The poetical works of Horace Smith. 2vols1846 |
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... Written 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 .
... Written 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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... - quick ! Let me plunge in some dark - vaulted dun- geon , Where , tho ' tried and death - fated , I may not be baited By devils and furies ! THE CONTRAST . [ Written under Windsor Terrace , the THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION . 59.
... - quick ! Let me plunge in some dark - vaulted dun- geon , Where , tho ' tried and death - fated , I may not be baited By devils and furies ! THE CONTRAST . [ Written under Windsor Terrace , the THE MURDERER'S CONFESSION . 59.
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Horace Smith. THE CONTRAST . [ Written under Windsor Terrace , the day after the Funeral of George the Third . ] I SAW him last on this Terrace proud , Walking in health and gladness , Begirt with his Court ; and in all the crowd Not a ...
Horace Smith. THE CONTRAST . [ Written under Windsor Terrace , the day after the Funeral of George the Third . ] I SAW him last on this Terrace proud , Walking in health and gladness , Begirt with his Court ; and in all the crowd Not a ...
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Horace Smith. ANSWER TO " AN OLD MAN'S PEAN . " [ Written ( invitá Minerva ) at the instigation of J. H. ] THOU greybeard gay ! whose muse- ( perchance In second childhood's ignorance , ) Inspired " An Old Man's Pean , " Hear how a ...
Horace Smith. ANSWER TO " AN OLD MAN'S PEAN . " [ Written ( invitá Minerva ) at the instigation of J. H. ] THOU greybeard gay ! whose muse- ( perchance In second childhood's ignorance , ) Inspired " An Old Man's Pean , " Hear how a ...
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... still more cruel Gives me carte blanche in all I loathe- Bread - puddings , sago , mutton - broth , Rice - milk , and water - gruel ! INVOCATION . [ Written in the neighbourhood of Abbotsford , 90 90 AN OLD MAN'S PEAN . " ANSWER TO 66.
... still more cruel Gives me carte blanche in all I loathe- Bread - puddings , sago , mutton - broth , Rice - milk , and water - gruel ! INVOCATION . [ Written in the neighbourhood of Abbotsford , 90 90 AN OLD MAN'S PEAN . " ANSWER TO 66.
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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.