The school book of poetry, ed. by W.C. BennettWilliam Cox Bennett Thomas Murby, 1870 - 192 páginas |
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Página 47
... leaves ; The wren peereth forth from the moss - covered eaves ; And the rain - spattered urchin now gladly per- ceives That the beautiful bow bendeth over them all . THE DEATH OF ABSALOM .— ( N . P. Willis The Summer Shower . 47 Read, T ...
... leaves ; The wren peereth forth from the moss - covered eaves ; And the rain - spattered urchin now gladly per- ceives That the beautiful bow bendeth over them all . THE DEATH OF ABSALOM .— ( N . P. Willis The Summer Shower . 47 Read, T ...
Página 48
... leaves , With a soft cheek upon the lulling tide , Forgot the lifting winds ; and the long stems , Whose flowers the water , like a gentle nurse , Bears on its bosom , quietly gave way , And leaned , in graceful attitudes , to rest ...
... leaves , With a soft cheek upon the lulling tide , Forgot the lifting winds ; and the long stems , Whose flowers the water , like a gentle nurse , Bears on its bosom , quietly gave way , And leaned , in graceful attitudes , to rest ...
Página 75
... awful form , Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . OTHELLO . ACT . I. SCENE III . - The The Village Preacher . 75.
... awful form , Swells from the vale , and midway leaves the storm , - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread , Eternal sunshine settles on its head . OTHELLO . ACT . I. SCENE III . - The The Village Preacher . 75.
Página 86
... leaves , By warm winds deflowered , Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy- wingèd thieves . Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass , Rain - awakened flowers , All that ever was Joyous and clear and ...
... leaves , By warm winds deflowered , Till the scent it gives Makes faint with too much sweet these heavy- wingèd thieves . Sound of vernal showers On the twinkling grass , Rain - awakened flowers , All that ever was Joyous and clear and ...
Página 94
... leaves and stibble , Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd out , for a ' thy trouble , But house or hald , To tholes the winter's sleety dribble , And cranreuch1 cauld ! But , mousie , thou art no thy lane , 5 In proving ...
... leaves and stibble , Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turn'd out , for a ' thy trouble , But house or hald , To tholes the winter's sleety dribble , And cranreuch1 cauld ! But , mousie , thou art no thy lane , 5 In proving ...
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Página 152 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise...
Página 21 - And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix for ever with the elements, To be a brother to the insensible rock And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon. The oak Shall send his roots abroad, and pierce thy mould.
Página 129 - I bind the sun's throne with a burning zone, And the moon's with a girdle of pearl ; The volcanoes are dim, and the stars reel and swim, When the whirlwinds my banner unfurl. From cape to cape, with a bridge-like shape, Over a torrent sea, Sunbeam-proof, J hang like a roof : The mountains its columns be.
Página 64 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel ; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledged comrade.
Página 101 - A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Página 87 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now.
Página 68 - Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Página 75 - The reverend champion stood. At his control Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whispered praise.
Página 23 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Página 93 - I'm truly sorry man's dominion. Has broken nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An...