The task, Tirocinium, and other poems, Issue 350Seeley, Jackson and Halliday, 1872 - 264 pages |
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... hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest . If solitude make scant the means of life , Society for me ! Thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in ...
... hear his creaking panniers at the door , Angry and sad and his last crust consumed . So farewell envy of the peasant's nest . If solitude make scant the means of life , Society for me ! Thou seeming sweet , Be still a pleasing object in ...
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... hear , approve , and own , Paul should himself direct me . I would trace His master - strokes , and draw from his design . I would express him simple , grave , sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain , And plain in manner ...
... hear , approve , and own , Paul should himself direct me . I would trace His master - strokes , and draw from his design . I would express him simple , grave , sincere ; In doctrine uncorrupt ; in language plain , And plain in manner ...
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... hear , accept , and bless ? Or does he sit regardless of his works ? Has man within him an immortal seed ? Or does the tomb take all ? If he survive His ashes , where ? and in what weal or woe ? Knots worthy of solution , which alone A ...
... hear , accept , and bless ? Or does he sit regardless of his works ? Has man within him an immortal seed ? Or does the tomb take all ? If he survive His ashes , where ? and in what weal or woe ? Knots worthy of solution , which alone A ...
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... hear , Or turn to nourishment digested well . Or if the garden with its many cares , All well repaid , demand him , he attends The welcome call , conscious how much the hand Of lubbard labour needs his watchful eye , Oft loit'ring ...
... hear , Or turn to nourishment digested well . Or if the garden with its many cares , All well repaid , demand him , he attends The welcome call , conscious how much the hand Of lubbard labour needs his watchful eye , Oft loit'ring ...
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... hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance , where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th ' uninjured ear . Thus sitting and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns , I seem advanced To some secure and ...
... hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance , where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on th ' uninjured ear . Thus sitting and surveying thus at ease The globe and its concerns , I seem advanced To some secure and ...
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Page 212 - Tis now become a history little known, That once we called the pastoral house our own. Short-lived possession ! but the record fair, That memory keeps of all thy kindness there, Still outlives many a storm, that has effaced A thousand other themes less deeply traced.
Page 211 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away...
Page 213 - Wouldst softly speak, and stroke my head and smile), Could those few pleasant days again appear, Might one wish bring them, would I wish them here? I would not trust my heart — the dear delight Seems so to be desired, perhaps I might.
Page 29 - Must stand acknowledged, while the world shall stand, The most important and effectual guard, Support and ornament of Virtue's cause. There stands the messenger of truth: there stands The legate of the skies! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Page 69 - At his own wonders, wondering for his bread. *Tis pleasant through the loop-holes of retreat To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 211 - Say, wast thou conscious of the tears I shed? Hover'd thy spirit o'er thy sorrowing son, Wretch even then, life's journey just begun? Perhaps thou gavest me, though unfelt, a kiss; Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile! it answers — Yes.
Page 120 - Happy who walks with him ! whom what he finds Of flavour or of scent in fruit or flower, Or what he views of beautiful or grand In nature, from the broad majestic oak To the green blade that twinkles in the sun, Prompts with remembrance of a present God.
Page 212 - I less deplored thee, ne'er forgot. Where once we dwelt our name is heard no more, Children, not thine, have trod my nursery floor...
Page 235 - Mary ! Thy silver locks, once auburn bright, Are still more lovely in my sight Than golden beams of orient light, My Mary! For could I view nor them nor thee, What sight worth seeing could I see ? The sun would rise in vain for me, My Mary! Partakers of thy sad decline, Thy hands their little force resign; Yet gently prest, press gently mine, My Mary!
Page 6 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds, Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of ocean on his winding shore...