Poems, an offering to Lancashire [ed. by I. Craig-Knox]. |
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... Earth sublime , Deferr'd them to an hour more fixed than Time : " I am persuaded He can keep them All , " And give me back each one from forth their Pall Brighter than I resign them , mine at last , When this sad Present shall be chang ...
... Earth sublime , Deferr'd them to an hour more fixed than Time : " I am persuaded He can keep them All , " And give me back each one from forth their Pall Brighter than I resign them , mine at last , When this sad Present shall be chang ...
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... earth is full of fighting , While men rise and curse their day , While the foolish strong are smiting And the foolish weak betray , The true hearts behind are growing , The brave spirits work alone , Where love's summer wind is blowing ...
... earth is full of fighting , While men rise and curse their day , While the foolish strong are smiting And the foolish weak betray , The true hearts behind are growing , The brave spirits work alone , Where love's summer wind is blowing ...
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... earth is giving , Nature calls but man denies , How the old worlds round Him gather Where their Maker is their Sun ! How the children know the Father Where the will of God is done ! Daily woven with our story , Sounding far above our ...
... earth is giving , Nature calls but man denies , How the old worlds round Him gather Where their Maker is their Sun ! How the children know the Father Where the will of God is done ! Daily woven with our story , Sounding far above our ...
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... earth , For a child , a child is born . But what means the message — A child is born ? It means that the earth grows young ; That the heart , with sin and sorrow torn , Shall be whole and happy and strong ; That the 22 THE THREE HORSES .
... earth , For a child , a child is born . But what means the message — A child is born ? It means that the earth grows young ; That the heart , with sin and sorrow torn , Shall be whole and happy and strong ; That the 22 THE THREE HORSES .
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... earth , however guilty , He would come a child again . The boy was nursed and named — a northern name- Ronald - the rush of battle on the hills It seemed to echo by the hearth of peace . The father gave the elder brother charge To shut ...
... earth , however guilty , He would come a child again . The boy was nursed and named — a northern name- Ronald - the rush of battle on the hills It seemed to echo by the hearth of peace . The father gave the elder brother charge To shut ...
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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...