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Page 53
Then spakest thou , still undismay ' d " A good Cydonian bow , All for my sake , ye
Cyclops , make , and arrows keen to throw , And make for me a quiver large ,
wherein my shafts be slung , For I , no less than Phæbus , am from Latona sprung
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Then spakest thou , still undismay ' d " A good Cydonian bow , All for my sake , ye
Cyclops , make , and arrows keen to throw , And make for me a quiver large ,
wherein my shafts be slung , For I , no less than Phæbus , am from Latona sprung
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Page 55
Thou enterest to thy Father ' s court — the Gods thy presence greet , There all , to
give thee place , arise before thy gentle feet ; But only by Apollo ' s side hast thou
thy golden seat . O never on that festive day , when thee thy Nymphs surround ...
Thou enterest to thy Father ' s court — the Gods thy presence greet , There all , to
give thee place , arise before thy gentle feet ; But only by Apollo ' s side hast thou
thy golden seat . O never on that festive day , when thee thy Nymphs surround ...
Page 409
What ? thou a sophist , none suspecting it ? Death . They ' d buy delay of death till
they were old . Apol . Wilt thou grant ... Though fierce , yet shalt thou stop in this
proceeding ; For such a man , by King Eurystheus sent To bring him chariot ...
What ? thou a sophist , none suspecting it ? Death . They ' d buy delay of death till
they were old . Apol . Wilt thou grant ... Though fierce , yet shalt thou stop in this
proceeding ; For such a man , by King Eurystheus sent To bring him chariot ...
Page 419
Adm . Thou ' rt come unbidden to this funeral , Nor do I count thy presence that of
friend . Thy funeral gifts and offerings I ... My danger was thy time for sympathy ;
Dost thou mourn her , that then didst stand aloof ? Thou that , being old , didst let
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Adm . Thou ' rt come unbidden to this funeral , Nor do I count thy presence that of
friend . Thy funeral gifts and offerings I ... My danger was thy time for sympathy ;
Dost thou mourn her , that then didst stand aloof ? Thou that , being old , didst let
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The Mountains old and hoarThe chainless Winds - the Streams so pure and
freeThe God - enameld FlowersThe waving Forest - the eternal SeaThe Eagle
floating o ' er the Mountain ' s brow· Are Teachers all ; but O ! they are not such as
Thou ...
The Mountains old and hoarThe chainless Winds - the Streams so pure and
freeThe God - enameld FlowersThe waving Forest - the eternal SeaThe Eagle
floating o ' er the Mountain ' s brow· Are Teachers all ; but O ! they are not such as
Thou ...
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Page 494 - ... stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks.
Page 509 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
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Page 511 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn, to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoined, from each thing met conceives delight — The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 580 - Of Truth, of Grandeur, Beauty, Love, and Hope, And melancholy Fear subdued by Faith ; Of blessed consolations in distress ; Of moral strength, and intellectual Power ; Of joy in widest commonalty spread...
Page 572 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 305 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Page 580 - For I must tread on shadowy ground, must sink Deep, and, aloft ascending, breathe in worlds To which the heaven of heavens is but a veil. All strength, all terror, single or in bands, That ever was put forth in personal form — Jehovah, with his thunder, and the choir Of shouting Angels, and the empyreal thrones, — I pass them unalarmed.
Page 499 - I do swear, that I will defend to the utmost of my power the settlement of property within this realm, as established by the laws : and I do hereby disclaim, disavow, and solemnly abjure, any intention to subvert the present church establishment, as settled by law within this realm...
Page 265 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression stronger makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.