Poetical works, with a life of the author (abridged from W. Howitt).Routledge, Warne and Routledge, 1859 |
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... round the Wine Sublime was the Warning . Believe me , if all those endearing young Charms Erin , O Erin Drink to her · Oh ! blame not the Bard While gazing on the Moon's light Ill Omens Before the Battle 208 208 209 210 210 211 211 212 ...
... round the Wine Sublime was the Warning . Believe me , if all those endearing young Charms Erin , O Erin Drink to her · Oh ! blame not the Bard While gazing on the Moon's light Ill Omens Before the Battle 208 208 209 210 210 211 211 212 ...
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... round for disturbing his slumbers . " He was then sent to the grammar school of the well - known Samuel Whyte , to whom in his fourteenth year he addressed a sonnet , which was published in a Dublin Magazine , called the " Antho- logia ...
... round for disturbing his slumbers . " He was then sent to the grammar school of the well - known Samuel Whyte , to whom in his fourteenth year he addressed a sonnet , which was published in a Dublin Magazine , called the " Antho- logia ...
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... spent almost the whole of his life in a constant round of visiting amongst the great and fashionable , who retained so warmly and un- corruptedly the full strength of his domestic affections . There LIFE OF THOMAS MOORE . XV.
... spent almost the whole of his life in a constant round of visiting amongst the great and fashionable , who retained so warmly and un- corruptedly the full strength of his domestic affections . There LIFE OF THOMAS MOORE . XV.
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... round of visiting amongst the English aris- tocracy and travellers who came there . At the same time he was busy on the " Life of Sheridan , " " " The Epicurean , " " The Loves of the Angels , " & c . During this period he made one ...
... round of visiting amongst the English aris- tocracy and travellers who came there . At the same time he was busy on the " Life of Sheridan , " " " The Epicurean , " " The Loves of the Angels , " & c . During this period he made one ...
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... round . O Bacchus ! we shall sing to thee , In wild but sweet ebriety ! And flash around such sparks of thought , As Bacchus could alone have taught ! Then give the harp of epic song , Which Homer's finger thrill'd along ; But tear away ...
... round . O Bacchus ! we shall sing to thee , In wild but sweet ebriety ! And flash around such sparks of thought , As Bacchus could alone have taught ! Then give the harp of epic song , Which Homer's finger thrill'd along ; But tear away ...
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Page 238 - Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories...
Page 264 - When youthful spring around us breathes, Thy spirit warms her fragrant sigh ; And every flower the summer wreathes Is born beneath that kindling eye. Where'er we turn, thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are thine.
Page 206 - THERE is not in the wide world a valley so sweet As that vale in whose bosom the bright waters meet ; Oh ! the last rays of feeling and life must depart, Ere the bloom of that valley shall fade from my heart.
Page 190 - FAINTLY as tolls the evening chime Our voices keep tune and our oars keep time. Soon as the woods on shore look dim, We'll sing at St. Ann's our parting hymn. "Row, brothers, row, the stream runs fast, 'The rapids are near and the daylight's past.
Page 271 - Praise to the Conqueror, praise to the Lord ! His word was our arrow, his breath was our sword. Who shall return to tell Egypt the story Of those she sent forth in the hour of her pride ? For the Lord hath looked out from his pillar of glory, And all her brave thousands are dashed in the tide. Sound the loud timbrel o'er Egypt's dark sea ! Jehovah hath triumphed, — his people are free ! FIFE AND DRUM.
Page 346 - twas a sight, — that heaven, that child, A scene, which might have well beguiled Even haughty Eblis of a sigh For glories lost and peace gone by! And how felt he, the wretched man Reclining there, while memory ran O'er many a year of guilt and strife, — Flew o'er the dark flood of his life, Nor found one sunny resting-place, Nor brought him back one branch of grace. "There was a time," he said, in mild, Heart-humbled tones, "thou blessed child!
Page 267 - THE BIRD, LET LOOSE. (AIR. — BEETHOVEN. ) THE bird, let loose in eastern skies,* When hastening fondly home, Ne'er stoops to earth her wing, nor flies Where idle warblers roam. But high she shoots through air and light, Above all low delay, Where nothing earthly bounds her flight, Nor shadow dims her way.
Page 271 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 241 - Then come o'er the sea, Maiden, with me, Come wherever the wild wind blows ; Seasons may roll, But the true soul Burns the same, where'er it goes. Was not the sea Made for the Free, Land for courts and chains alone ? Here we are slaves, But, on the waves, Love and liberty 's all our own.
Page 360 - Oh ! ever thus, from childhood's hour, I've seen my fondest hopes decay ; I never loved a tree or flower, But 'twas the first to fade away. I never nursed a dear gazelle. To glad me with its soft black eye, But when it came to know me well, And love me, it was sure to die ! Now too — the joy most like divine Of all I ever dreamt or knew.