Horæ Salisburienses [afterw.] Sarisburienses1829 |
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... sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank : " which presents as elegant , and as natural an image as was ever perhaps expressed in so few words . Not to trespass any farther on the good nature of my readers , I shall select but one more ...
... sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank : " which presents as elegant , and as natural an image as was ever perhaps expressed in so few words . Not to trespass any farther on the good nature of my readers , I shall select but one more ...
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... sweet accents have convinced me that I am not totally indifferent to you . Oh ! say , will you receive my heart , and tender your own in exchange ! Speak , Ade- laide , I beseech you . ' " My father , Sir , " she an- swered- " I know ...
... sweet accents have convinced me that I am not totally indifferent to you . Oh ! say , will you receive my heart , and tender your own in exchange ! Speak , Ade- laide , I beseech you . ' " My father , Sir , " she an- swered- " I know ...
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... sweet , the full clear melody of song- Daughters of Jove ! ye bright celestial choir ! And thou , sweet mistress of the vocal lyre— Oh ! hear my suppliant prayer ; inspire my breast , Descend in rich bedecking fancy drest , Sing the ice ...
... sweet , the full clear melody of song- Daughters of Jove ! ye bright celestial choir ! And thou , sweet mistress of the vocal lyre— Oh ! hear my suppliant prayer ; inspire my breast , Descend in rich bedecking fancy drest , Sing the ice ...
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... Sweet deeds as these : may time , revolving , bring Days such again , that we may have to tell , The Radcliffe Club can do their duty well ; And may we all , to whom that name applies , Exert the utmost skill that in us lies ; It may be ...
... Sweet deeds as these : may time , revolving , bring Days such again , that we may have to tell , The Radcliffe Club can do their duty well ; And may we all , to whom that name applies , Exert the utmost skill that in us lies ; It may be ...
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... sweet hope of return- ing to his native land , blest with glory and riches , bears him up , as it were , and raises his drooping spirits in every danger . Hope reigns universally : it is not a bless- ing confined to one country only ...
... sweet hope of return- ing to his native land , blest with glory and riches , bears him up , as it were , and raises his drooping spirits in every danger . Hope reigns universally : it is not a bless- ing confined to one country only ...
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Adelaide adieu admiration Almack's Amyntor arms AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM beauty bewitching blest bliss bosom breast bright brow Carthage Charles Dashwood charm Committee cricket Darlington dear death delight e'en e'er Editors elected ev'ry exclaimed fair fair lady fair sex fame farewell fate fear feel forget fortune friendship gentleman Giaour glorious grief hand happiness hear heard heart heav'n honor hope Hora Sarisburienses Horæ hour Kenyon ladies Latham leave look Lord Lord Ruthven lov'd meeting mind misery mortal Mytton ne'er never o'er Palmer paper pass perusal pleasure pow'r praise pray'r quadrille Reginald regret rose sacred scenes schoolfellows seem'd Seymour sigh smile song soon sorrow soul spot stanzas sweet tear tell thanks thee thine thou art thought tion Twas Utopia vex'd vote Wentworth whilst wish word young youth
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Page 60 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 61 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike th
Page 4 - It was the lark, the herald of the morn, No nightingale ; look, love, what envious streaks Do lace the severing clouds in yonder east. Night's candles are burnt out, and jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain tops; I must be gone and live, or stay and die.
Page 199 - Had I but served God as diligently as I have served the king, He would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 292 - He faded, and so calm and meek So softly worn, so sweetly weak, So tearless, yet so tender, kind...
Page 124 - And is it in the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust? A soul immortal, spending all her fires, Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness, Thrown into tumult, raptured, or alarm'd At aught this scene can threaten or indulge, Resembles ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.
Page 60 - tis too horrible. The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
Page 195 - Much beautiful, and excellent, and fair Was seen beneath the sun ; but nought was seen More beautiful, or excellent, or fair, Than face of faithful friend, fairest when seen In darkest day ; and many sounds were sweet, Most ravishing, and pleasant to the ear ; But sweeter none than voice of faithful friend, Sweet always, sweetest, heard in loudest storm.
Page 332 - WE talked with open heart, and tongue Affectionate and true, A pair of friends, though I was young, And Matthew seventy-two. We lay beneath a spreading oak, Beside a mossy seat; And from the turf a fountain broke, And gurgled at our feet. 'Now, Matthew...
Page 124 - What nothing earthly gives, or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heart-felt joy, Is virtue's prize: A better would you fix?