The British Poets, Volume 4Little, Brown & Company, 1865 |
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... o'er the earth . Ah , then , Beloved ! pleasing was the smart , And the tear precious in compassion shed For her , who , pierced by sorrow's thrilling dart , Did meekly bear the pang unmerited ; VOL . IV . 1 Meek as that emblem of her ...
... o'er the earth . Ah , then , Beloved ! pleasing was the smart , And the tear precious in compassion shed For her , who , pierced by sorrow's thrilling dart , Did meekly bear the pang unmerited ; VOL . IV . 1 Meek as that emblem of her ...
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... o'er wide realms the tempest breaks , Needful amid life's ordinary woes ; - Hence , not for them unfitted who would bless A happy hour with holier happiness . He serves the Muses erringly and ill , Whose aim is pleasure light and ...
... o'er wide realms the tempest breaks , Needful amid life's ordinary woes ; - Hence , not for them unfitted who would bless A happy hour with holier happiness . He serves the Muses erringly and ill , Whose aim is pleasure light and ...
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... o'er the earth like an angel of light . Pass , pass who will , yon chantry door ; And through the chink in the fractured floor Look down , and see a griesly sight ; A vault where the bodies are buried upright ! There , face by face ...
... o'er the earth like an angel of light . Pass , pass who will , yon chantry door ; And through the chink in the fractured floor Look down , and see a griesly sight ; A vault where the bodies are buried upright ! There , face by face ...
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... o'er whom the blessed Dove Vouchsafed in gentleness to brood While she the holy work pursued . " " Uplift the Standard ! " was the cry From all the listeners that stood round , " Plant it , by this we live or die . ” - The Norton ceased ...
... o'er whom the blessed Dove Vouchsafed in gentleness to brood While she the holy work pursued . " " Uplift the Standard ! " was the cry From all the listeners that stood round , " Plant it , by this we live or die . ” - The Norton ceased ...
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... o'er the weight Of seventy years , to loftier height ; Magnific limbs of withered state ; A face to fear and venerate ; Eyes dark and strong ; and on his head Bright locks of silver hair , thick spread , Which a brown morion half ...
... o'er the weight Of seventy years , to loftier height ; Magnific limbs of withered state ; A face to fear and venerate ; Eyes dark and strong ; and on his head Bright locks of silver hair , thick spread , Which a brown morion half ...
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Popular passages
Page 256 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 268 - Stern Lawgiver! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face: Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.
Page 231 - Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Page 271 - Tis, finally, the Man who lifted high, Conspicuous obj'ect in a Nation's eye, Or left unthought-of in obscurity, — Who, with a toward or untoward lot, Prosperous or adverse, to his wish or not — Plays, in the many games of life, that one Where what he most doth value must be won...
Page 245 - He is retired- as noontide dew, Or fountain in a noon-day grove ; And you must love him, ere to you He will seem worthy of your love.
Page 256 - Blessings be with them — and eternal praise, Who gave us nobler loves, and nobler cares — The Poets, who on earth have made us heirs Of truth and pure delight by heavenly lays ! Oh ! might my name be numbered among theirs, Then gladly would I end my mortal days.
Page 249 - was well begun ; Then, from thy breast what thought, Beneath so beautiful a sun, So sad a sigh has brought...
Page 233 - One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings ; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things : — We murder to dissect.
Page 233 - LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING. I HEARD a thousand blended notes, While in a grove I sat reclined, In that sweet mood when pleasant thoughts Bring sad thoughts to the mind. To her fair works did nature link The human soul that through me ran ; And much it grieved my heart to think What man has made of man. Through primrose tufts in that sweet bower, The periwinkle trailed its wreaths ; And 'tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes.
Page 270 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire, And in himself possess his own desire: Who comprehends his trust, and to the same, Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim ; And therefore does not stoop, nor lie in wait For wealth, or honours, or for worldly state ; Whom they must follow: on whose head must fall, Like showers of manna, if they come at all...