The Beauties of the British Poets: With a Few Introductory ObservationsPhillips, Sampson & Company, 1849 - 395 páginas |
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... past , Or free his feet , that in the mire stick fast ? Most envious man , that grieves at neighbours ' good , And fond , that joyest in the wo thou hast ; Why wilt not let him pass , that long hath stood Upon the bank , yet wilt ...
... past , Or free his feet , that in the mire stick fast ? Most envious man , that grieves at neighbours ' good , And fond , that joyest in the wo thou hast ; Why wilt not let him pass , that long hath stood Upon the bank , yet wilt ...
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... ; Ease to the body some , none to the mind , From restless thoughts , that like a deadly swarm Of hornets armed , no sooner found alone , But rush upon me thronging , and present Times past MILTON TAGE From Sampson Agonistes'
... ; Ease to the body some , none to the mind , From restless thoughts , that like a deadly swarm Of hornets armed , no sooner found alone , But rush upon me thronging , and present Times past MILTON TAGE From Sampson Agonistes'
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... past , what once I was , and what am now . O wherefore was my birth from heaven foretold Twice by an Angel , who at last , in sight Of both my parents , all in flames ascended From off the altar , where an offering burned , As in a ...
... past , what once I was , and what am now . O wherefore was my birth from heaven foretold Twice by an Angel , who at last , in sight Of both my parents , all in flames ascended From off the altar , where an offering burned , As in a ...
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... past , That shrunk thy streams ; return , Sicilian Muse , And call the vales , and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues . Ye valleys low , where the mild whispers use Of shades , and wanton winds , and ...
... past , That shrunk thy streams ; return , Sicilian Muse , And call the vales , and bid them hither cast Their bells and flowerets of a thousand hues . Ye valleys low , where the mild whispers use Of shades , and wanton winds , and ...
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... past a doubt , All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire in each eye , and papers in each hand , They rave , recite , and madden round the land . What walls can guard me , or what shades can hide ? ' They pierce my thickets , through my ...
... past a doubt , All Bedlam or Parnassus is let out : Fire in each eye , and papers in each hand , They rave , recite , and madden round the land . What walls can guard me , or what shades can hide ? ' They pierce my thickets , through my ...
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Términos y frases comunes
beauty behold beneath blessed blest bosom breast breath bright bright eyes brow charms cheerful clouds cold crown dark dead death deep delight Deloraine doth dread e'en earth ENGLISH POETRY eternal eyes fair fame farewell fear fire flowers GENEVRA grace grave Greece hand hath head hear heard heart heaven hills honour hope hour labour land light lisp look Lord Lycidas lyre maid mind morn murmurs Muse ne'er never night nymph o'er Orpheus pain pale peace pleasure poet praise pride raptures Rhine rill rise round Samian wine scene shade shine shore sigh silent SIR JOHN MOORE skies sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spirit star sweet Sweet Auburn tears tempests thee thine thou art thou hast thought toil Twas vale Venice voice wandering wave weary ween weep wild wind wretched youth
Pasajes populares
Página 68 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise...
Página 265 - She shall be sportive as the fawn That wild with glee across the lawn Or up the mountain springs; And hers shall be the breathing balm And hers the silence and the calm Of mute insensate things. "The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Página 361 - Darkling I listen; and for many a time I have been half in love with easeful Death, Call'd him soft names in many a mused rhyme, To take into the air my quiet breath; Now more than ever seems it rich to die, To cease upon the midnight with no pain, While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad In such an ecstasy! Still wouldst thou sing, and I have ears in vain— To thy high requiem become a sod.
Página 265 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, 'A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ! This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. 'Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Página 50 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players : They have their exits and their entrances ; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Página 188 - The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; .Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !* he says, with solemn air.
Página 87 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one Talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?
Página 51 - It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Página 81 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold ! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest.
Página 67 - Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest and youthful Jollity, Quips, and Cranks, and wanton Wiles, Nods, and Becks, and wreathed Smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.