Poems, an offering to Lancashire [ed. by I. Craig-Knox]. |
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... cries alone ; On some noble knight o'ermatched in fight , Outbreathed , and all but gone ; Or I spur to a half - seen glimmer white , And a half - heard lady's moan . I bear the child , as in a nest , " Twixt sheltering wings of steel ...
... cries alone ; On some noble knight o'ermatched in fight , Outbreathed , and all but gone ; Or I spur to a half - seen glimmer white , And a half - heard lady's moan . I bear the child , as in a nest , " Twixt sheltering wings of steel ...
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... cried , " Was the morning of life to me : Hopes and schemes as thick and as bright As the blossoms hang on the tree . " Some have I given to the whistling wind , To carry them where he may , And some into the brook let fall- And the ...
... cried , " Was the morning of life to me : Hopes and schemes as thick and as bright As the blossoms hang on the tree . " Some have I given to the whistling wind , To carry them where he may , And some into the brook let fall- And the ...
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... of birth , Trembled her life away . The light was gone ; And the poor chamber held the pomp of death- More awful than the majesty of Kings- Before set free from labour , to his home The father came And first there greeted him Faint cries.
... of birth , Trembled her life away . The light was gone ; And the poor chamber held the pomp of death- More awful than the majesty of Kings- Before set free from labour , to his home The father came And first there greeted him Faint cries.
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... cries . For he had cried " I'm hungry , " and she had not stretched her hands ; " I'm weary , " and she drew him not to rest , With touch of tender kisses on his hair . Now , wearied out with weeping wilderment , He slept . Between the ...
... cries . For he had cried " I'm hungry , " and she had not stretched her hands ; " I'm weary , " and she drew him not to rest , With touch of tender kisses on his hair . Now , wearied out with weeping wilderment , He slept . Between the ...
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... cried because he might not eat the book— Stayed all day long abroad among the hills : The hills to him were meanings of the book : He saw the sunset redden on the rocks , And climbing to a point where he could watch The sun sink on the ...
... cried because he might not eat the book— Stayed all day long abroad among the hills : The hills to him were meanings of the book : He saw the sunset redden on the rocks , And climbing to a point where he could watch The sun sink on the ...
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Page 17 - I HAVE been here before, But when or how I cannot tell : I know the grass beyond the door, The sweet keen smell, The sighing sound, the lights around the shore. You have been mine before, — How long ago I may not know : But just when at that swallow's soar Your neck turned so, Some veil did fall, — I knew it all of yore.
Page 54 - She now compounds for winning ways By morals of the sternest, Methinks the lays of nowadays Are painfully in earnest. When Wisdom halts, I humbly try To make the most of Folly: If Pallas be unwilling, I Prefer to flirt with Polly; To quit the goddess for the maid Seems low in lofty musers; But Pallas is a lofty jade — And beggars can't be choosers. I do not wish to see the slaves Of party, stirring passion, Or psalms quite superseding staves, Or piety "the fashion.
Page 1 - You who sat to see us starve," one shrieking woman said: "Sit on your throne and roast with your crown upon your head." Nay, this thing will I do, while my mother tarrieth, I will take my fine spun gold, but not to sew therewith, I will take my gold and gems, and rainbow fan and wreath; With a ransom in my lap, a king's ransom in my hand, I will go down to this people, will stand face to face, will stand Where they curse king, queen, and princess of this cursed land. They shall take all to buy them...