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Pagina 26
... unto man his health doth oft renue , The fyre that all things eke consumeth clene , May hurt and heale : then if that this be true , I trust some time my harm may be my health , Sins every woe is joyned with some wealth . The spirit of ...
... unto man his health doth oft renue , The fyre that all things eke consumeth clene , May hurt and heale : then if that this be true , I trust some time my harm may be my health , Sins every woe is joyned with some wealth . The spirit of ...
Pagina 34
... unto Morpheus comes , whom drowned deepe In drowsie fit he findes ; of nothing he takes keepe . And more to lulle him in his slumber soft , A trickling streame from high rock tumbling downe , And ever - drizling raine upon the loft ...
... unto Morpheus comes , whom drowned deepe In drowsie fit he findes ; of nothing he takes keepe . And more to lulle him in his slumber soft , A trickling streame from high rock tumbling downe , And ever - drizling raine upon the loft ...
Pagina 80
... Unto an isle so long unknown , " And yet far kinder than our own ! " Where He the huge sea monsters racks , " That lift the deep upon their backs , " He lands us on a grassy stage , " Safe from the storms and prelates ' rage . " He gave ...
... Unto an isle so long unknown , " And yet far kinder than our own ! " Where He the huge sea monsters racks , " That lift the deep upon their backs , " He lands us on a grassy stage , " Safe from the storms and prelates ' rage . " He gave ...
Pagina 109
... into English , and the author should apologize to his readers for laying before them his own imperfect paraphrase . King Athelstan , the glory Of his leaders brave and bold , Who gave unto his barons Bracelets of yellow gold , NOTES. ...
... into English , and the author should apologize to his readers for laying before them his own imperfect paraphrase . King Athelstan , the glory Of his leaders brave and bold , Who gave unto his barons Bracelets of yellow gold , NOTES. ...
Pagina 110
To the Time of Milton Stanhope Busby. Who gave unto his barons Bracelets of yellow gold , And his brother the Prince Edmund , A chief of warlike might , With the sword's sharp edge , at Brunenburgh , Struck the enemy in fight ; The ...
To the Time of Milton Stanhope Busby. Who gave unto his barons Bracelets of yellow gold , And his brother the Prince Edmund , A chief of warlike might , With the sword's sharp edge , at Brunenburgh , Struck the enemy in fight ; The ...
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Pagina 38 - Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him. Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell Of different flowers in odour and in hue, Could make me any summer's story tell, Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew: Nor did...
Pagina 71 - The thirsty earth soaks up the rain, And drinks, and gapes for drink again, The plants suck in the earth, and are With constant drinking fresh and fair. The sea itself, which one would think Should have but little need of drink, Drinks ten thousand rivers up, So fill'd that they oerflow the cup. The busy sun (and one would guess By...
Pagina 99 - Look once more, ere we leave this specular mount, Westward, much nearer by south-west; behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands, Built nobly, pure the air and light the soil, Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence, native to famous wits Or hospitable, in her sweet recess, City or suburban, studious walks and shades.
Pagina 101 - Why am I thus bereav'd thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon. When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Pagina 77 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Pagina 39 - They were but sweet, but figures of delight, Drawn after you ; you pattern of all those. Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away, As with your shadow I with these did play : XCIX.
Pagina 103 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Pagina 77 - Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers which their infants overlay. Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave, Like profuse kings, resumes the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil The mower's hopes...
Pagina 101 - The Sun to me is dark And silent as the Moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave. Since light so necessary is to life, And almost life itself, if it be true That light is in the Soul, She all in every part; why was the sight To such a tender ball as the eye confined?
Pagina 103 - O'er all the Italian fields, where still doth sway The triple Tyrant ; that from these may grow A hundredfold, who, having learnt thy way, Early may fly the Babylonian woe.