The Pelican Island, and Other PoemsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827 - 264 páginas Autograph manuscript signed; bound with a presentation ALS from Montgomery to Thomas Raffles, 1829 Apr 17. |
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... O'er air and ocean ; drearier gloom involved My fainting senses , till a sudden ray Of pensile lustre sparkled from the west ; I flew to meet it , but drew never nearer , While , vanishing and re - appearing oft , At length it trembled ...
... O'er air and ocean ; drearier gloom involved My fainting senses , till a sudden ray Of pensile lustre sparkled from the west ; I flew to meet it , but drew never nearer , While , vanishing and re - appearing oft , At length it trembled ...
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... o'er these , With every motion pouring out fresh beauties , As though the conscious colours came and went At pleasure , glorying in their subtle changes , Enormous o'er the flood , Leviathan Look'd forth , and from his roaring nostrils ...
... o'er these , With every motion pouring out fresh beauties , As though the conscious colours came and went At pleasure , glorying in their subtle changes , Enormous o'er the flood , Leviathan Look'd forth , and from his roaring nostrils ...
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... o'er the surface , ' Twas like a resurrection of the dead : From graves innumerable , punctures fine In the close coral , capillary swarms Of reptiles , horrent as Medusa's snakes , Cover'd the bald - pate reef ; then all was life , And ...
... o'er the surface , ' Twas like a resurrection of the dead : From graves innumerable , punctures fine In the close coral , capillary swarms Of reptiles , horrent as Medusa's snakes , Cover'd the bald - pate reef ; then all was life , And ...
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... o'er the corn - sown fields , Where Memphis flourish'd , and the Pharaohs reign'd ; - Egypt's grey piles of hieroglyphic grandeur , That have survived the language which they speak , Preserving its dead emblems to the eye , Yet hiding ...
... o'er the corn - sown fields , Where Memphis flourish'd , and the Pharaohs reign'd ; - Egypt's grey piles of hieroglyphic grandeur , That have survived the language which they speak , Preserving its dead emblems to the eye , Yet hiding ...
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... O'er stems unknotted , waving to the wind : Of these in graceful form , and simple beauty , The fruitful cocoa and the fragrant palm Excell'd the wilding daughters of the wood , That stretch'd unwieldy their enormous arms , Clad with ...
... O'er stems unknotted , waving to the wind : Of these in graceful form , and simple beauty , The fruitful cocoa and the fragrant palm Excell'd the wilding daughters of the wood , That stretch'd unwieldy their enormous arms , Clad with ...
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Términos y frases comunes
2d Edit abyss amidst appear'd art Thou Author beautiful beheld beneath billow birds birth Blessed bliss bosom BOTANY breast breath breeze burthen CANTO child clouds coloured coral reef darkness dead death dreams earth Engravings eternity evanescent fill'd fire flood foolscap 8vo gaze glory Green happy hath heart heaven hope isle J. C. LOUDON JOHN BRITTON kindred knew land light living look'd mind morn mountains musquitos Nature Nature's nest never night o'er ocean open'd Orme peace PELICAN ISLAND Plates Poems prey Price 11 printed for Longman rain reef Rees Right Ho rock round scene SCOTTISH BORDER seem'd shine small isle song soul spirit star by star stars strange sup.-roy sweet thee THOMAS MOORE Thou art thought trees turn'd Twas vanish'd voice Vols Volumes Voyages watch'd waves whence wild wind wings young
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Página 186 - Were this frail world our only rest. Living or dying, none were blest. 2 Beyond the flight of time, Beyond this vale of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath, Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward to expire.
Página 204 - He spake, and my poor name he named — ' Of me thou hast not been ashamed ; These deeds shall thy memorial be ; Fear not, thou didst them unto me.
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Página 185 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our final rest, Living or dying, none were blest.
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Página 218 - Night is the time for toil ; To plough the classic field, Intent to find the buried spoil Its wealthy furrows yield ; Till all is ours that sages taught, That poets sang or heroes wrought.
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Página 6 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. PARKES.
Página 203 - Twas night — the floods were out ; it blew A winter hurricane aloof ; I heard his voice abroad, and flew To bid him welcome to my roof ; I...
Página 5 - Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, including all the latest Improvements. A general History of Agriculture in all Countries, and a Statistical View of its present State, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.