First (Second) poetry book, selected and arranged by C. Geikie, Volume 2John Cunningham Geikie 1878 |
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... give a CONNECTED VIEW OF ENGLISH POETRY , from CHAUCER to OUR OWN DAY . This , it is believed , will be recognized as a very valuable characteristic . Biographical Notices have been prefixed , to give neces- sary information respecting ...
... give a CONNECTED VIEW OF ENGLISH POETRY , from CHAUCER to OUR OWN DAY . This , it is believed , will be recognized as a very valuable characteristic . Biographical Notices have been prefixed , to give neces- sary information respecting ...
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... give ; - Content on little , for himself , to live . Wide was his cure ; 10 the houses far asunder ; Yet never failed he , or11 for rain or thunder , - Whenever sickness or mischance might call , - The most remote to visit , great or ...
... give ; - Content on little , for himself , to live . Wide was his cure ; 10 the houses far asunder ; Yet never failed he , or11 for rain or thunder , - Whenever sickness or mischance might call , - The most remote to visit , great or ...
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... gives these things to Sleep to win her favour . 6 bring not sleep . 7 the image of her whom he loves will fill his soul in its sleepless hours . 1 Cupid , the God of Love . 2 Campaspe , the writer's lady - love . 3 Cupid is painted with ...
... gives these things to Sleep to win her favour . 6 bring not sleep . 7 the image of her whom he loves will fill his soul in its sleepless hours . 1 Cupid , the God of Love . 2 Campaspe , the writer's lady - love . 3 Cupid is painted with ...
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... give us pause : —there's the respect3 That makes calamity of so long life : * For who would bear the whips and scorns of time , The oppressor's wrong , the proud man's contumely , The pangs of despised love , the law's delay , The ...
... give us pause : —there's the respect3 That makes calamity of so long life : * For who would bear the whips and scorns of time , The oppressor's wrong , the proud man's contumely , The pangs of despised love , the law's delay , The ...
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... give thy repose To the wet sea - boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night , With all appliances and means to boot , Deny it to a king ? Then , happy low , ' lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown ...
... give thy repose To the wet sea - boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night , With all appliances and means to boot , Deny it to a king ? Then , happy low , ' lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown ...
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Page 111 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate ; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, " Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn, Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 182 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blush'd at the praise of their own loveliness; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Page 91 - Hark! they whisper; angels say, Sister spirit, come away. What is this absorbs me quite ? Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul, can this be death ? The world recedes; it disappears!
Page 181 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered 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! hark! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell!
Page 198 - Work - work work Till the brain begins to swim! Work - work - work Till the eyes are heavy and dim! Seam , and gusset , and band , Band , and gusset , and seam , Till over the buttons I fall asleep, And sew them on in a dream! "O men with sisters dear! O men with mothers and wives! It is not linen you're wearing out , But human creatures
Page 36 - tis his will ; Let but the commons hear this testament (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read), And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 34 - Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do, lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones; So let it be with Caesar. The noble Brutus Hath told you Caesar was ambitious. If it were so, it was a grievous fault; And grievously hath Caesar answered it.
Page 122 - Perhaps a tear, if souls can weep in bliss — Ah, that maternal smile ! — it answers — Yes. I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu I But was it such ? — It was.— Where thou art gone Adieus and farewells are a sound unknown.
Page 80 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise. Ye mists and exhalations, that now rise From hill or steaming lake, dusky, or gray, Till the sun paint your fleecy skirts with gold, In honour to the world's great Author rise...
Page 156 - Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently! Around thee and above Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass: methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity! 0 dread and silent Mount! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought : entranced in prayer 1 worshipped the Invisible alone.