Little Classics, Volumes 13-14Rossiter Johnson Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1875 - Anthologies |
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... ship , " quoth he . " Hold off ! unhand me , graybeard loon ! " Eftsoons his hand dropt he . He holds him with his glittering eye , The Wedding - Guest stood still , - 1g eye , The Wedding - Guest sat on a. THE ANCIENT MARINER Samuel ...
... ship , " quoth he . " Hold off ! unhand me , graybeard loon ! " Eftsoons his hand dropt he . He holds him with his glittering eye , The Wedding - Guest stood still , - 1g eye , The Wedding - Guest sat on a. THE ANCIENT MARINER Samuel ...
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... ship was cheered , the harbor cleared , Merrily did we drop Below the kirk , below the hill , Below the lighthouse top . " The Sun came up upon the left , Out of the sea came he ! And he shone bright , and on the right Went down into ...
... ship was cheered , the harbor cleared , Merrily did we drop Below the kirk , below the hill , Below the lighthouse top . " The Sun came up upon the left , Out of the sea came he ! And he shone bright , and on the right Went down into ...
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... ship drove fast , loud roared the blast , And southward aye we fled . And now there came both mist and snow , And it grew wondrous cold : And ice , mast - high , came floating by , As green as emerald .. " And through the drifts the ...
... ship drove fast , loud roared the blast , And southward aye we fled . And now there came both mist and snow , And it grew wondrous cold : And ice , mast - high , came floating by , As green as emerald .. " And through the drifts the ...
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... a star or two beside , - 66 Her beams bemocked the sultry main , Like April hoar - frost spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay , The charméd water burnt alway e sky , ول " Beyond the shadow of the. LITTLE CLASSICS .
... a star or two beside , - 66 Her beams bemocked the sultry main , Like April hoar - frost spread ; But where the ship's huge shadow lay , The charméd water burnt alway e sky , ول " Beyond the shadow of the. LITTLE CLASSICS .
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Rossiter Johnson. e sky , ول " Beyond the shadow of the ship , I watched the water - snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining white , And when they reared , the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes . " Within the shadow of the ship I ...
Rossiter Johnson. e sky , ول " Beyond the shadow of the ship , I watched the water - snakes ; They moved in tracks of shining white , And when they reared , the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes . " Within the shadow of the ship I ...
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Agnes Beadsman beneath Bingen bird blest blood bowers breast breath bright brow cloud Clusium cold Connocht Moran's corse curse dark dead dear deep door dream dungeon earth EUGENE ARAM EVE OF ST Excalibur eyes fair fear fell fierce fled flew flowers frae gaze gray green grew hand hath heard heart heaven HORATIUS hung Kilmeny King King Arthur knew lady land Lars Porsena light lily lonely looked loud Madeline moon morn mortal never Nevermore night o'er odor pale Peri Porphyro Porsena pray Quoth Rhine rose round sails seen Sensitive Plant shadow shipwrecked coast shone sigh silent Sir Bedivere SKELETON IN ARMOR sleep smile soft soul sound spake spirit star stood sweet TAM O'SHANTER tears tell thee thine thing THOMAS HOOD thou thought trembling voice wall Wedding-Guest weep whisper wild wind wings
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Page 29 - Are those her ribs through which the Sun Did peer, as through a grate? And is that Woman all her crew? Is that a DEATH? and are there two? Is DEATH that woman's mate?
Page 198 - The old order changeth, yielding place to new, And God fulfils himself in many ways, Lest one good custom should corrupt the world.
Page 28 - There passed a weary time. Each throat Was parched, and glazed each eye. A weary time! A weary time! How glazed each weary eye, When looking westward, I beheld A something in the sky. At first it seemed a little speck, And then it seemed a mist; It moved and moved, and took at last A certain shape, I wist.
Page 45 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Page 150 - thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us — by that God we both adore — Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore — Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 11 - The sober herd that lowed to meet their young; The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school; The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind; These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
Page 36 - twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song That makes the heavens be mute. " It ceased"; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 146 - And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me— filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, "* Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door, Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is and nothing more.
Page 145 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and. curious volume of forgotten lore — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " "Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door — Only this and nothing more.
Page 10 - To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose...