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Page 14472
... thou- sand sonnets , and admirable replies to the assailants of his epic . His now published works fill more than thirty volumes . Tasso , liberated at last through the continued pressure of the intercessions of his friends , and ...
... thou- sand sonnets , and admirable replies to the assailants of his epic . His now published works fill more than thirty volumes . Tasso , liberated at last through the continued pressure of the intercessions of his friends , and ...
Page 14477
... Thou well of life , whose streams were purple blood That flowed here , to cleanse the foul amiss Of sinful man , - behold this brinish flood , That from my melting heart distilled is ; Receive in gree these tears , O Lord so good : For ...
... Thou well of life , whose streams were purple blood That flowed here , to cleanse the foul amiss Of sinful man , - behold this brinish flood , That from my melting heart distilled is ; Receive in gree these tears , O Lord so good : For ...
Page 14479
... thou discover soon , I will , What aid , what counsel hadst thou in that ill ? » " My lofty thoughts , " she answered him , " envied Another's hand should work my high desire ; The thirst of glory can no partner bide : With mine own ...
... thou discover soon , I will , What aid , what counsel hadst thou in that ill ? » " My lofty thoughts , " she answered him , " envied Another's hand should work my high desire ; The thirst of glory can no partner bide : With mine own ...
Page 14480
... thou not live , not let me die alone ? " Thus spake the nymph , yet spake but to the wind ; She could not alter his well - settled thought : Oh , miracle ! oh , strife of wondrous kind ! Where love and virtue such contention wrought ...
... thou not live , not let me die alone ? " Thus spake the nymph , yet spake but to the wind ; She could not alter his well - settled thought : Oh , miracle ! oh , strife of wondrous kind ! Where love and virtue such contention wrought ...
Page 14491
... thou diddest hold in prize , Such store thereof , such plenty have I here , As to a greedy mind might well suffice . " With that down trickled many a silver tear , - Two crystal streams fell from her watery eyes ; Part of her sad ...
... thou diddest hold in prize , Such store thereof , such plenty have I here , As to a greedy mind might well suffice . " With that down trickled many a silver tear , - Two crystal streams fell from her watery eyes ; Part of her sad ...
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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.