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... the Troubadour , Whence Charlemagne led his chivalry In the fields which were fought of yore Still the eye of Fancy may see them glance , Gilded banner and quivering lance ! 20 MEMORY . But Memory from Fancy turns away , C 2 Holford.
... the Troubadour , Whence Charlemagne led his chivalry In the fields which were fought of yore Still the eye of Fancy may see them glance , Gilded banner and quivering lance ! 20 MEMORY . But Memory from Fancy turns away , C 2 Holford.
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M. S.. 20 MEMORY . But Memory from Fancy turns away , She has wealth of her own to guard ; And whisperings come to her ear which say Sweeter things than the song of the bard ; They are solemn and low , and none can hear The whispers ...
M. S.. 20 MEMORY . But Memory from Fancy turns away , She has wealth of her own to guard ; And whisperings come to her ear which say Sweeter things than the song of the bard ; They are solemn and low , and none can hear The whispers ...
Page 32
... turn to thee . If such their charms met in the maze Of this world's full career ; Are they less vocal to thy praise In scenes to silence dear , Where thought is hush'd and feeling free In quietness to worship thee ? Hence is this humble ...
... turn to thee . If such their charms met in the maze Of this world's full career ; Are they less vocal to thy praise In scenes to silence dear , Where thought is hush'd and feeling free In quietness to worship thee ? Hence is this humble ...
Page 60
... and the moon is on high , Hung like a gem on the brow of the sky , Treading its steps , in the power of her might , And turning the clouds , as they pass her , to light ! THE CONVICT SHIP . Look to the waters ! —asleep T K Hervey.
... and the moon is on high , Hung like a gem on the brow of the sky , Treading its steps , in the power of her might , And turning the clouds , as they pass her , to light ! THE CONVICT SHIP . Look to the waters ! —asleep T K Hervey.
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... earth- Few and small and nothing worth , - Turn and grasp the fadeless prize Treasured for thee in the skies . 67 American " Friend . " 68 PURITY OF THOUGHT . PURITY OF THOUGHT INDISPENSABLE TO F 2 American "Friend 99.
... earth- Few and small and nothing worth , - Turn and grasp the fadeless prize Treasured for thee in the skies . 67 American " Friend . " 68 PURITY OF THOUGHT . PURITY OF THOUGHT INDISPENSABLE TO F 2 American "Friend 99.
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amaranthine art thou BARTON beam beauty beneath bird blessing blest bloom bower breast breath breeze bright brow burning CHAMOIS childhood's clouds CONVENIENT SEASON dark dear death deep dream dwell earth fair Fare thee Farewell feel flowers glad glee gloom glorious glory glow hath heart HELVELLYN HEMANS HENRY KIRKE WHITE hope hour JOHN HOWARD LAKE GENEVA land LAST RITES leaves life's light lone Mary mighty wanderer morning mortal may know mountain murmur ne'er Nebaioth night NORTH COUNTRIE o'er passing pinnace praise prayer reign o'er RHINE RHODODENDRON rose round scenes shade shadows roll shine sing skies SKY LARK sleep smile snowy white song sorrow soul spring stars stream SUNDEW sweet tears tell thine things thou art thou hast Thou wilt thought thy rest thy spirit tree voice WALK AT NOON weep wild wind wings WINTER WALK youth
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Page 145 - And if thou wilt make me an altar of stone, thou shalt not build it of hewn stone: for if thou lift up thy tool upon it, thou hast polluted it.
Page 40 - Whose fire was kindled at the prophets' lamp, The time of rest, the promised sabbath comes. Six thousand years of sorrow have well nigh Fulfilled their tardy and disastrous course Over a sinful world ; and what remains Of this tempestuous state of human things Is merely as the working of a sea Before a calm, that rocks itself to rest...
Page 61 - THE bird that soars on highest wing Builds on the ground her lowly nest ; And she that doth most sweetly sing Sings in the shade when all things rest : — In lark and nightingale we see What honor hath humility. 2 When Mary chose the better part, She meekly sat at Jesus...
Page 125 - O'er all the pleasant land! The deer across their greensward bound Through shade and sunny gleam; And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream. The merry homes of England! Around their hearths by night What gladsome looks of household love Meet in the ruddy light! There woman's voice flows forth in song Or childhood's tale is told, Or lips move tunefully along Some glorious page of old.
Page 124 - The stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand, Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land! The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam; And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Page 97 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side.
Page 43 - And Saba's spicy groves, pay tribute there. Praise is in all her gates : upon her walls, And in her streets and in her spacious courts, Is heard salvation. Eastern Java there Kneels with the native of the farthest west ; And ^Ethiopia spreads abroad the hand, And worships. Her report has travell'd forth Into all lands.
Page 164 - Since Trifles make the Sum of human things And half our misery from our foibles springs...
Page 53 - To make the river flow. The clouds might give abundant rain, The nightly dews might fall, And the herb that keepeth life in man Might yet have drunk them all. Then wherefore, wherefore were they made, All dyed with rainbow light, All...
Page 135 - O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds the day, Over the cloudlet dim, Over the rainbow's rim, Musical cherub, soar, singing, away! Then, when the gloaming comes, Low in the heather blooms Sweet will thy welcome and bed of love be! Emblem of happiness, Blest is thy dwelling-place, — Oh, to abide in the desert with thee ! JAMES HOGG To the Cuckoo O BLITHE new-comer!