The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir of the Author ...Little, Brown & Company, 1860 |
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... stream , The evening gales came cold . So as they strayed , a swan they saw Sail stately up and strong ; And , by a silver chain , he drew A little boat along , Whose streamer , to the gentle breeze , Long floating , fluttered light ...
... stream , The evening gales came cold . So as they strayed , a swan they saw Sail stately up and strong ; And , by a silver chain , he drew A little boat along , Whose streamer , to the gentle breeze , Long floating , fluttered light ...
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... stream Will lull him to repose . " And so together forth they went : The evening breeze was mild ; And Rudiger upon his arm Pillowed the little child . Many gay companies that eve Along the river roam ; But , when the mist began to rise ...
... stream Will lull him to repose . " And so together forth they went : The evening breeze was mild ; And Rudiger upon his arm Pillowed the little child . Many gay companies that eve Along the river roam ; But , when the mist began to rise ...
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... went on . The full - orbed moon , that beamed around Pale splendor through the night , Cast through the crimson canopy A dim , discolored light . And swiftly down the hurrying stream In silence still they RUDIGER . 25 25.
... went on . The full - orbed moon , that beamed around Pale splendor through the night , Cast through the crimson canopy A dim , discolored light . And swiftly down the hurrying stream In silence still they RUDIGER . 25 25.
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... stream In silence still they sail ; And the long streamer , fluttering fast , Flapped to the heavy gale . And he was mute in sullen thought , And she was mute with fear ; Nor sound , but of the parting tide , Broke on the listening ear ...
... stream In silence still they sail ; And the long streamer , fluttering fast , Flapped to the heavy gale . And he was mute in sullen thought , And she was mute with fear ; Nor sound , but of the parting tide , Broke on the listening ear ...
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... and listened eagerly To catch some coming sound . He sate him down beside the stream That crossed the lonely way : So fair a scene might well have charmed All evil thoughts away . He sate beneath a willow - tree , Which cast Jaspar.
... and listened eagerly To catch some coming sound . He sate him down beside the stream That crossed the lonely way : So fair a scene might well have charmed All evil thoughts away . He sate beneath a willow - tree , Which cast Jaspar.
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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!