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... tear The lingering remnant of their yellow hair , And shivering wolves , surprised with darkness , howl As if the sun were not . He raised his eye Soul - smitten ; for , that instant , did appear Large space ( ' mid dreadful clouds ) of ...
... tear The lingering remnant of their yellow hair , And shivering wolves , surprised with darkness , howl As if the sun were not . He raised his eye Soul - smitten ; for , that instant , did appear Large space ( ' mid dreadful clouds ) of ...
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... tear thy strongest limbs apart ! The very wind thou once wast proud To mock at , while it whistled round , Now rolls thee with the meaner crowd Of autumn refuse o'er the ground . Tell me what years have slipped between Thine earlier and ...
... tear thy strongest limbs apart ! The very wind thou once wast proud To mock at , while it whistled round , Now rolls thee with the meaner crowd Of autumn refuse o'er the ground . Tell me what years have slipped between Thine earlier and ...
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... tear or thoughtful sigh ; Wherever Death cuts down the tree , The tree must fall — and , falling , lie . Yet may I take , when I depart , At least thy comfort , to have borne , While yet I lived , a stalwart heart , Of gentler graces ...
... tear or thoughtful sigh ; Wherever Death cuts down the tree , The tree must fall — and , falling , lie . Yet may I take , when I depart , At least thy comfort , to have borne , While yet I lived , a stalwart heart , Of gentler graces ...
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... tears . Blest is the man who with the sound of song Can charm away the heartache , and forget The frost of Penury , and the stings of Wrong , And drown the fatal whisper of Regret ! Darker are the abodes Of Kings , tho ' his be poor ...
... tears . Blest is the man who with the sound of song Can charm away the heartache , and forget The frost of Penury , and the stings of Wrong , And drown the fatal whisper of Regret ! Darker are the abodes Of Kings , tho ' his be poor ...
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... , so lavish of delight , Shall laugh and sing , yet crown their early years With those rare buds , more odorous than bright , And that wise spirit , now the growth of tears ? Ah ! vexed Life , there is no other wand SYMBOLS . 47.
... , so lavish of delight , Shall laugh and sing , yet crown their early years With those rare buds , more odorous than bright , And that wise spirit , now the growth of tears ? Ah ! vexed Life , there is no other wand SYMBOLS . 47.
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A. H. CLOUGH angels beauty beloved beneath blessed blest breast breath bright brow BURBIDGE calm CHARLES TURNER child CHRISTINA ROSSETTI clouds COVENTRY PATMORE dark DAVID GRAY dear death deep divine doth dream E. B. BROWNING earth eternal eyes face fair faith fear feet FELICIA HEMANS flowers FREDERICK TENNYSON GEORGE MACDONALD glory God's golden grief hand happy hath hear heart Heaven heavenly holy hope hour J. H. NEWMAN JEAN INGELOW light live look Lord love thee MATTHEW ARNOLD morn nest night o'er peace pray prayer rest Ring ROBERT BROWNING round shadows shine sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit Spring stars strife sweet tears tender thine things Thou art Thou dost thou hast thought thro toil tree truth unto voice weary weep WILLIAM CALDWELL ROSCOE wind wings WORDSWORTH
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Page 84 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease ; R1ng out the narrowing lust of gold ; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand ; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 11 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: 10 Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
Page 225 - The rainbow comes and goes, And lovely is the rose; The moon doth with delight Look round her when the heavens are bare; Waters on a starry night Are beautiful and fair; The sunshine is a glorious birth; But yet I know, where'er I go, That there hath passed away a glory from the earth.
Page 232 - The innocent brightness of a new-born Day Is lovely yet ; The Clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober coloring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality : Another race hath been, and other palms are won.
Page 54 - SWEET Day ! so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky ; The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die.
Page 228 - The homely nurse doth all she can To make her foster-child, her inmate Man, Forget the glories he hath known, And that imperial palace whence he came. Behold the Child among his new-born blisses, A six years' darling of a pigmy size ! See, where 'mid work of his own hand he lies.
Page 88 - And they a blissful course may hold Even now, who, not unwisely bold, Live in the spirit of this creed ; Yet seek thy firm support, according to their need. I, loving freedom, and untried ; No sport...
Page 207 - FEAR death ? — to feel the fog in my throat, The mist in my face, When the snows begin, and the blasts denote I am nearing the place, The power of the night, the press of the storm, The post of the foe ; Where he stands, the Arch Fear in a visible form, Yet the strong man must go...
Page 24 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far through their rosy depths dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 253 - But the time will come, at last it will, When, Evelyn Hope, what meant, I shall say, In the lower earth, in the years long still, That body and soul so pure and gay? Why your hair was amber, I shall divine, And your mouth of your own geranium's red, And what you would do with me, in fine, In the new life come in the old one's stead.