Evenings with the Poets, and sketches of their favourite scenes. By the Author of “Success in Life,” etc1860 |
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Page 41
... Una's sake , of whom I sing , That my frail eyes these lines with tears do steep , To think how she through guileful handelling , Though true as touch , though daughter of a king , Though fair as ever living wight was fair , Though.
... Una's sake , of whom I sing , That my frail eyes these lines with tears do steep , To think how she through guileful handelling , Though true as touch , though daughter of a king , Though fair as ever living wight was fair , Though.
Page 43
... tears did shed for pure affection . " The lion , lord of every beast in field , " Quoth she , " his princely puissance doth abate , And mighty proud to humble weak does yield , Forgetful of the hungry rage which late Him prick'd , in ...
... tears did shed for pure affection . " The lion , lord of every beast in field , " Quoth she , " his princely puissance doth abate , And mighty proud to humble weak does yield , Forgetful of the hungry rage which late Him prick'd , in ...
Page 54
... tears , Fly , fly to courts , Fly to fond worldling's sports ; Where strained sardonic smiles are glozing still , And Grief is forced to laugh against her will ; Where mirth's but mummery , And sorrows only real be . Fly from our ...
... tears , Fly , fly to courts , Fly to fond worldling's sports ; Where strained sardonic smiles are glozing still , And Grief is forced to laugh against her will ; Where mirth's but mummery , And sorrows only real be . Fly from our ...
Page 79
... know of sorrow , but with power to heal , And make its happiness as bright as ours ! If tears are there , ' twill be but gladness ' tongue , When silence speaks the eloquence of joy ! If fear EVENINGS WITH THE POETS . 79.
... know of sorrow , but with power to heal , And make its happiness as bright as ours ! If tears are there , ' twill be but gladness ' tongue , When silence speaks the eloquence of joy ! If fear EVENINGS WITH THE POETS . 79.
Page 97
... out to death ? Which if thou parallel with lustres run , Or those whose courses are but now begun , In days great number they shall less appear , G Than with the sea when matched is a tear . EVENINGS WITH THE POETS . 97.
... out to death ? Which if thou parallel with lustres run , Or those whose courses are but now begun , In days great number they shall less appear , G Than with the sea when matched is a tear . EVENINGS WITH THE POETS . 97.
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