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... knew our duty better than to care For such loose babblers , and made no reply ; Till our good colonel gave the word , and there Formed us in line - to die . There rose no murmur from the ranks , no thought By shameful strength ...
... knew our duty better than to care For such loose babblers , and made no reply ; Till our good colonel gave the word , and there Formed us in line - to die . There rose no murmur from the ranks , no thought By shameful strength ...
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... knew the perilous Rock , And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothock . The sun in heaven was shining gay , All things were joyful on that day ; The sea - birds scream'd as they wheel'd rouud , And there was joyance in their sound . The buoy of ...
... knew the perilous Rock , And blest the Abbot of Aberbrothock . The sun in heaven was shining gay , All things were joyful on that day ; The sea - birds scream'd as they wheel'd rouud , And there was joyance in their sound . The buoy of ...
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... knew not what . When he was gone , the house remained awhile Silent and tenantless then went to strangers . Full fifty years were past and all forgot , When on an idle day , a day of search ' Mid the old lumber in the gallery , That ...
... knew not what . When he was gone , the house remained awhile Silent and tenantless then went to strangers . Full fifty years were past and all forgot , When on an idle day , a day of search ' Mid the old lumber in the gallery , That ...
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... knew She was a woman , so Sweetly she grew . Coffin - board , heavy stone Lie on her breast I vex my heart alone , She is at rest . Peace , Peace , she cannot hear Lyre or sonnet , All my life's buried here , Heap earth upon it . OSCAR ...
... knew She was a woman , so Sweetly she grew . Coffin - board , heavy stone Lie on her breast I vex my heart alone , She is at rest . Peace , Peace , she cannot hear Lyre or sonnet , All my life's buried here , Heap earth upon it . OSCAR ...
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... . ( PARADISE LOST , BK VIII . ) Thus spake our sire : ' For Man to tell how human life began Is hard ; for who himself beginning knew ? Desire with thee still longer to converse Induc'd me . As new wak't from soundest sleep Soft 79.
... . ( PARADISE LOST , BK VIII . ) Thus spake our sire : ' For Man to tell how human life began Is hard ; for who himself beginning knew ? Desire with thee still longer to converse Induc'd me . As new wak't from soundest sleep Soft 79.
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Page 152 - To fetters, and the damp vault's dayless gloom, Their country conquers with their martyrdom, And Freedom's fame finds wings on every wind. Chillon! thy prison is a holy place, And thy sad floor an altar — for 'twas trod, Until his very steps have left a trace Worn, as if thy cold pavement were a sod, By Bonnivard ! — May none those marks efface ! For they appeal from tyranny to God.
Page 6 - I REMEMBER, I REMEMBER. I remember, I remember The house where I was born , The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn: He never came a wink too soon , Nor brought too long a day, But now , I often wish the night Had borne my breath away.
Page 138 - Reaper. Behold her, single in the field, Yon solitary Highland Lass! Reaping and singing by herself; Stop here, or gently pass! Alone she cuts and binds the grain, And sings a melancholy strain; O listen! for the Vale profound Is overflowing with the sound.
Page 167 - I bring fresh showers for the thirsting flowers, From the seas and the streams; I bear light shade for the leaves when laid In their noonday dreams. From my wings are shaken the dews that waken The sweet buds every one, When rocked to rest on their mother's breast, As she dances about the sun. I wield the flail of the lashing hail, And whiten the green plains under, And then again I dissolve it in rain, And laugh as I pass in thunder.
Page 42 - 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.
Page 167 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Page 169 - Like strips of the sky fallen through me on high, Are each paved with the moon and these. I bind the sun's throne with a burning zone, And the moon's with a girdle of pearl; The volcanos are dim, and the stars reel and swim. When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl. From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape, Over a torrent sea, Sunbeam-proof, I hang like a roof, The mountains its columns be. The triumphal arch through which I march With hurricane, fire, and snow, When the powers of the air are chained...
Page 89 - Now strike the golden lyre again: A louder yet, and yet a louder strain ! Break his bands of sleep asunder And rouse him like a rattling peal of thunder. Hark, hark ! the horrid sound Has raised up his head : As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge...
Page 184 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story: The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O hark, O hear ! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going ! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing ! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 296 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight.