The poetical works of Horace Smith. 2vols1846 |
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... in the Porch of Binstead Church , Isle of Wight .... 235 The World 236 To a Rose 237 On an Ancient Lance .. 238 The Nightingale . 239 Sunset ....... 240 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS . VOL . I. B PREFATORY STANZAS . iv CONTENTS .
... in the Porch of Binstead Church , Isle of Wight .... 235 The World 236 To a Rose 237 On an Ancient Lance .. 238 The Nightingale . 239 Sunset ....... 240 MISCELLANEOUS POEMS . VOL . I. B PREFATORY STANZAS . iv CONTENTS .
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... Church enshrines ( his tomb , Though once restored , has lost its bloom , And got quite shabby , ) Lived in thy time - the first perchance Was beating monks * when thou in France By monks wert beaten , Who shook beneath this very tree ...
... Church enshrines ( his tomb , Though once restored , has lost its bloom , And got quite shabby , ) Lived in thy time - the first perchance Was beating monks * when thou in France By monks wert beaten , Who shook beneath this very tree ...
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... church , And used the Pope ill . What numerous namesakes hast thou seen Lounging beneath thy shady green , With monks as lazy ; Louis Quatorze has pressed that ground , With his six mistresses around- A sample of the old and sound ...
... church , And used the Pope ill . What numerous namesakes hast thou seen Lounging beneath thy shady green , With monks as lazy ; Louis Quatorze has pressed that ground , With his six mistresses around- A sample of the old and sound ...
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... church , and palace , Did we ourselves a sanctuary draw , Where no stern creditor could glut his malice , And even criminals might brave the law ; For judge nor justice in that charter'd verge Their rights could urge . These times are ...
... church , and palace , Did we ourselves a sanctuary draw , Where no stern creditor could glut his malice , And even criminals might brave the law ; For judge nor justice in that charter'd verge Their rights could urge . These times are ...
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... church slowly pass'd , When a dread apparition astounded my vision ; Like an aspen leaf shaking , dumfounded and quaking , I stood all aghast ! From its nail'd coffin prison the corpse had arisen , 52 THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION . 32.
... church slowly pass'd , When a dread apparition astounded my vision ; Like an aspen leaf shaking , dumfounded and quaking , I stood all aghast ! From its nail'd coffin prison the corpse had arisen , 52 THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION . 32.
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Adam and Eve bard beauty Behold beneath BINSTEAD birds birth bless bliss bloom bosom bound bowers breath bright charms CHOLERA choral COLBURN'S NEW PUBLICATIONS COLBURN'S STANDARD Constantinople Cuckoo dark death deep delight dost dread Duke of Wellington dust earth so surpassingly EGYPT EVANS LLOYD eyes fame Fanny fear feel flowers gaze George Cruikshank gibbet give gladness gloom Gorgon grace grave Greece Hail to thee Hark harp and hymn hath hear heart HENRY COLBURN holy hope hymn Thy downward king life's light lips live Lovely or rare MADAME D'ARBLAY Mehemet Ali mind mirth moral Nature's night Nubia o'er scenes shuddering shut Sicilian Arethusa sight silent Sir Walter Scott small 8vo smiles song soul Spain spirit Spring stamp'd surpassingly fair sweet tears thine thou'rt dim thought thrill Thy downward course tomb trees voice volumes wave winds
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Página 8 - Neath cloistered boughs each floral bell that swingeth And tolls its perfume on the passing air Makes Sabbath in the fields, and ever ringeth A call to prayer : Not to the domes where crumbling arch and column Attest the feebleness of mortal hand, But to that fane most catholic and solemn Which God hath plann'd,— To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply, Its choir the winds and waves, its organ thunder, Its dome the sky.
Página 8 - To that cathedral, boundless as our wonder, Whose quenchless lamps the sun and moon supply — Its choir the winds and waves, its organ thunder, Its dome the sky. There — as in solitude and shade I wander Through the green aisles, or, stretched upon the sod, Awed by the silence, reverently ponder The ways of God...
Página 13 - Or doffed thine own to let Queen Dido pass, Or held, by Solomon's own invitation, A torch at the great temple's dedication. I need not ask thee if that hand, when...
Página 11 - Memnonium was in all its glory, And time had not begun to overthrow Those temples, palaces, and piles stupendous, Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Página 73 - There is ! there is ! One primitive and sure ; Religion pure, Unchanged in spirit, though its forms and codes Wear myriad modes, Contains all creeds within its mighty span ; The love of God displayed in love of man.
Página 13 - We have, above-ground, seen some strange mutations: The Roman empire has begun and ended, New worlds have risen, we have lost old nations, And countless kings have into dust been humbled, While not a fragment of thy flesh has crumbled.