The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers and a General Introduction, Volume 3Macmillan, 1881 - English poetry |
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... deep , His torments projecting , And sadly reflecting That a lover forsaken A new love may get , But a neck when once broken Can never be set , And , that he could die Whenever he would , Whereas he could live But as long as he could ...
... deep , His torments projecting , And sadly reflecting That a lover forsaken A new love may get , But a neck when once broken Can never be set , And , that he could die Whenever he would , Whereas he could live But as long as he could ...
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... deep feeling . What interests him most , it is clear , is not the tender passion in its more refined conditions , but those pretty episodes and accidents at which , they say , Dame Venus laughs , — • rident Simplices Nymphae , ferus et ...
... deep feeling . What interests him most , it is clear , is not the tender passion in its more refined conditions , but those pretty episodes and accidents at which , they say , Dame Venus laughs , — • rident Simplices Nymphae , ferus et ...
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... deep , Till drown'd in shriller notes of chimney - sweep : Duns at his lordship's gate began to meet ; And brickdust Moll had scream'd through half the street . The turnkey now his flock returning sees , Duly let out a - nights to steal ...
... deep , Till drown'd in shriller notes of chimney - sweep : Duns at his lordship's gate began to meet ; And brickdust Moll had scream'd through half the street . The turnkey now his flock returning sees , Duly let out a - nights to steal ...
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... deep , yet clear . Whene'er my viceroy is address'd , Against the phoenix I protest . When poets soar in youthful strains , No Phaeton to hold the reins . 1 Referring to some verses in which Swift had described Lord Cutts under the form ...
... deep , yet clear . Whene'er my viceroy is address'd , Against the phoenix I protest . When poets soar in youthful strains , No Phaeton to hold the reins . 1 Referring to some verses in which Swift had described Lord Cutts under the form ...
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... deep serene , And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll , And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole , O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed , And tip with silver every mountain's head ...
... deep serene , And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll , And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole , O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed , And tip with silver every mountain's head ...
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Page 263 - Other refuge have I none — Hangs my helpless soul on Thee : Leave, ah ! leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me ! , All my trust on Thee is stay'd, All my help from Thee I bring: Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing.
Page 332 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre. But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul.
Page 287 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung, By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honour comes, a pilgrim grey, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 288 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...
Page 333 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes, Their lot forbade : nor circumscribed alone Their growing virtues, but their crimes confined ; Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne, And shut the gates of mercy on mankind...
Page 567 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea stamp ; The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that, For a
Page 532 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant...
Page 335 - Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.' THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own. Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, . Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to misery all he had, a tear: He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.
Page 473 - Toll for the brave! Brave Kempenfelt is gone; His last sea-fight is fought; His work of glory done. It was not in the battle; No tempest gave the shock; She sprang no fatal leak ; She ran upon no rock.
Page 260 - Prince of Peace ! Hail the Sun of Righteousness ! Light and life to all He brings, Risen with healing in His wings. Mild He lays His glory by, Born — that man no more may die, Born — to raise the sons of earth, Born — to give them second birth.