Selections from the British Poets, Volume 2Harper & brothers, 1840 - English poetry |
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... hand ; Nor was perfection made for man below . Yet all her schemes with nicest art are plann'd , Good counteracting ill , and gladness wo . With gold and gems if Chilian mountains glow- If bleak and barren Scotia's hills arise- There ...
... hand ; Nor was perfection made for man below . Yet all her schemes with nicest art are plann'd , Good counteracting ill , and gladness wo . With gold and gems if Chilian mountains glow- If bleak and barren Scotia's hills arise- There ...
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... hand is seen , And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But , choked with sedges , works its weedy way ...
... hand is seen , And desolation saddens all thy green : One only master grasps the whole domain , And half a tillage stints thy smiling plain : No more thy glassy brook reflects the day , But , choked with sedges , works its weedy way ...
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... hand , or prompts the suppliant voice ; How nations sink by darling schemes oppress'd , When vengeance listens to the fool's request . Fate wings with ev'ry wish th ' afflictive dart , Each gift of nature and each grace of art ; With ...
... hand , or prompts the suppliant voice ; How nations sink by darling schemes oppress'd , When vengeance listens to the fool's request . Fate wings with ev'ry wish th ' afflictive dart , Each gift of nature and each grace of art ; With ...
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... hand : [ rings , To him the church , the realm , their pow'rs consign , Through him the rays of regal bounty shine ; Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows , His smile alone security bestows : Still to new heights his restless ...
... hand : [ rings , To him the church , the realm , their pow'rs consign , Through him the rays of regal bounty shine ; Turn'd by his nod the stream of honour flows , His smile alone security bestows : Still to new heights his restless ...
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... hand , but spreads her charms in " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till naught re- On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly , [ main ; And all be mine beneath the polar sky . " The march begins in military state , And nations ...
... hand , but spreads her charms in " Think nothing gain'd , " he cries , " till naught re- On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly , [ main ; And all be mine beneath the polar sky . " The march begins in military state , And nations ...
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Page 154 - Pipe to the spirit ditties of no tone : Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare ; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss, Though winning near the goal—yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Page 152 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But, in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The grass, the thicket, and the fruit-tree wild ; White hawthorn, and the pastoral eglantine ; Fast-fading violets cover'd up in leaves ; And mid-May's eldest child The coming musk-rose, full of dewy wine, The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves.
Page 311 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy. "The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 153 - What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape Of deities or mortals, or of both, In Tempe or the dales of Arcady? What men or gods are these? What maidens loth? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape? What pipes and timbrels? What wild ecstasy?
Page 152 - Away! away! for I will fly to thee, Not charioted by Bacchus and his pards, But on the viewless wings of Poesy, Though the dull brain perplexes and retards: Already with thee!
Page 32 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Page 196 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gather'd then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell; But hush!
Page 207 - SHE walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies ; And all that's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes : Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies.
Page 110 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha for Scotland's King and law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand, or freeman fa'?
Page 318 - Oh, listen ! for the vale profound Is overflowing with the sound. No nightingale did ever chaunt More welcome notes to weary bands Of travellers in some shady haunt Among Arabian sands : —A voice so thrilling ne'er was heard In spring-time from the cuckoo-bird. Breaking the silence of the seas Among the farthest Hebrides.