The juvenaile poetical library; selected from the works of modern British poets. Ed. by mrs. A. WattsPriscilla Maden Watts 1839 |
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... happy , the strength of the free , Are spread in a garment of glory o'er thee . Up ! up to yon cliff ! like a king ADDRESS TO A WILD DEER . 31 Address to a Wild Deer The Ship's Departure By Professor Wilson The Ship's Return By ...
... happy , the strength of the free , Are spread in a garment of glory o'er thee . Up ! up to yon cliff ! like a king ADDRESS TO A WILD DEER . 31 Address to a Wild Deer The Ship's Departure By Professor Wilson The Ship's Return By ...
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... and the bonnie doos and a ' ; And I'll promise ne'er again to greet , and ne'er , oh ne'er do wrang , And again we'll a ' be happy as the simmer days are lang ! " TO THE RAINBOW . BY THOMAS CAMPBELL . TRIUMPHAL arch 34 THE MOTHER'S RETURN .
... and the bonnie doos and a ' ; And I'll promise ne'er again to greet , and ne'er , oh ne'er do wrang , And again we'll a ' be happy as the simmer days are lang ! " TO THE RAINBOW . BY THOMAS CAMPBELL . TRIUMPHAL arch 34 THE MOTHER'S RETURN .
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... happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven . Can all that Optics teach unfold Thy form to please me so , As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws ...
... happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven . Can all that Optics teach unfold Thy form to please me so , As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws ...
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... happy age , when smile and tear Alternate in the eyes appear ; When sleep can every care remove , And morn's light wake to hope and love , But childhood flies like spring - time's hour , And deepening shadows o'er youth lour ! Even thou ...
... happy age , when smile and tear Alternate in the eyes appear ; When sleep can every care remove , And morn's light wake to hope and love , But childhood flies like spring - time's hour , And deepening shadows o'er youth lour ! Even thou ...
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... the dark days fading from their prime , As a sweet dew to keep your souls from blight : Earth will forsake -oh ! happy to have given Th ' unbroken heart's first fragrance unto heaven ! - THE LUCK OF EDEN - HALL . BY J. H..
... the dark days fading from their prime , As a sweet dew to keep your souls from blight : Earth will forsake -oh ! happy to have given Th ' unbroken heart's first fragrance unto heaven ! - THE LUCK OF EDEN - HALL . BY J. H..
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babe beneath billows bird blaze blessed blue bosom bower breast breath breeze bright brow CHARLES LAMB cheer child cold dark dark funereal dead dear deep delight desert DISMAL SWAMP doth dread dream earth fair fairy Farewell father fear flame flowers gaze gleam glory Greatbatch green grief grim rocks happy hath hear heard heart heaven Helvellyn Henry of Navarre holly tree hour kiss light Loch Ken lonely look LORD BYRON merry miss thee morn mother mountain native never night o'er pale prayer ROBERT SOUTHEY round sail SAMUEL ROGERS saw thee shines shore sigh sing sleep smile song sorrow soul sound spirit stood stream sweet tears thee in thy There's thine THOMAS CAMPBELL THOMAS HOOD THOMAS PRINGLE thou thought thy beauty voice wandering waters waves weary weep wild WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings young
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Page 26 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unreturning brave, - alas! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure, when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope shall moulder cold and low.
Page 68 - And if my standard-bearer fall, as fall full well he may — For never saw I promise yet of such a bloody fray — Press where ye see my white plume shine, amidst the ranks of war, And be your oriflamme, to-day, the helmet of Navarre.
Page 2 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave : Where Blake and mighty Nelson fell, Your manly hearts shall glow, As ye sweep through the deep, While the stormy tempests blow ; While the battle rages loud and long, And the stormy winds do blow.
Page 228 - Tis Greece, but living Greece no more ! So coldly sweet, so deadly fair, We start, for soul is wanting there. Hers is the loveliness in death, That parts not quite with parting breath ; But beauty with that fearful bloom, That hue which haunts it to the tomb — Expression's last receding ray, A gilded halo hovering round decay, The farewell beam of Feeling past away ! Spark of that flame, perchance of heavenly birth, Which gleams, but warms no more its cherished earth...
Page 199 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 196 - And now, when comes the calm, mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home ; When the sound of dropping nuts is heard, though all the trees are still, And twinkle in the smoky light the waters of the rill, The south wind searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more.
Page 4 - THE boy stood on the burning deck Whence all but him had fled; The flame that lit the battle's wreck Shone round him o'er the dead. Yet beautiful and bright he stood, As born to rule the storm — A creature of heroic blood, A proud, though childlike form.
Page 3 - O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird, Or but a wandering Voice? While I am lying on the grass Thy twofold shout I hear, From hill to hill it seems to pass, At once far off, and near. Though babbling only to the Vale, Of sunshine and of flowers, Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice...
Page 71 - THE SEA. The Sea ! the Sea ! the open Sea ! The blue, the fresh, the ever free ! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round ; It plays with the clouds ; it mocks the skies ; Or like a cradled creature lies.
Page 186 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The fir trees dark and high; I used to think their slender tops Were close against the sky: It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from- Heaven Than when I was a boy.