The Poetical WorksH.B. Nims, 1884 - 398 pages |
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... voice the river ran , Adown it floated a dying swan , 4 And loudly did lament . It was the middle of the day . Ever the weary wind went on , And took the reed - tops as it went . 2 . Some blue peaks in the distance rose , And white ...
... voice the river ran , Adown it floated a dying swan , 4 And loudly did lament . It was the middle of the day . Ever the weary wind went on , And took the reed - tops as it went . 2 . Some blue peaks in the distance rose , And white ...
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... voice of power But at night I would roam abroad and play With the mermaids in and out of the rocks , Dressing their hair with the white sea - flower ; And holding them back by their flowing locks I would kiss them often under the sea ...
... voice of power But at night I would roam abroad and play With the mermaids in and out of the rocks , Dressing their hair with the white sea - flower ; And holding them back by their flowing locks I would kiss them often under the sea ...
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... voice Elected umpire , Here comes to - day , Pallas and Aphrodite , claiming each This meed of fairest . Thou , within the cave Behind yon whispering tuft of oldest pine , Mayst well behold them unbeheld , unheard Hear all , and see thy ...
... voice Elected umpire , Here comes to - day , Pallas and Aphrodite , claiming each This meed of fairest . Thou , within the cave Behind yon whispering tuft of oldest pine , Mayst well behold them unbeheld , unheard Hear all , and see thy ...
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... voice , " she shriek'd in that lone hall , " No voice breaks thro ' the stillness of this world : One deep , deep silence all ! " She , mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod , Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame , Lay there ...
... voice , " she shriek'd in that lone hall , " No voice breaks thro ' the stillness of this world : One deep , deep silence all ! " She , mouldering with the dull earth's mouldering sod , Inwrapt tenfold in slothful shame , Lay there ...
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... voice to me that , cannot rise , And sweet is all the land about , and all the flowers that blow , And sweeter far is death than life to me that long to go . It seem'd so hard at first , mother , to leave the blessed sun , And now it ...
... voice to me that , cannot rise , And sweet is all the land about , and all the flowers that blow , And sweeter far is death than life to me that long to go . It seem'd so hard at first , mother , to leave the blessed sun , And now it ...
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Aldwyth answer'd arms Arthur ask'd beneath blood breast breath Caerleon call'd Camelot child cried Dagonet damsel dark dead dear death dream Dubric earth Enid Enoch ev'n Excalibur eyes face fair father fear flower fool Gareth Gawain Geraint golden Gorlois grace Guinevere hall hand happy Harold hate hath head hear heard heart heaven holy horse jousts King King Arthur kiss knew Lady Lady of Shalott land Lavaine Leofwin light live look look'd Lord maid maiden Mary Merlin Morcar morn mother move never night noble o'er once Philip Prince Queen rode rose round seem'd shadow shame Sir Bedivere Sir Lancelot Sir Pelleas sleep smile song soul spake speak star stept Stigand stood sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought thro Tostig turn'd vext voice weep wild wind word
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Page 113 - 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 142 - I chatter over stony ways, In little sharps and trebles, I bubble into eddying bays, I babble on the pebbles. With many a curve my banks I fret By many a field and fallow, And many a fairy foreland set With willow-weed and mallow.
Page 35 - We will return no more ;' And all at once they sang, ' Our island home Is far beyond the wave; we will no longer roam.
Page 91 - O, hark, O, hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O, sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 218 - Then loudly cried the bold Sir Bedivere, "Ah! my Lord Arthur, whither shall I go? Where shall I hide my forehead and my eyes? For now I see the true old times are dead, When every morning brought a noble chance, And every chance brought out a noble knight. Such times have been not since the light that led The holy Elders with the gift of myrrh.
Page 216 - Merlin sware that I should come again To rule once more; but, let what will be, be, I am so deeply smitten thro' the helm That without help I cannot last till morn. Thou therefore take my brand Excalibur, Which was my pride : for thou rememberest how In those old days, one summer noon, an arm Rose up from out the bosom of the lake, Clothed in white samite, mystic, wonderful, Holding the sword — and...
Page 45 - And if indeed I cast the brand away, Surely a precious thing, one worthy note, Should thus be lost forever from the earth, Which might have pleased the eyes of many men. What good should follow this, if this were done ? What harm, undone ? deep harm to disobey, Seeing obedience is the bond of rule. Were it well to obey then, if a king demand An act unprofitable, against himself? The king is sick, and knows not what he does.
Page 142 - I wind about, and in and out, With here a blossom sailing, And here and there a lusty trout, And here and there a grayling, And here and there a foamy flake Upon me, as I travel With many a silvery waterbreak Above the golden gravel, And draw them all along, and flow To join the brimming river, For men may come and men may go, But I go on for ever.
Page 213 - To lead sweet lives in purest chastity, To love one maiden only, cleave to her, And worship her by years of noble deeds, Until they won her ; for indeed I knew Of no more subtle master under heaven Than is the maiden passion for a maid, Not only to keep down the base in man, But teach high thought, and amiable words And courtliness, and the desire of fame, And love of truth, and all that makes a man.
Page 107 - And only thro' the faded leaf The chestnut pattering to the ground Calm and deep peace on this high wold, And on these dews that drench the furze, And all the silvery gossamers That twinkle into green and gold : Calm and still light on yon great plain That sweeps with all its autumn bowers, And crowded farms and lessening towers, To mingle with the bounding main...