The Works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld: With a Memoir, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825 - 814 pages V. 1. Memoir. Poems -- v. 2. Correspondence. Miscellaneous pieces. |
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... soothe , can wound ; To life adds motion , and to beauty soul , And breathes a spirit through the finished whole : Each perfects each , in friendly union joined ; - This gives Amanda's form , and that her mind . But humbler themes my ...
... soothe , can wound ; To life adds motion , and to beauty soul , And breathes a spirit through the finished whole : Each perfects each , in friendly union joined ; - This gives Amanda's form , and that her mind . But humbler themes my ...
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... Or of the painter's or the poet's name : Could I to both with equal claim pretend , Yet far , far dearer were the name of Friend . CHARACTERS . O BORN to soothe distress and lighten care 4.6 ** , WITH DRAWINGS . TO MRS . P **
... Or of the painter's or the poet's name : Could I to both with equal claim pretend , Yet far , far dearer were the name of Friend . CHARACTERS . O BORN to soothe distress and lighten care 4.6 ** , WITH DRAWINGS . TO MRS . P **
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... soothe distress and lighten care , Lively as soft , and innocent as fair ! Blest with that sweet simplicity of thought So rarely found , and never to be taught ; Of winning speech , endearing , artless , kind , The loveliest pattern of ...
... soothe distress and lighten care , Lively as soft , and innocent as fair ! Blest with that sweet simplicity of thought So rarely found , and never to be taught ; Of winning speech , endearing , artless , kind , The loveliest pattern of ...
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... soothe the sickness of the soul , Can bid the warring passions cease , And breathe the calm of tender peace ; - Wisdom ! I bless thy gentle sway , And ever , ever will obey . But if thou com'st with frown austere , To nurse the brood of ...
... soothe the sickness of the soul , Can bid the warring passions cease , And breathe the calm of tender peace ; - Wisdom ! I bless thy gentle sway , And ever , ever will obey . But if thou com'st with frown austere , To nurse the brood of ...
Page 102
... voice More sweet than softest touch of Doric reed , Or Lydian flute , can soothe the madding winds , - And through the stormy deep Breathe thine own tender calm . Thee , best beloved ! the virgin train await With 102 Ode to Spring •
... voice More sweet than softest touch of Doric reed , Or Lydian flute , can soothe the madding winds , - And through the stormy deep Breathe thine own tender calm . Thee , best beloved ! the virgin train await With 102 Ode to Spring •
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Aikin ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD arms art thou awful Barbauld bend beneath bless blest bloom bosom bowers breast breath bright brow Ceres charms cheerful controul Corsica courser Cupid Cyrnus dear death deep delight drest earth eyes fair fame fancy Farewell fate fear feel fire flame flow flowers fond genius gentle glowing golden grace groves hand hast heart heaven honoured hope hour HYMN Kibworth light live lyre maid midst mind mourn Muse Muse's Nature's never numbers nymph o'er pale passions peace pilgrim pity pomp praise racter rage reign RICHARD TAYLOR rise round scenes scorn Scythian shade shining shore sighs silent smile soft song soothe soul sound spirit spread spring sting STONNE storm strains stream sweet swelling taught tears tender thee thine thou thought toil trembling vale vext virtues Warrington weep wings wound youth
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Page 321 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat ; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls : Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 261 - I know not what thou art, But know that thou and I must part ; And when, or how, or where we met I own to me 'sa secret yet.
Page 321 - PRAISE to God, immortal praise, For the love that crowns our days ; Bounteous source of every joy, Let Thy praise our tongues employ...
Page 324 - AGAIN the Lord of life and light Awakes the kindling ray, Unseals the eyelids of the morn, And pours increasing day.
Page 262 - Life ! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not ' Good night ' — but in some brighter clime Bid me
Page 322 - All that spring with bounteous hand Scatters o'er the smiling land ; All that liberal autumn pours From her rich, o'erflowing stores...
Page 330 - 11 mount aloft to thine abode ; On wings of love our souls shall fly, Nor tire amidst the heavenly road. 273. LM MBS BARBAULD. The Christian Warfare. 1 AWAKE, my soul ! lift up thine eyes ; See where thy foes against thee rise, In long array, a numerous host ; Awake, my soul ! or thou art lost.
Page 332 - How blest the sacred tie that binds In union sweet according minds ! How swift the heavenly course they run, Whose hearts, whose 'faith, whose hopes are one ! 2.
Page 262 - To the vast ocean of empyreal flame From whence thy essence came Dost thou thy flight pursue, when freed From matter's base encumbering weed? Or dost thou, hid from sight, Wait, like some spell-bound knight, Through blank oblivious years th' appointed hour To break thy trance and reassume thy power?
Page 316 - How bright the unchanging morn appears! Farewell, inconstant world, farewell ! 5 Life's labor done, as sinks the clay, Light from its load the spirit flies, While heaven and earth combine to say, " How blest the righteous when he dies !