The Poetical Works of Henry Kirke White1880 - 55 páginas |
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... head , The crows assembling , seek their wind - rocked bed ; Stilled is the village hum - the woodland sounds Have ceased to echo o'er the dewy grounds ; And general silence reigns , save when , below , The murmuring Trent is scarcely ...
... head , The crows assembling , seek their wind - rocked bed ; Stilled is the village hum - the woodland sounds Have ceased to echo o'er the dewy grounds ; And general silence reigns , save when , below , The murmuring Trent is scarcely ...
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... head serene The silver moon illumes the misty scene ; Now shining clear , now darkening in the glade , In all the soft varieties of shade . Behind me , lo ! the peaceful hamlet lies , The drowsy god has sealed the cotter's eyes . No ...
... head serene The silver moon illumes the misty scene ; Now shining clear , now darkening in the glade , In all the soft varieties of shade . Behind me , lo ! the peaceful hamlet lies , The drowsy god has sealed the cotter's eyes . No ...
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... head , and thrice essayed to tell , Thrice from his lips the ' unfinish'd accents fell ; When thus at last reluctantly he broke His boding silence , and the maid bespoke : " Grieve not , my love ; but ere the morn advance I on these ...
... head , and thrice essayed to tell , Thrice from his lips the ' unfinish'd accents fell ; When thus at last reluctantly he broke His boding silence , and the maid bespoke : " Grieve not , my love ; but ere the morn advance I on these ...
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... head . But now a pale blue light she saw , It from a distance came ; She followed , till upon her sight Burst full a flood of flame . She stood appalled ; yet still the charm Upheld her sinking soul ; Yet each bent knee the other smote ...
... head . But now a pale blue light she saw , It from a distance came ; She followed , till upon her sight Burst full a flood of flame . She stood appalled ; yet still the charm Upheld her sinking soul ; Yet each bent knee the other smote ...
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... head , And she saw her daughter , with a knife , Approaching to her bed , And said , My child , I am very ill , I have not long to live , Now kiss my cheek , that ere I die , Thy sins I may forgive . And the murderess bent to kiss her ...
... head , And she saw her daughter , with a knife , Approaching to her bed , And said , My child , I am very ill , I have not long to live , Now kiss my cheek , that ere I die , Thy sins I may forgive . And the murderess bent to kiss her ...
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art thou beam beneath bliss breast breeze calm CAPEL LOFFT charm cheek Clifton Grove clouds cold dark dear death deep delight Derry dirge distant dost drear E'en Edwy eternal faint Fancy Fancy's fate feel fire flame gale genius gloom Gondoline grave H. K. WHITE hail harp hath head hear heard heart Heaven HENRY KIRKE WHITE hope hour JOSIAH CONDER joys KIRKE WHITE life's light lonely loud lyre maid melancholy moon morn mortal mournful Muse never night o'er pale peace pensive quatorzain reclined RIVER TRENT round scene shade sigh silent sing sleep slumbers smile soft solemn solitary solitude song SONNET soothe sorrow soul sound spirit Star of Bethlehem storm stream sublime sullen sweet swell tear tell tempest thee thine thou thought throne twas vale wandering wave weary weep wild winds wing youth
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Página 51 - It was my guide, my light, my all ; It bade my dark forebodings cease, And through the storm and danger's thrall It led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever and for evermore, The Star, the Star of Bethlehem...
Página 15 - Winter's sway, And dared the sturdy blusterer to the fight, Thee on this bank he threw To mark his victory. In this low vale, the promise of the year, Serene, thou openest to the nipping gale, Unnoticed and alone, Thy tender elegance. So virtue blooms, brought forth amid...
Página 19 - O'er many a distant foreign land; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband.
Página 25 - The most beloved on earth Not long survives to-day ; So music past is obsolete, And yet 'twas sweet, 'twas passing sweet, But now 'tis gone away. Thus does the shade In memory fade, When in forsaken tomb the form beloved is laid.
Página 51 - So the struck eagle, stretch'd upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, View'd his own feather on the fatal dart, And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impell'd the steel ; While the same plumage that had warm'd his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Página 34 - But, soon inured to alphabetic toils, Alert I met the dame with jocund smiles — First at the form, my task for ever true, A little...
Página 14 - ... it is hard To feel the hand of Death arrest one's steps, Throw a chill blight o'er all one's budding hopes, And hurl one's soul untimely to the shades, Lost in the gaping gulf of blank oblivion. Fifty years hence, and who will hear of Henry ? Oh ! none ; — another busy brood of beings Will shoot up in the interim, and none Will hold him in remembrance.
Página 39 - And now my spirit's faint, and I have hung The shell, that solaced me in saddest hour, On the dark cypress ! and the strings which rung With Jesus' praise, their harpings now are o'er, Or, when the breeze comes by, moan and are heard no more.
Página 34 - In yonder cot, along whose mouldering walls In many a fold the mantling woodbine falls, The village matron kept her little school, Gentle of heart, yet knowing well to rule; Staid was the dame, and modest was her mien...
Página 50 - And Thou wilt turn our wandering feet, And Thou wilt bless our way ; Till worlds shall fade, and faith shall greet The dawn of lasting day. 877 Psalm 63. CM "T...