English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution, Liverpool [ed. by W. J. Conybeare].1857 |
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... Tower 58 22 Patriotism 61 99 Lochinvar . 62 Flodden Field 64 دو 39 99 DRYDEN SHAKSPERE The Chase . The Home of Douglas Ellen's Song . Alexander's Feast Ariel's Song Fairy Song 77 82 84 85 88 88 99 Dirge . 89 Hubert and Arthur 90 99 ...
... Tower 58 22 Patriotism 61 99 Lochinvar . 62 Flodden Field 64 دو 39 99 DRYDEN SHAKSPERE The Chase . The Home of Douglas Ellen's Song . Alexander's Feast Ariel's Song Fairy Song 77 82 84 85 88 88 99 Dirge . 89 Hubert and Arthur 90 99 ...
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... tower on the Rhine , " replied he , " " Tis the safest place in Germany ; The walls are high and the shores are steep , And the stream is strong and the water deep . " Bishop Hatto fearfully hasten'd away , And he crost the Rhine ...
... tower on the Rhine , " replied he , " " Tis the safest place in Germany ; The walls are high and the shores are steep , And the stream is strong and the water deep . " Bishop Hatto fearfully hasten'd away , And he crost the Rhine ...
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... tower their way is bent , To do the work for which they were sent . They are not to be told by the dozen or score , By thousands they come , and by myriads and more , Such numbers had never been heard of before , Such a judgment had ...
... tower their way is bent , To do the work for which they were sent . They are not to be told by the dozen or score , By thousands they come , and by myriads and more , Such numbers had never been heard of before , Such a judgment had ...
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... through the deep , While the stormy tempests blow ; While the battle rages loud and long , And the stormy tempests blow . Britannia needs no bulwark , No towers along the steep ; D Her march is o'er the mountain waves , Her home 49.
... through the deep , While the stormy tempests blow ; While the battle rages loud and long , And the stormy tempests blow . Britannia needs no bulwark , No towers along the steep ; D Her march is o'er the mountain waves , Her home 49.
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... TOWER . THE feast was over in Branksome Tower , And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower that was guarded by word and by spell , Deadly to hear , and deadly to tell- No living wight , save the Ladye alone , Had dared to ...
... TOWER . THE feast was over in Branksome Tower , And the Ladye had gone to her secret bower ; Her bower that was guarded by word and by spell , Deadly to hear , and deadly to tell- No living wight , save the Ladye alone , Had dared to ...
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Page 273 - Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills, and they To heaven. Their martyred blood and ashes sow O'er all the...
Page 150 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man; To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day, comes a frost, a killing frost; And, — when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 220 - Though in the paths of death I tread, With gloomy horrors overspread, My steadfast heart shall fear no ill, For thou, O Lord ! art with me still; Thy friendly crook shall give me aid, And guide me through the dreadful shade.
Page 134 - From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains .Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 47 - YE Mariners of England That guard our native seas, Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze — Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe ! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy winds do blow, — While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 113 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath, and near his favourite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; 'The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay. Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 273 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?
Page 205 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush!
Page 72 - O woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou...
Page 48 - Her home is on the deep. With thunders from her native oak, She quells the floods below, As they roar on the shore, When the stormy tempests blow ; When the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy tempests blow.