In Praise of Leaves: And Other VerseLothrop, Lee & Shepard Company, 1906 - 124 pagina's |
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Pagina 14
... branches thrill With prophecies the centuries fulfil , Faint voices severed from their vernal souls . What aspirant lurks here , whom triumph doles A trophy which the foundling breezes will ? What one is he the wilderness doth guide ...
... branches thrill With prophecies the centuries fulfil , Faint voices severed from their vernal souls . What aspirant lurks here , whom triumph doles A trophy which the foundling breezes will ? What one is he the wilderness doth guide ...
Pagina 15
... branches part , where hesitates A shadow , backward gazing once again : Still backward gazing , Orpheus heart , to meet Eternity within a moment fleet . POSSESSION H art thou he , whose voice is melody 15 III The Supplicant.
... branches part , where hesitates A shadow , backward gazing once again : Still backward gazing , Orpheus heart , to meet Eternity within a moment fleet . POSSESSION H art thou he , whose voice is melody 15 III The Supplicant.
Pagina 31
... branches in their tented fold , And forced them , sighing , to his vassal bands ; He stole among the leaves with shrill commands And tore their clinging cradles as they slept ; He heeded not earth's children as they wept , Nor recked he ...
... branches in their tented fold , And forced them , sighing , to his vassal bands ; He stole among the leaves with shrill commands And tore their clinging cradles as they slept ; He heeded not earth's children as they wept , Nor recked he ...
Pagina 78
... the earth , That in majestic verdure walk the waves . Ah , well it knows that cry of waters wide , One with the wind - leaves and their branch - tossed tide . THR WINDS AT SEA HROUGH the long leaves of darkness 78 II.
... the earth , That in majestic verdure walk the waves . Ah , well it knows that cry of waters wide , One with the wind - leaves and their branch - tossed tide . THR WINDS AT SEA HROUGH the long leaves of darkness 78 II.
Pagina 97
... branches hung , With terraced vineyard , and with villas bright , Circle in ease symmetrical among The glossy inlets , steeped in pristine light . From Porto Venere the Corsair caves Hurl to Palmaria their sacred staves . LERICI ...
... branches hung , With terraced vineyard , and with villas bright , Circle in ease symmetrical among The glossy inlets , steeped in pristine light . From Porto Venere the Corsair caves Hurl to Palmaria their sacred staves . LERICI ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Angel Death APOLLO AND DAPHNE art thou Bay of Spezia beneath breast breeze clouds you love darkness day shuts dear DEVON ROAD doth Dream-child dreams dumb earth Echo ENGLISH LANE eternity eyes and sleeps fold Footprints like memories frail gainst gaze gleaming glow green gull hail hands heart heights hushed jester JOY RIDING SWIFTLY knew Lady Claire Lady of Clouds Lerici lingering lisping little Mother lonely loom Lost Spring melody mesh mist murmur mute neath night o'er October 15 pale pass PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pines Pisa Poet PRAISE OF LEAVES PROTESTANT CEMETERY rest River goes San Giuliano San Terenzo SEA-TURN shore shrine SHUMAN shuts its troubled sigh silence sings skies smile sound stars stir STORM-CHASED sudden tangled thee Thy dreams Thy shadows To-day TOMOKA RIVER tossed trees trembling troubled eyes Twilight Land unfathomed Unto verdant Via Reggio VILLA MAGNI ween WIND-LEAVES winds wings wist
Populaire passages
Pagina 61 - Or throne of corses which his sword hath slain ? Greatness and goodness are not means but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man ? Three treasures,- love and light, And calm thoughts regular as infant's breath : And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
Pagina 5 - ... because I love you, Mother, I have woven a wreath Of rhymes wherewith to crown your honored name: In you not fourscore years can dim the flame Of love, whose blessed glow transcends the laws Of time and change and mortal life and death. IN PRAISE OF LEAVES BY LILIAN SHUMAN DREYFUS, 1906 To MY MOTHER, HETTIE LANG SHUMAN Stumbling, we see the future as a cup Which she no longer stores with bread and wine, And where our human longing, yours and mine, Is all the incense we may offer up. A MOTHER'S...
Pagina 93 - THERE have I stood, and chastened by his name, With silence knelt — a shadow at a shrine; There have I given thanks, while breezes brine Murmured monotonies of youth and fame, Like votive anthems droned with soul aflame ! There have I wandered, while the memoried air Whispered of dreams evasive, sadly fair, Of crystal faith earth could not crush or tame. Surely within...
Pagina 111 - This is the world, and its heart is still, It shall fret no more its changeless will, Insensate beside its ashen hearth, Dumb it doth lie in the ice-wind's path.