English Verse, Volume 2William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard C. Scribner's Sons, 1883 - English poetry |
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... Shadows And Images of Voice , to hound and horn From rocky steep and rock - bestudded meadows Flung back and in the sky's blue caves reborn ! On with your pastime , till the church - tower bells A greeting give of measured glee ; And ...
... Shadows And Images of Voice , to hound and horn From rocky steep and rock - bestudded meadows Flung back and in the sky's blue caves reborn ! On with your pastime , till the church - tower bells A greeting give of measured glee ; And ...
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... shadow of Mænalian pines Was passing sweet ; the eyeballs of the leopards That in high triumph drew the Lord of Vines , How did they sparkle to the cymbals ' clang ! While Fauns and Satyrs beat the ground In cadence , and Silenus swang ...
... shadow of Mænalian pines Was passing sweet ; the eyeballs of the leopards That in high triumph drew the Lord of Vines , How did they sparkle to the cymbals ' clang ! While Fauns and Satyrs beat the ground In cadence , and Silenus swang ...
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... shadows go ! She stops , -is fasten'd to that rivulet's side ; And there ( while with sedater mien O'er timid waters that have scarcely left Their birth - place in the rocky cleft She bends ) at leisure may be seen Features , to old ...
... shadows go ! She stops , -is fasten'd to that rivulet's side ; And there ( while with sedater mien O'er timid waters that have scarcely left Their birth - place in the rocky cleft She bends ) at leisure may be seen Features , to old ...
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... shadow of thy name , Inspired by thy renown , Shall future patriots rise to fame , And many a sun go down . HANNAH RATCLIFFE . If e'er she knew an evil thought , She spoke no evil word : Peace to the gentle ! She hath sought The bosom ...
... shadow of thy name , Inspired by thy renown , Shall future patriots rise to fame , And many a sun go down . HANNAH RATCLIFFE . If e'er she knew an evil thought , She spoke no evil word : Peace to the gentle ! She hath sought The bosom ...
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... shadows o'er the scene : But still my fancy wanders free Through that which might have been . DAYS OF OLD . In the days of old Lovers felt true passion , Deeming years of sorrow By a smile repaid : Now the charms of gold , Spells of ...
... shadows o'er the scene : But still my fancy wanders free Through that which might have been . DAYS OF OLD . In the days of old Lovers felt true passion , Deeming years of sorrow By a smile repaid : Now the charms of gold , Spells of ...
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Page 9 - THREE years she grew in sun and shower ; Then Nature said : " A lovelier flower On earth was never sown ; This child I to myself will take ; She shall be mine, and I will make A lady of my own. " Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse ; and with me The girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power, To kindle or restrain.
Page 169 - HEAR the sledges with the bells, Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 99 - Ah, happy, happy boughs! that cannot shed Your leaves, nor ever bid the Spring adieu; And, happy melodist, unwearied, For ever piping songs for ever new; More happy love! more happy, happy love! For ever warm and still to be enjoy'd, For ever panting, and for ever young; All breathing human passion far above.
Page 99 - Who are these coming to the sacrifice ? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest ? What little town by river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn ? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be ; and not a soul to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return.
Page 173 - Year after year beheld the silent toil That spread his lustrous coil : Still as the spiral grew, He left the past year's dwelling for the new...
Page 85 - HAIL to thee, blithe spirit ! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art. Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire...
Page 256 - Till the sun grows cold, And the stars are old, And the leaves of the Judgment Book unfold...
Page 90 - And noon lay heavy on flower and tree, And the weary Day turned to his rest, Lingering like an unloved guest, I sighed for thee. Thy brother Death came, and cried, Wouldst thou me? Thy sweet child Sleep, the filmy-eyed, Murmured like a noontide bee, Shall I nestle near thy side? Wouldst thou me? — And I replied, No, not thee!
Page 192 - Never glad confident morning again ! Best fight on well, for we taught him — strike gallantly, Menace our heart ere we master his own; Then let him receive the new knowledge and wait us, Pardoned in heaven, the first by the throne ! 'HOW THEY BROUGHT THE GOOD NEWS FROM GHENT TO AIX...
Page 84 - My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone!