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... plain , Nothing growing in the garden . 2. Now smiles the ruby - cheek'd , and jasmine- bosom'd spring ; 3. The russet earth is clad in green , 4. The withered branch begins to shoot , and the dry stick is in leaf . 5. The meadow bathes ...
... plain , Nothing growing in the garden . 2. Now smiles the ruby - cheek'd , and jasmine- bosom'd spring ; 3. The russet earth is clad in green , 4. The withered branch begins to shoot , and the dry stick is in leaf . 5. The meadow bathes ...
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... plains , whilst the kids bound from mount to mount . 9. Now the mariner scuds fearless on the main , and the swelling sail of joy 10. Is wafted on the wings of a prosperous gale . 11. Now in the inmost corners of the bowers , and the ...
... plains , whilst the kids bound from mount to mount . 9. Now the mariner scuds fearless on the main , and the swelling sail of joy 10. Is wafted on the wings of a prosperous gale . 11. Now in the inmost corners of the bowers , and the ...
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... plains , rivers , porticos , arches , and palaces , as picturesque objects . This shews , at least , how a Persian poet would interpret the word pictu- resque , upon which we have so many opinions . Verse 13. The Bee . The Greek epithet ...
... plains , rivers , porticos , arches , and palaces , as picturesque objects . This shews , at least , how a Persian poet would interpret the word pictu- resque , upon which we have so many opinions . Verse 13. The Bee . The Greek epithet ...
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... plains , about noon , resembling a large lake of water in motion , and is caused by the reverberation of the sun - beams , or the quivering and undulating motion of the thick successions of vapour , and exhalations ex- tracted by the ...
... plains , about noon , resembling a large lake of water in motion , and is caused by the reverberation of the sun - beams , or the quivering and undulating motion of the thick successions of vapour , and exhalations ex- tracted by the ...
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... plain before Coronæa , where the Пaußou- Tia were celebrated , hinc illæ palmæ . Cal- limachus mentions the Ithonian games , Ηνθον Ιτωνιάδος μιν Αθαναίας ἐπ ' ἄεθλα . We learn also from Statius , that Ithone was sacred to Minerva ...
... plain before Coronæa , where the Пaußou- Tia were celebrated , hinc illæ palmæ . Cal- limachus mentions the Ithonian games , Ηνθον Ιτωνιάδος μιν Αθαναίας ἐπ ' ἄεθλα . We learn also from Statius , that Ithone was sacred to Minerva ...
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Page 208 - Aonian maids, Delight no more — O Thou my voice inspire Who touch'd Isaiah's hallow'd lips with fire! Rapt into future times the bard begun: A Virgin shall conceive — a Virgin bear a Son ! From Jesse's root behold a Branch arise Whose sacred flower with fragrance fills the skies: Th...
Page 203 - From these rude shores our fearless course we held: Beneath the glistening wave the god of day Had now five times withdrawn the parting ray, When o'er the prow a sudden darkness spread, And slowly floating o'er the mast's tall head A black cloud...
Page 45 - Primus ego in patriam mecum, modo vita supersit, Aonio rediens deducam vertice Musas; primus Idumaeas referam tibi, Mantua, palmas...
Page 210 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 164 - Je m'embarque fièrement, Et je vais en ambassade, Au nom de mon souverain, Dire que je suis malade Et que lui se porte bien. Avec une joue enflée Je débarque tout honteux. La princesse, boursouflée...
Page 54 - Amphitrite Will er schließen wie sein eignes Haus. Zu des Südpols nie erblickten Sternen Dringt sein rastlos ungehemmter Lauf, Alle Inseln spürt er, alle fernen Küsten — nur das Paradies nicht auf.
Page 52 - Edler Freund! Wo öffnet sich dem Frieden, Wo der Freiheit sich ein Zufluchtsort? Das Jahrhundert ist im Sturm geschieden, Und das neue öffnet sich mit Mord. Und das band der Länder ist gehoben, Und die alten Formen stürzen ein; Nicht das Weltmeer hemmt des Krieges Toben, Nicht der Nilgott und der alte Rhein.
Page 212 - See dying vegetables life sustain, See life dissolving vegetate again : All forms that perish other forms supply, (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of matter born, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Page 42 - Aus der Wahrheit Feuerspiegel lächelt sie den Forscher an. Zu der Tugend steilem Hügel leitet sie des Dulders Bahn. Auf des Glaubens Sonnenberge sieht man ihre Fahnen wehn, durch den Riß gesprengter Särge sie im Chor der Engel stehn.
Page 40 - Freude heißt die starke Feder In der ewigen Natur. Freude, Freude treibt die Räder In der großen Weltenuhr. Blumen lockt sie aus den Keimen, Sonnen aus dem Firmament, Sphären rollt sie in den Räumen, Die des Sehers Rohr nicht kennt.