The White Rose of York: A Midsummer AnnualGeorge Hogarth J. Murray., 1834 |
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... twas a sight of power and pride ! Her lofty ramparts circling wide From gate to gate , with towers of strength ; And down the vale , in endless length , Street and palace , spire and mosque , Harem , garden , and kiosk , And olive ...
... twas a sight of power and pride ! Her lofty ramparts circling wide From gate to gate , with towers of strength ; And down the vale , in endless length , Street and palace , spire and mosque , Harem , garden , and kiosk , And olive ...
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... twas a sight of pride and power ! The Masgiad * vast , o'er every tower Heaving to heaven her tall minar , † That glitter'd like a morning star , Long ere the bursting sun - beams found . The thousand minarets around , Onwards from ...
... twas a sight of pride and power ! The Masgiad * vast , o'er every tower Heaving to heaven her tall minar , † That glitter'd like a morning star , Long ere the bursting sun - beams found . The thousand minarets around , Onwards from ...
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... twas Agramant , The proud Alkayd of Terodant , Chief envoy of the Almohade , Who cast all others in the shade . ** Asagay , a sort of javelin . XII . But when the single combats came , A 142 CANTO III . THE DOOM OF CORDOBA .
... twas Agramant , The proud Alkayd of Terodant , Chief envoy of the Almohade , Who cast all others in the shade . ** Asagay , a sort of javelin . XII . But when the single combats came , A 142 CANTO III . THE DOOM OF CORDOBA .
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... twas the gale That all this mischief did entail ! In sooth , it was a wicked breeze ! And yet , it scarcely mov'd the trees , When I was in the garden there . A treacherous gale ! But I declare , I fear it brib'd a Princess fair , Its ...
... twas the gale That all this mischief did entail ! In sooth , it was a wicked breeze ! And yet , it scarcely mov'd the trees , When I was in the garden there . A treacherous gale ! But I declare , I fear it brib'd a Princess fair , Its ...
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... Twas Ines plann'd it so , that best They from the mountain palace might Asturia - ward direct their flight . ' Tis the third eve . V. In Zehra's bower , Zuleyda for the midnight hour In sadness watches . Ines sought To chace away the ...
... Twas Ines plann'd it so , that best They from the mountain palace might Asturia - ward direct their flight . ' Tis the third eve . V. In Zehra's bower , Zuleyda for the midnight hour In sadness watches . Ines sought To chace away the ...
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Términos y frases comunes
Allah Almaymon Almohade Beaumont beauteous beauty beneath bestiarii bird blood bower breast breath Bride Bridport bright Briton brow Caliph CANTO Captain captive Caracalla Cedric centurion chamber Christian COUNTESS OF BLESSINGTON dark daughter dear death diest DOOM OF CORDOBA door doth E'en Emirs emperor eunuch fair faithful fear feet flower foes Furness Fells gallant gate gentle grace Guadalquivir guard hall hand hast hath head heart heaven holy hour KNIFE OF FATE Lady LADYE OF ELAND light Lockwood look Lord Bridport's maid maiden monarch morning Mosque Muden ne'er never night noble o'er palace pipe and tabor pride Princess Quarmby Ramadan Robert Beaumont rose round scymitar shew Sir John Ealand slave soothsayer soul sound spirit steed stood stranger Surmah sweet sword tell thee thine thought towers Twas vale veil Virius Lupus Whilst wild woods wrath Zuleyda
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Página 208 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high-embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light : There let the pealing organ blow, To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into extasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
Página 43 - ... thirdly, that this polished condition of society, -which should naturally with the evils of a luxurious repose have counted upon its pacific benefits, had yet, by means of its circus and its gladiatorial contests, applied a constant irritation, and a system of provocations to the appetites for blood, such as in all other nations are connected with the rudest stages of society, and with the most barbarous modes of warfare...
Página 301 - I know it — the grave which to me you assign, Is black in the shade of your dreary church-wall, Where nettle and hemlock their rankness combine, And the worm and the sullen toad loathsomely crawl. O ! where is the primrose, so meet for adorning The grave of a Minstrel cut off in his bloom ? O ! where is the daisy, to shed in the morning The tears it had gathered by night for my doom ? And dearer — O, dearer than anguish can tell, Where, where are the friends that have loved me so well ? III.
Página 210 - ... a relaxation from toil, more attractive than the haunts of intemperance. All music of an elevated character is calculated to produce such effects ; but it is to sacred music, above all, that they are to be ascribed. Music may sometimes be the handmaid of debauchery ; but this music never can. Bacchanalian songs and glees may heighten the riot of a dissolute party; but that man must be profligate beyond conception, whose mind can entertain gross propensities while the words of inspiration, clothed...
Página 203 - The birth of Joseph did not alter the habits of this peaceful family. The little domestic concert returned every week, and the child, standing before his parents, with two pieces of wood in his hands, one of which served him as a violin, and the other as a bow, constantly accompanied his mother's voice. Haydn, loaded with years and with glory, has often, in my presence...
Página 293 - The town knowing, the lord to slo for them, and twenty such. 92 William of Lockwood was adread the town should rise indeed ; He shot the knight quite thro' the head, and slew him then with speed.
Página 238 - Brig house , they took measures for waylaying him as he came home. " The day was set, the turn was kept At Brighouse by Sir John, Full little wist he was beset Then at his coming home. Dawson and Haigh had played their parts. And brought from Brereton Green Young gentlemen with hardy hearts As well were known and seen.
Página 241 - Beaumont is more curious and interesting than that of any of the other persons concerned in those tragedies. He had lived for some time in security at Crossland Hall, and was in expectation that the storm would blow over. But, hearing of the fate of Lockwood, he began to fear for his own safety, especially as he found that he had many enemies in the country, and that precepts were sent from London to the sheriff, to arrest him. He therefore resolved to leave his native land, and patrimonial possessions,...
Página 203 - Frankforton-the-Mayne, he learned to play a little on the harp: and in holidays, after church, he used to take his instrument, and his wife sung. The birth of Joseph did not alter the habits of this peaceful family. The little domestic...
Página 294 - I wis a woeful house there was, The lord lay slain, and dead, Their foes then eat before their face Their meat, ale, wine, and bread. Two boys sir Robert Beaumont had There left alive unslain ; Sir John of Eland he then bade To eat with him certain.