Songs of Three CenturiesJohn Greenleaf Whittier From Shakespeare to Milton -- From Dryden to Burns -- From Wordsworth to Longfellow. |
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... sound . Why blush ye , Love ! to give to me your hand , Sing , ye sweet angels ! Alleluia sing , That all the woods may answer , and your echo ring . UNA AND THE LION . ONE day , nigh weary of the irksome way , From her unhasty beast ...
... sound . Why blush ye , Love ! to give to me your hand , Sing , ye sweet angels ! Alleluia sing , That all the woods may answer , and your echo ring . UNA AND THE LION . ONE day , nigh weary of the irksome way , From her unhasty beast ...
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... sound , Such as at once might not on living ground , Save in this paradise be heard elsewhere : Right hard it was for wight which did it hear , To read what manner music that might be : For all that pleasing is to living ear , Was there ...
... sound , Such as at once might not on living ground , Save in this paradise be heard elsewhere : Right hard it was for wight which did it hear , To read what manner music that might be : For all that pleasing is to living ear , Was there ...
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... sound . Give me a look , give me a face , That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing , hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me , Than all the adulteries of art , That strike mine eyes , but not my heart . HOW NEAR TO ...
... sound . Give me a look , give me a face , That makes simplicity a grace ; Robes loosely flowing , hair as free : Such sweet neglect more taketh me , Than all the adulteries of art , That strike mine eyes , but not my heart . HOW NEAR TO ...
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... sound , The God I sought for was not to be found . I asked the air if that were he ! but lo ! It told me " No. " I from the towering eagle to the wren Demanded then If any feathered fowl ' mongst them were such ; But they all , much 27 ...
... sound , The God I sought for was not to be found . I asked the air if that were he ! but lo ! It told me " No. " I from the towering eagle to the wren Demanded then If any feathered fowl ' mongst them were such ; But they all , much 27 ...
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... sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up- Divinely warbled voice hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the arméd throng ; And kings sat still with awful ...
... sound Was heard the world around : The idle spear and shield were high up- Divinely warbled voice hung ; The hooked chariot stood Unstained with hostile blood ; The trumpet spake not to the arméd throng ; And kings sat still with awful ...
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Page 94 - What though the radiance which was once so bright Be now for ever taken from my sight, Though nothing can bring back the hour Of splendor in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death, In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 144 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Nor in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest With his martial cloak around him.
Page 179 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, — The desert and illimitable air, — Lone wandering, but not lost, All day thy wings have fanned At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 120 - Teach us, sprite or bird, what sweet thoughts are thine : I have never heard praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.
Page 94 - 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. Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears, — To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 34 - On His Blindness 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-labor, light denied?
Page 94 - Hence in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be. Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither; Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 134 - And saw, within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 52 - Other refuge have I none, Hangs my helpless soul on thee ; Leave, ah ! leave me not alone ; Still support and comfort me ! All my trust on thee is stayed, All my help from thee I bring ; Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing.
Page 134 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.