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... nought is heard but the lashing waves , And the sullen roar of the angry sea , And the wild winds piping drearily : Yet sea and tempest rise in vain ; We'll bless our blazing hearths again . Push bravely , mates ; our guiding star Now ...
... nought is heard but the lashing waves , And the sullen roar of the angry sea , And the wild winds piping drearily : Yet sea and tempest rise in vain ; We'll bless our blazing hearths again . Push bravely , mates ; our guiding star Now ...
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... nought but what is failing ( dēcĭdŭŭs ) , nought but what is changeable , ( Aids 11. nil non ) .— 4. " Who changest not , " be careful to use the passive voice . Observe in Stanza II . 1 , how the English is broken up , to avoid the ...
... nought but what is failing ( dēcĭdŭŭs ) , nought but what is changeable , ( Aids 11. nil non ) .— 4. " Who changest not , " be careful to use the passive voice . Observe in Stanza II . 1 , how the English is broken up , to avoid the ...
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... Nought now reaches ( pervenio ) my ears save ( nisi ) the drearily - whistling ( triste fremens . Exercise XXV . 6 ) North wind ; Nought save the drifted ( fusus ) snow spreads - wide for - me - to - gaze - at ( quod pro- spiciam ) .— 5 ...
... Nought now reaches ( pervenio ) my ears save ( nisi ) the drearily - whistling ( triste fremens . Exercise XXV . 6 ) North wind ; Nought save the drifted ( fusus ) snow spreads - wide for - me - to - gaze - at ( quod pro- spiciam ) .— 5 ...
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... nought avail their tears , alas ! nought their loving offices ( pia facta ) . Stanza II . 1 , 2. The corpses , bathed ( perfusus ) in purple blood , they bore back with them , each to her lonely ( vacuus ) home . - 3 , 4. They showered ...
... nought avail their tears , alas ! nought their loving offices ( pia facta ) . Stanza II . 1 , 2. The corpses , bathed ( perfusus ) in purple blood , they bore back with them , each to her lonely ( vacuus ) home . - 3 , 4. They showered ...
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... Nought else do we desire : to the noble all else ( cætera , n . pl . ) is - vile ( sordeo ) : All else has naught by which the brave may be charmed ( capio ) .— 5 , 6. Therefore when the spirited war - horse ( sonipes ) has neighed loud ...
... Nought else do we desire : to the noble all else ( cætera , n . pl . ) is - vile ( sordeo ) : All else has naught by which the brave may be charmed ( capio ) .— 5 , 6. Therefore when the spirited war - horse ( sonipes ) has neighed loud ...
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Aids 11 Aids VII amid amor Anadiplosis Anaphora Apposition Assistant-Master beauty breast breeze bright broom brow charms clouds continued Crown 8vo dark Dost thou wish dreams dreary Edited Exercise XXIV eyes farewell flower frae FRANCIS STORR glen green grove heart Hendiadys Heroid Horace is-wont Jupiter light loca malè Marlborough College mihi morning Morninge Sleepe night nought nymph o'er Observe in Stanza Observe the repetition Ovid Pentameter penult perf Periphrasis Poet quæ rex Romanorum rose Rugby School shade shaken mat shine showers sing slumbers Small 8vo smile song Stanza II stream subj sweet syllable tears tempests thee tibi Transpose twine unus vale verb Verse VIII Virg voice vowel wandering waves weary ween weep whilst wild wind wont word Wouldst thou
Popular passages
Page 7 - I need Thy presence every passing hour : What but Thy grace can foil the Tempter's power? Who like Thyself my guide and stay can be ? Through cloud and sunshine, LORD, abide with me.
Page 56 - GATHER ye rosebuds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying: And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting; The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times still succeed the former.
Page 56 - The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he's to setting. That age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse and worst Times still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For, having lost...
Page 105 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 32 - A thousand ages in Thy sight Are like an evening gone ; Short as the watch that ends the night Before the rising sun. 5 Time, like an ever-rolling stream, Bears all its sons away ; They fly forgotten, as a dream Dies at the opening day...
Page 112 - Shall I compare thee to a summer's day ? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date...
Page 52 - O'er each fair sleeping brow, She had each folded flower in sight— Where are those dreamers now? One midst the forests of the West, By a dark stream, is laid ; The Indian knows his place of rest Far in the cedar shade.
Page 22 - Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, And winds by the cot where my Mary resides; How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave.
Page 55 - And the scene where his melody charm'd me before Resounds with his sweet-flowing ditty no more. My fugitive years are all hasting away, And I must ere long lie as lowly as they, With a turf on my breast, and a stone at my head, Ere another such grove shall arise in its stead.
Page 21 - My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.