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Page 23
I would scatter my sced to the tender earth . I do not wish to hear in prose the
meaning of my melody . I do not wish to see rny seed neatly put away bencath a
piiper label . Answer in new pćans to the soul of our souls . Wuke me 10 sweeter
...
I would scatter my sced to the tender earth . I do not wish to hear in prose the
meaning of my melody . I do not wish to see rny seed neatly put away bencath a
piiper label . Answer in new pćans to the soul of our souls . Wuke me 10 sweeter
...
Page 27
The sun had showered down his amplest bounties , the earth put on her richest
garment to receive them . The clear heavens seemed to open themselves to the
desire of mortals ; the day had been long enough and bright enough to satisfy an
...
The sun had showered down his amplest bounties , the earth put on her richest
garment to receive them . The clear heavens seemed to open themselves to the
desire of mortals ; the day had been long enough and bright enough to satisfy an
...
Page 29
Like the violet , the strong and subtle odour of his mind was arrayed at its source
with such an air of meekness , that the receiver blessed rather the liberal winds of
heaven than any earth - born flower for the gift . Raphael has lifted the ...
Like the violet , the strong and subtle odour of his mind was arrayed at its source
with such an air of meekness , that the receiver blessed rather the liberal winds of
heaven than any earth - born flower for the gift . Raphael has lifted the ...
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George H.Prayer - the church's banquet ; angel's age ; God's breath in man
returning to his birth ; The soul in paraphrase ; heart in pilgrimage ; The Christian
plummet , sounding heaven and earth . In your likenesses , you sometimes
appear to ...
George H.Prayer - the church's banquet ; angel's age ; God's breath in man
returning to his birth ; The soul in paraphrase ; heart in pilgrimage ; The Christian
plummet , sounding heaven and earth . In your likenesses , you sometimes
appear to ...
Page 37
... of fate , while neither am I downcast by any terron , Nor slore up secret griefs in
my heart , But pass my days cheerfully in the midst of mishapo , Despite the evils
which engird the earth , Seeking the way above the stars with ardent virtue .
... of fate , while neither am I downcast by any terron , Nor slore up secret griefs in
my heart , But pass my days cheerfully in the midst of mishapo , Despite the evils
which engird the earth , Seeking the way above the stars with ardent virtue .
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Page 81 - Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear, Until we hardly see, we feel that it is there. All the earth and air With thy voice is loud, As, when night is bare, From one lonely cloud The moon rains out her beams, and heaven is overflowed.
Page 103 - The primal duties shine aloft — like stars ; The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of Man — like flowers.
Page 85 - The wind, the tempest roaring high, The tumult of a Tropic sky, Might well be dangerous food For him, a Youth to whom was given So much of earth, so much of Heaven, And such impetuous blood.
Page 255 - Who comprehends his trust, and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim; And...
Page 81 - Like a poet hidden in the light of thought, singing hymns unbidden till the world is wrought to sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not.
Page 33 - Veritate, in my hand, and, kneeling on my knees, devoutly said these words: — ' ' O thou eternal God, Author of the light which now shines upon me, and Giver of all inward illuminations, I do beseech Thee, of Thy infinite goodness, to pardon a greater request than a sinner ought to make ; I am not satisfied enough whether I shall publish this book, De Veritate; if it be for Thy glory, I beseech Thee give me some sign from heaven ; if not, I shall suppress it.
Page 335 - Walked of yore the Master-Singers, chanting rude poetic strains. From remote and sunless suburbs came they to the friendly guild, Building nests in Fame's great temple, as in spouts the swallows build.
Page 97 - All this long eve, so balmy and serene, Have I been gazing on the western sky, And its peculiar tint of yellow green : And still I gaze — and with how blank an eye...
Page 83 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear: If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.
Page 167 - ... service with unceasing care, The mind's least generous wish a mendicant For nought but what thy happiness could spare. Speak — though this soft warm heart, once free to hold A thousand tender pleasures, thine and mine, Be left more desolate, more dreary cold Than a forsaken bird's-nest filled with snow 'Mid its own bush of leafless eglantine — Speak, that my torturing doubts their end may know ! TO BR HAYDON, ON SEEING HIS PICTURE OF NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE ON THE ISLAND OF ST.