The book of recitations [ed.] by C.W. Smith |
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... hath spoken , And the strong heart I leaned upon is broken ; And I have seen his brow- The forehead of my upright one , and just- Trod by the hoof of battle in the dust . He will not meet thee there Who blest thee at 6 POETIC.
... hath spoken , And the strong heart I leaned upon is broken ; And I have seen his brow- The forehead of my upright one , and just- Trod by the hoof of battle in the dust . He will not meet thee there Who blest thee at 6 POETIC.
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... strong Herminius ; Of Tatian blood was he : " I will abide on thy left side , And keep the bridge with thee . " " Horatius , " quoth the Consul , " As thou say'st , so let it be . " And straight against that great array Forth went the ...
... strong Herminius ; Of Tatian blood was he : " I will abide on thy left side , And keep the bridge with thee . " " Horatius , " quoth the Consul , " As thou say'st , so let it be . " And straight against that great array Forth went the ...
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... strong oxen Could plough from morn till night ; And they made a molten image , And set it up on high , And there it stands unto this day To witness if I lie . It stands in the Comitium , 5 Plain for all folk to see , Horatius in his ...
... strong oxen Could plough from morn till night ; And they made a molten image , And set it up on high , And there it stands unto this day To witness if I lie . It stands in the Comitium , 5 Plain for all folk to see , Horatius in his ...
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... strong . Mista , black terrific maid , Sangrida , and Hilda , see , Join the wayward work to aid : " Tis the woof of victory . Ere the ruddy sun be set , Pikes must shiver , javelins sing , Blade with clattering buckler meet , Hauberk ...
... strong . Mista , black terrific maid , Sangrida , and Hilda , see , Join the wayward work to aid : " Tis the woof of victory . Ere the ruddy sun be set , Pikes must shiver , javelins sing , Blade with clattering buckler meet , Hauberk ...
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... Strong supplication , and forgave him there , Before his God , for his deep sinfulness . ǝk The pall was settled . He who slept beneath Was straightened for the grave ; and , as the folds Sank to the still proportions , they betrayed ...
... Strong supplication , and forgave him there , Before his God , for his deep sinfulness . ǝk The pall was settled . He who slept beneath Was straightened for the grave ; and , as the folds Sank to the still proportions , they betrayed ...
Términos y frases comunes
arms bear beauty beneath blood breast breath bright brother brow child cold cried dark dead death deep dread dream earth face fair fall father fear feel fell fire friends gave gazed give gold gone grave hand hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hope hour king knew land leave light live lonely look Lord mind morn never night o'er once passed peace play poor pride proud replied rest rise rock roll rose round seemed seen side sigh silent sleep smile soon soul sound spirit stand stood stream strong sweet tears tell thee thing thou thought turned Twas voice waves wild wind young youth
Pasajes populares
Página 211 - Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were won. Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow, And quite forgot their vices in their woe ; Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began.
Página 130 - Be that word our sign of parting, bird, or fiend!" I shrieked, upstarting: "Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! Quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!
Página 275 - O, then, I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife ; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners...
Página 19 - Art is long, and time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Página 282 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life ; But that the dread of something after death, — The undiscovered country, from whose bourn No traveller returns, — puzzles the will ; And makes us rather bear those ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Página 260 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this, That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Página 63 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Página 278 - tis an unweeded garden, That grows to seed; things rank and gross in nature Possess it merely. That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Página 274 - This is the state of man : To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hopes ; to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Página 210 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.