The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir of the Author ...Little, Brown & Company, 1860 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 9
Page 7
... lives , I think I may also reckon the narrow escapes they have made from death . Whereof I met with one mentioned with admi- ration by everybody at Leek , that happened not far off at the Black Mere of Morridge , which , though famous ...
... lives , I think I may also reckon the narrow escapes they have made from death . Whereof I met with one mentioned with admi- ration by everybody at Leek , that happened not far off at the Black Mere of Morridge , which , though famous ...
Page 45
... live ! " 6 . Sir Owen in a shroud was dressed ; They placed a cross upon his breast , And down he laid his head : Around him stood the funeral train , And sung , with slow and solemn strain , The Service of the Dead . 7 . Then to the ...
... live ! " 6 . Sir Owen in a shroud was dressed ; They placed a cross upon his breast , And down he laid his head : Around him stood the funeral train , And sung , with slow and solemn strain , The Service of the Dead . 7 . Then to the ...
Page 46
... live in story ; For of the few who reach this shore , Still fewer venture to explore St. Patrick's Purgatory . " 9 . Adown the Cavern's long descent , Feeling his way , Sir Owen went , With cautious feet and slow , Unarmed ; for neither ...
... live in story ; For of the few who reach this shore , Still fewer venture to explore St. Patrick's Purgatory . " 9 . Adown the Cavern's long descent , Feeling his way , Sir Owen went , With cautious feet and slow , Unarmed ; for neither ...
Page 70
... live angel before , St. Anthony , help him and save ! 7 . He yielded , alas ! for the truth must be told , - - To the Woman , the Tempter , and Fate : It was settled the lady , so fair to behold , Should elope from her husband , so ugly ...
... live angel before , St. Anthony , help him and save ! 7 . He yielded , alas ! for the truth must be told , - - To the Woman , the Tempter , and Fate : It was settled the lady , so fair to behold , Should elope from her husband , so ugly ...
Page 94
... live a Saint on earth ! - Why , Sir , he always used to wear a shirt For thirty days , all seasons , day and night : Good man , he knew it was not right For Dust and Ashes to fall out with Dirt ; And then he only hung it out in the rain ...
... live a Saint on earth ! - Why , Sir , he always used to wear a shirt For thirty days , all seasons , day and night : Good man , he knew it was not right For Dust and Ashes to fall out with Dirt ; And then he only hung it out in the rain ...
Common terms and phrases
Alboazar arms bade ballad Beelzebub behold bells beneath Bishop Bruno bless blest blood boat BRISTOL Brunskill Christian Christoval church Coimbra Cologne Count Aymerique cried Crocodile crune dark daughter dead Devil Donica Dragon dreadful eyes Father Kijf fear fell Friars Garci Gonzalo Hermiguez grew Gualberto hand hath hear heard heart Heaven hour house of pride Inchcape Inchcape Rock Jaspar KESWICK King Affonso knee knew looked Lord William Maid Mary Matthew of Westminster Moorish Morbleu Moscow never night o'er Olaus Magnus Painter pale Parbleu passed Patrick's Purgatory Piet Pieterszoon poor pray prayer pride Queen Orraca quoth Ramiro replied Rhine Richard Penlake ROBERT SOUTHEY round Rudiger Saints sate sche shore sight Sir Owen smile soul sound stood story stream tail thee Thomas Heywood thought tower traveller triple tree Twas voice ween WESTBURY wife wind Woman young
Popular passages
Page 137 - She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round, Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found, That was so large, and smooth, and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, ' Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Page 137 - It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
Page 140 - And everybody praised the Duke Who this great fight did win." " But what good came of it at last ? " Quoth little Peterkin. " Why, that I cannot tell," said he,
Page 126 - No STIR in the air, no stir in the sea, The ship was still as she could be, Her sails from heaven received no motion, Her keel was steady in the ocean.
Page 61 - The summer and autumn had been so wet, That in winter the corn was growing yet ; 'Twas a piteous sight to see all around The grain lie rotting on the ground. Every day the starving poor Crowded around Bishop Hatto's door, For he had a plentiful last year's store, And all the neighbourhood could tell His granaries were furnish'd well.
Page 129 - On the deck the Rover takes his stand; So dark it is, they see no land. Quoth Sir Ralph, "It will be lighter soon, For there is the dawn of the rising moon.
Page 138 - And often when I go to plough The ploughshare turns them out. For many thousand men," said he, "Were slain in that great victory." "Now tell us what 'twas all about," Young Peterkin he cries; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes; "Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for.
Page 37 - Roll'd through the fertile plain ; And often the way-faring man Would love to linger there, Forgetful of his onward road, To gaze on scenes so fair. But never could Lord William dare To gaze on Severn's stream ; In every wind that swept its waves He heard young...
Page 9 - She loved ; and young Richard had settled the day, And she hoped to be happy for life : But Richard was idle and worthless, and they Who knew him would pity poor Mary, and say, That she was too good for his wife.
Page 129 - Now where we are I cannot tell, But I wish I could hear the Inchcape Bell. " They hear no sound ; the swell is strong ; Though the wind hath fallen, they drift along, Till the vessel strikes with a shivering shock: " O Christ! it is the Inchcape Rock!