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Page 171
... beneath thine eye , The deeds of darkness and of light are done ; High towards the star - lit sky Towns blaze - the smoke of battle blots the sun- The night - storm on a thousand hills is loud- And the strong wind of day doth mingle sea ...
... beneath thine eye , The deeds of darkness and of light are done ; High towards the star - lit sky Towns blaze - the smoke of battle blots the sun- The night - storm on a thousand hills is loud- And the strong wind of day doth mingle sea ...
Page 178
... beneath their gaze . How silent is the air ! Who would not at such shrine To holier thoughts incline ? The ever - tranquil Night was made for prayer . On the hush'd Earth , from the o'er - arching sky , Doth not a solemn benediction lie ...
... beneath their gaze . How silent is the air ! Who would not at such shrine To holier thoughts incline ? The ever - tranquil Night was made for prayer . On the hush'd Earth , from the o'er - arching sky , Doth not a solemn benediction lie ...
Page 193
... beneath the storied pane , And ' midst the mouldering banners of the dead ; Shall the green voiceful wild seem less thy fane , Where thou alone hast built ? -where arch and roof Are of thy living woof ? The silence and the sound In the ...
... beneath the storied pane , And ' midst the mouldering banners of the dead ; Shall the green voiceful wild seem less thy fane , Where thou alone hast built ? -where arch and roof Are of thy living woof ? The silence and the sound In the ...
Page 199
... Beneath that royal mound . But wealth no more the mountain fills As in the days of yore : Gone are those days ; the wave distils Its liquid gold no more . The days of yore — still let my harp Their BEAUTIFUL POETRY . 199.
... Beneath that royal mound . But wealth no more the mountain fills As in the days of yore : Gone are those days ; the wave distils Its liquid gold no more . The days of yore — still let my harp Their BEAUTIFUL POETRY . 199.
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... beneath it . Our readers may form some notion of his descriptive powers , and the fine racy com- position of sterling English in which his poems are written , by the following exquisite picture : — By chance conducted , or by thirst ...
... beneath it . Our readers may form some notion of his descriptive powers , and the fine racy com- position of sterling English in which his poems are written , by the following exquisite picture : — By chance conducted , or by thirst ...
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Page 200 - I come from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges. Till last by Philip's farm I flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on forever. I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles.
Page 198 - She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red.
Page 189 - With how sad steps, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies ; How silently ; and with how wan a face ! What ! may it be, that even in heavenly place That busy Archer his sharp arrows tries...
Page 215 - Or the seven stars to light you, Or the polar ray to right you ; But you never may behold Little John or Robin bold ; Never one, of all the clan, Thrumming on an empty can Some old hunting ditty, while He doth his green way beguile To fair Hostess Merriment Down beside the pasture Trent, For he left the merry tale Messenger for spicy ale.
Page 208 - THE sun upon the Weirdlaw Hill In Ettrick's vale is sinking sweet; The westland wind is hush and still, The lake lies sleeping at my feet. Yet not the" landscape to mine eye Bears those bright hues that once it bore, Though evening with her richest dye Flames o'er the hills of Ettrick's shore. With listless look along the plain I see Tweed's silver current glide, And coldly mark the holy fane Of Melrose rise in ruined pride. The quiet lake, the balmy air, The hill, the stream, the tower, the tree...
Page 194 - Morea's hills the setting sun; not as in northern climes obscurely bright, but one unclouded blaze of living light : o'er the hushed deep the yellow beam he throws, gilds the green wave that trembles as it glows. On old jEgina's rock and Idra's isle the god of gladness sheds his parting smile; o'er his own regions lingering, loves to shine, though there his altars are no more divine.
Page 198 - None like her, none. Just now the dry-tongued laurels' pattering talk Seem'd her light foot along the garden walk, And shook my heart to think she comes once more But even then I "heard her close the door, The gates of Heaven are closed, and she is gone.
Page 221 - Call for the robin redbreast, and the -wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men.
Page 200 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow. I chatter, chatter, as I flow To join the brimming river...
Page 194 - Slow sinks, more lovely ere his race be run, Along Morea's hills the setting sun: Not, as in northern climes, obscurely bright, But one unclouded blaze of living light!