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Page 14479
... Asked where she hid the image so conveyed : " Not hid , " quoth she , " but quite consumed with flame , The idol is of that eternal maid ; For so at least I have preserved the same With hands profane from being eft betrayed . My lord ...
... Asked where she hid the image so conveyed : " Not hid , " quoth she , " but quite consumed with flame , The idol is of that eternal maid ; For so at least I have preserved the same With hands profane from being eft betrayed . My lord ...
Page 14483
... asked an aged man , seemed grave and good , " Come , say me , sire , " quote she , " what hard constraint Would murder here love's queen and beauty's king ? What fault or fate doth to this death them bring ? " Thus she inquired , and ...
... asked an aged man , seemed grave and good , " Come , say me , sire , " quote she , " what hard constraint Would murder here love's queen and beauty's king ? What fault or fate doth to this death them bring ? " Thus she inquired , and ...
Page 14606
... asked If James were coming . Coming every day , ' She answered , ' ever longing to explain : But evermore her father came across With some long - winded tale , and broke him short ; And James departed , vext with him and her . ' How ...
... asked If James were coming . Coming every day , ' She answered , ' ever longing to explain : But evermore her father came across With some long - winded tale , and broke him short ; And James departed , vext with him and her . ' How ...
Page 14607
... asked , And how the bailiff swore that he was mad , But he stood firm : and so the matter hung ; He gave them line : and five days after that He met the bailiff at the Golden Fleece , Who then and there had offered something more , But ...
... asked , And how the bailiff swore that he was mad , But he stood firm : and so the matter hung ; He gave them line : and five days after that He met the bailiff at the Golden Fleece , Who then and there had offered something more , But ...
Page 14608
... and on hair In gloss and hue the chestnut , when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within ; Then , wondering , asked her , " Are you from the farm ? " " Yes , " answered she .. " Pray stay 14608 ALFRED TENNYSON.
... and on hair In gloss and hue the chestnut , when the shell Divides threefold to show the fruit within ; Then , wondering , asked her , " Are you from the farm ? " " Yes , " answered she .. " Pray stay 14608 ALFRED TENNYSON.
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Page 14637 - SUNSET and evening star. And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home.
Page 14617 - OH yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood; That nothing walks with aimless feet; That not one life shall be destroy'd, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 14597 - Of all the western stars until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides, and tho...
Page 14616 - That each, who seems a separate whole, Should move his rounds, and fusing all The skirts of self again, should fall Remerging in the general Soul, Is faith as vague as all unsweet. Eternal form shall still divide The eternal soul from all beside; And I shall know him when we meet; And we shall sit at endless feast, Enjoying each the other's good.
Page 14626 - Queen rose of the rosebud garden of girls, Come hither, the dances are done, In gloss of satin and glimmer of pearls, Queen lily and rose in one; Shine out, little head, sunning over with curls, To the flowers, and be their sun.
Page 14602 - There methinks would be enjoyment more than in this march of mind, In the steamship, in the railway, in the thoughts that shake mankind.
Page 14587 - Camelot ; And up and down the people go, Gazing where the lilies blow Round an island there below, The island of Shalott. Willows whiten, aspens quiver, Little breezes dusk and shiver Thro...
Page 14590 - Did she look to Camelot. And at the closing of the day She loosed the chain, and down she lay ; The broad stream bore her far away, The Lady of Shalott. Lying, robed in snowy white That loosely flew to left and right— The leaves upon her falling light — Thro...
Page 14614 - Stormed at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of Hell Rode the six hundred. IV Flashed all their sabres bare, Flashed as they turned in air. Sabring the gunners there...
Page 14720 - This Bouillabaisse a noble dish is — A sort of soup or broth, or brew, Or hotchpotch of all sorts of fishes, That Greenwich never could outdo ; Green herbs, red peppers, mussels, saffron, Soles, onions, garlic, roach, and dace : All these you eat at TERRA'S tavern, In that one dish of Bouillabaisse.