An educational selection of poetry: with notes, chiefly historical, compiled by a member of the Historic society of Lancashire and Cheshire [T.W.M.].T W M 1876 |
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... sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice , And utter forth a glorious voice , For ever singing as they shine , " The hand that made us is Divine . " Paraphrase on Psalm XXIII . CHE Lord my pasture ...
... sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found ? In reason's ear they all rejoice , And utter forth a glorious voice , For ever singing as they shine , " The hand that made us is Divine . " Paraphrase on Psalm XXIII . CHE Lord my pasture ...
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... sound , Thy clutching feet bepat the ground , And all their harmless claws disclose , Like prickles of an early rose ; While softly from thy whiskered cheek Thy half - closed eyes peer mild and meek . But not alone by cottage fire Do ...
... sound , Thy clutching feet bepat the ground , And all their harmless claws disclose , Like prickles of an early rose ; While softly from thy whiskered cheek Thy half - closed eyes peer mild and meek . But not alone by cottage fire Do ...
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... sounds the vesper bell , Like a voice from those who love us , Breathing fondly , " Fare - thee - well ! " When the waves are round me breaking , As I pace the deck alone , And my eye in vain is seeking leaf to rest upon , Some green ...
... sounds the vesper bell , Like a voice from those who love us , Breathing fondly , " Fare - thee - well ! " When the waves are round me breaking , As I pace the deck alone , And my eye in vain is seeking leaf to rest upon , Some green ...
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... sound like distant thunder ; slow the strokes At first , then fast and faster , till at length They passed into a murmur , and were still . " There hast thou , " said my friend , type 66 a fitting Of human life . " Tis an old truth , I ...
... sound like distant thunder ; slow the strokes At first , then fast and faster , till at length They passed into a murmur , and were still . " There hast thou , " said my friend , type 66 a fitting Of human life . " Tis an old truth , I ...
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... sound of revelry by night , And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry , and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell ...
... sound of revelry by night , And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her beauty and her chivalry , and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell ...
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Términos y frases comunes
arms battle beautiful beneath beside bird blood blow BORN brave breast bridge bright cheer child close cold cried dark dead death deep DIED dream earth England English eyes face fair fall father fear feel fell field fire gave gazed give grace grave green half hand hath head hear heard heart heaven hill hope hour Italy King knew land leaves light living lonely looked Lord meet morn mother never night o'er once passed plain poor pride rest rise rock rose round seen shore side sigh silent smile snow soon soul sound stand stood stormy stream sweet tears tell thee things thou thought Till turned Twas village voice watched waves weary wild wind wood
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Página 209 - ... Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes; and thus far hear me, Cromwell, And when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say I taught thee Say Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour, Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in A sure and safe one, though thy master...
Página 44 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, — alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass...
Página 192 - The way was long, the wind was cold, The Minstrel was infirm and old; His withered cheek, and tresses gray, Seemed to have known a better day; The harp, his sole remaining joy, Was carried by an orphan boy.
Página 83 - Let not Ambition mock their useful toil, Their homely joys, and destiny obscure ; Nor Grandeur hear with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. The boast of Heraldry, the pomp of Power, And all that Beauty, all that Wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour ; The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Página 133 - THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS. IT was the schooner Hesperus, That sailed the wintry sea ; And the skipper had taken his little daughter, To bear him company.
Página 77 - The dancing pair that simply sought renown, By holding out to tire each other down...
Página 41 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street : On with the dance ! let joy be unconfined ; No sleep till morn, when youth and pleasure meet To chase the glowing hours with flying feet...
Página 95 - THE boy stood on the burning deck, Whence all but him had fled ; The flame that lit the battle's wreck, Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm ; A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though child-like form.
Página 78 - 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...
Página 166 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests Were slunk, all but .the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung...