The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].James Burns, 1841 - 139 pages |
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... happy low , -lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown . SHAKSPEARE . Father William . " You are old , Father William , " the young man cried ; The few locks that are left you are grey : You are hale , Father William , a hearty ...
... happy low , -lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown . SHAKSPEARE . Father William . " You are old , Father William , " the young man cried ; The few locks that are left you are grey : You are hale , Father William , a hearty ...
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... happy hills ! ah , pleasing shade ! Ah , fields belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd , A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow ; * Henry VI . , founder of the college ...
... happy hills ! ah , pleasing shade ! Ah , fields belov'd in vain ! Where once my careless childhood stray'd , A stranger yet to pain ! I feel the gales that from ye blow A momentary bliss bestow ; * Henry VI . , founder of the college ...
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... happy , if the rich , the vain , the proud , The pageant actors of the motley crowd , — Since life is a " poor play'r , " our days a span , Would learn one lesson from this poor blind man ! The Village - Bells . THERE is in souls a ...
... happy , if the rich , the vain , the proud , The pageant actors of the motley crowd , — Since life is a " poor play'r , " our days a span , Would learn one lesson from this poor blind man ! The Village - Bells . THERE is in souls a ...
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... happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heav'n . 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 ? HERBERT . When science from creation's face Enchantment's ...
... happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heav'n . 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 ? HERBERT . When science from creation's face Enchantment's ...
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... happy triumph shall for ever live , And endless good diffuse , and endless praise receive . As through the artist's intervening glass Our eye observes the distant planets pass , A little we discover , but allow That more remains unseen ...
... happy triumph shall for ever live , And endless good diffuse , and endless praise receive . As through the artist's intervening glass Our eye observes the distant planets pass , A little we discover , but allow That more remains unseen ...
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ADAM AND EVE beauty beneath bird blessings blest BRAMBLE breast breath bright Charity charms cheerful Church churchyard clouds Communion of Saint cricket cried Cumnor Hall dead dear death doth dreadful E'en earth Edmonton ev'ry eyes fair fall Father William feel Field-Mouse flow'rs Gelert Gilpin glory grace Grongar Hill grove hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heav'n heav'nly holy human Hymn John Gilpin light Llewellyn Lord Lycidas mind morn murmur nature's ne'er never night o'er pain peace Pleas'd pleasure poor blind pow'r praise pray pride proud rill rise SALISBURY CATHEDRAL shade SHAKSPEARE shew shine sight sing Sir John Moore skies sleep smile soft song soon sorrow soul sound spirit sun shines bright sweet thee thine thing thou thought thyself toil tow'r truth Twas voice wand'ring wild wind wings wond'rous wyll youth
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Page 31 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Page 114 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Page 51 - Await alike the inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Page 56 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 55 - The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 92 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Page 18 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn.
Page 52 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Page 17 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
Page 76 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.