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... thee " ... 216 Song " Softly , softly blow , ye breezes , " 217 The Shipwrecked Solitary's Song to the Night .. 219 The Wonderful Juggler ... 221 Hymn- " Awake , sweet harp of Judah , wake " A Hymn for Family Worship 224 225 The Star of ...
... thee " ... 216 Song " Softly , softly blow , ye breezes , " 217 The Shipwrecked Solitary's Song to the Night .. 219 The Wonderful Juggler ... 221 Hymn- " Awake , sweet harp of Judah , wake " A Hymn for Family Worship 224 225 The Star of ...
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... thee , I may enjoy the loveliness of Nature , And loose the wings of fancy ! Thus alone Can I partake of happiness on earth ; And to be happy here is man's chief end , For to be happy he must needs be good . " There are few obstacles ...
... thee , I may enjoy the loveliness of Nature , And loose the wings of fancy ! Thus alone Can I partake of happiness on earth ; And to be happy here is man's chief end , For to be happy he must needs be good . " There are few obstacles ...
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... thee I loiter'd . Sorceress ! I cannot burst thy bonds ! In October 1805 Kirke White became a resident member of St. John's , Cambridge ; and such had been the use which he made of his time whilst at Winteringham that his classical ...
... thee I loiter'd . Sorceress ! I cannot burst thy bonds ! In October 1805 Kirke White became a resident member of St. John's , Cambridge ; and such had been the use which he made of his time whilst at Winteringham that his classical ...
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... thee , in all thy varied charms , Fain would I clasp for ever in my arms ! Thine are the sweets which never , never sate , Thine still remain through all the storms of fate . Though not for me , ' twas Heaven's divine command To roll in ...
... thee , in all thy varied charms , Fain would I clasp for ever in my arms ! Thine are the sweets which never , never sate , Thine still remain through all the storms of fate . Though not for me , ' twas Heaven's divine command To roll in ...
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... thee , and should riches fee , Wouldst thou forget thine ardent vows to me , And on the silken couch of wealth reclined , Banish thy faithful Bateman from thy mind ? " " Oh ! why , " replies the maid , " my faith thus prove , love ...
... thee , and should riches fee , Wouldst thou forget thine ardent vows to me , And on the silken couch of wealth reclined , Banish thy faithful Bateman from thy mind ? " " Oh ! why , " replies the maid , " my faith thus prove , love ...
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POETICAL WORKS OF HENRY KIRKE Henry Kirke 1785-1806 White,Nicholas Harris Sir Nicolas, 1799-1848 No preview available - 2016 |
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art thou beneath bless'd breast breeze burning lake calm CAPEL LOFFT charms cheek Clifton Grove clouds cold dark death deep delight Derry ding-dong distant dost dreams drear eternal fancy fate feel fire fix'd folding star gale genius gloom Gondoline grave groves happy harp hath head hear heard heart Heaven HENRY KIRKE WHITE honours hope hour joys lazy Kate life's light lonely loud lyre maid mark'd melancholy mind moon morn mortal mournful muse neath never night o'er old minster pale pangs peace pensive poems reclined rest rise RIVER TRENT round scene shade sigh sight silent sing skies sleep slumbers smile soft solemn solitary song SONNET soon soothe sorrow soul sound spirit storm stream sublime sullen sweet tear tempest thee thine thou thought throne toil twas wandering wave weary weep wild winds youth
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Page 215 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, —...
Page 227 - It was my guide, my light, my all, it bade my dark forebodings cease ; and through the storm and danger's thrall it led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored — my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, for ever and for evermore, the Star— The Star of Bethlehem...
Page 226 - When, marshalled on the nightly plain, The glittering host bestud the sky, One Star alone, of all the train, Can fix the sinner's wandering eye. Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.
Page 193 - ... on thy weary head, Could from our best of duties ever shrink ? Sooner the sun from his high sphere should sink Than we, ungrateful, leave thee in that day, To pine in solitude thy life away, Or shun thee, tottering on the grave's cold brink. Banish the thought ! — where'er our steps may roam, O'er smiling plains, or wastes without a tree, Still will fond memory point our hearts to thee, And paint the pleasures of thy peaceful home ; While duty bids us all thy griefs assuage, And smooth the...
Page 229 - WHITE !t while life was in its spring, And thy young Muse just waved her joyous wing. The spoiler came ; and all thy promise fair, Has sought the grave, to sleep for ever there. Oh ! what a noble heart was here undone, When Science...
Page xlv - Henceforth, oh, world, no more of thy desires ! No more of hope ! the wanton vagrant Hope ! I abjure all. — Now other cares engross me, And my tired soul, with emulative haste, Looks to its God, and prunes its wings for Heaven.
Page 230 - So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 104 - AH ! who can say, however fair his view, Through what sad scenes his path may lie ? Ah ! who can give to others' woes his sigh, Secure his own will never need it too ? Let thoughtless youth its seeming joys pursue, Soon will they learn to scan with thoughtful eye The illusive past and dark futurity ; Soon will they know — VIII.
Page 28 - Surveys the sleepless muser, stamps the hour Of utter silence, it is fearful then To steer the mind, in deadly solitude. Up the vague stream of probability; To wind the mighty secrets of the past, And turn the key of time!
Page 171 - Stern despoilers of the plains, Hence, away, the season flee, Foes to light-heart jollity: May no winds careering high Drive the clouds along the sky, But may all nature smile with aspect boon, When in the heavens thou...