Poems and Songs and Lecture on Poetry. With a Brief Memoir of the AuthorJohn Taylor, Bookseller, 1866 - 173 pagina's |
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... ing scream , By a cheerless hearth a mother lull'd her fretful babe to rest , [ throbbing breast ; And we heard the sigh of sorrow struggling from her Saw her start at coming footsteps thundering up the [ 42 POEMS BY.
... ing scream , By a cheerless hearth a mother lull'd her fretful babe to rest , [ throbbing breast ; And we heard the sigh of sorrow struggling from her Saw her start at coming footsteps thundering up the [ 42 POEMS BY.
Pagina 44
... breast , [ ful rest . And the dream of glad sensations lull'd her to her bliss- Then we pass'd in quick succession many a scene which pleased us well , [ delights to dwell , Scenes o'er which the memory lingers , and in dreams Till our ...
... breast , [ ful rest . And the dream of glad sensations lull'd her to her bliss- Then we pass'd in quick succession many a scene which pleased us well , [ delights to dwell , Scenes o'er which the memory lingers , and in dreams Till our ...
Pagina 49
... breast white as the flaky snow ; There the great diver with suspicious look Curv'd his long neck , and gracefully went down To search for prey , then suddenly he rose , And in his bill we saw the struggling fish , Which soon was sent to ...
... breast white as the flaky snow ; There the great diver with suspicious look Curv'd his long neck , and gracefully went down To search for prey , then suddenly he rose , And in his bill we saw the struggling fish , Which soon was sent to ...
Pagina 55
... d crest , To wrinkle the blue of its placid breast ; But all is still , save the lisping song That breaks on the shore from the wavelet's tongue . Pull away ! pull away o'er the sleeping sea ; ROBERT DUTHIE . 55 BOATMAN'S SONG,
... d crest , To wrinkle the blue of its placid breast ; But all is still , save the lisping song That breaks on the shore from the wavelet's tongue . Pull away ! pull away o'er the sleeping sea ; ROBERT DUTHIE . 55 BOATMAN'S SONG,
Pagina 61
... breast The groaning wounded lie ; while fainter grow The writhing dying , till a welcome rest They find in death's embrace . The sick'ning sense Of shock'd humanity half turns aside Unnerv'd ; but it by pity prompted thence , Forgets ...
... breast The groaning wounded lie ; while fainter grow The writhing dying , till a welcome rest They find in death's embrace . The sick'ning sense Of shock'd humanity half turns aside Unnerv'd ; but it by pity prompted thence , Forgets ...
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Poems and Songs and Lecture on Poetry. With a Brief Memoir of the Author Robert Duthie Volledige weergave - 1866 |
Poems and Songs and Lecture on Poetry. With a Brief Memoir of the Author Robert Duthie Volledige weergave - 1866 |
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art thou awake beaming beauty bliss blood bosom break breast breath breeze brim brow burst chamois clouds dance dark death deep dream e'en earth echoes echoing song eloquence fancy feel fire fretful friends frown give glory hail hand happy haste hath hear heart heaven helmet of Navarre helots Henry of Navarre Here's a health Hielan Highland glen holy hope Hurrah Ladye love laughter life's light lips Lisping live loud lyre Macbeth Mayenne melody merry merry heart mind mirth nature Nature's ne'er never night o'er patriots peal pearls of dew poet poetic poetry Queen rain rills Robert Duthie round Sarmatia scene seraph shade sigh sing sleeping smiles song sorrow soul spirit spring Stonehaven summer sunny Suwarrow sweet sympathies tears thee thine thou art thought thunder tone tongue tree true truth waves ween wild wing youth
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Pagina 160 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh ! night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong ; Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along From peak to peak the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud ! And this is in the night.
Pagina 175 - was passed from man to man. But out spake gentle Henry, " No Frenchman is my foe: Down, down with every foreigner, but let your brethren go.
Pagina 162 - It is a beauteous evening, calm and free, The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration; the broad sun Is sinking down in its tranquillity; The gentleness of heaven broods o'er the Sea: Listen!
Pagina 173 - And thou, Rochelle, our own Rochelle, proud city of the waters, Again let rapture light the eyes of all thy mourning daughters. As thou wert constant in our ills, be joyous in our joy, For cold, and stiff, and still are they who wrought thy walls annoy.
Pagina 178 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops...
Pagina 177 - I sometimes hold it half a sin To put in words the grief I feel; For words, like Nature, half reveal And half conceal the Soul within. But, for the unquiet heart and brain, A use in measured language lies; The sad mechanic exercise, Like dull narcotics, numbing pain. In words, like weeds...
Pagina 174 - And we cried unto the living God, who rules the fate of war, To fight for His own holy name, and Henry of Navarre.
Pagina 164 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood ; Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose, nor keep peace between The effect and it...
Pagina 161 - Now, where the quick Rhone thus hath cleft his way, The mightiest of the storms hath ta'en his stand: For here, not one, but many, make their play, And fling their thunderbolts from hand to hand...
Pagina 154 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.