strengthen the best and most salutary impressions.
Página 281 - Tunes her nocturnal note: thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Página 306 - Every distinct subject will in general be comprehended in one volume, or at most in three volumes, which may form either a portion of the series or a complete work by itself; and each volume will be embellished with appropriate engravings. The entire series will be the production of authors of eminence, who have acquired celebrity by their literary labours, and whose names...
Página 251 - The design of this poem," says Sir EB Lytton, in a prefatory note, " is that of a picture. It is intended to portray the great patriot poet in the three cardinal divisions of life — youth, manhood, and age. The first part is founded upon the well-known though ill-authenticated tradition of the Italian lady or ladies seeing Milton asleep under a tree in the gardens of his college, and leaving some tributary verses beside the sleeper. Taking full advantage of this legend, and presuming to infer from...