A Victorian Anthology, 1837-1895: Selections Illustrating the Editor's Critical Review of British Poetry in the Reign of Victoria, Volumen1Edmund Clarence Stedman Houghton Mifflin, 1895 - 744 páginas |
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... earth for quit - rent pays , Then might our pretty modern Philomels Sustain our spirits with their roundelays . TO SHAKESPEARE THE Soul of man is larger than the sky , Deeper than ocean or the abysmal dark Of the unfathom'd centre ...
... earth for quit - rent pays , Then might our pretty modern Philomels Sustain our spirits with their roundelays . TO SHAKESPEARE THE Soul of man is larger than the sky , Deeper than ocean or the abysmal dark Of the unfathom'd centre ...
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... EARTH TAKE me , Mother Earth , to thy cold breast , And fold me there in everlasting rest ! The long day is o'er , I'm weary , I would sleep ; But deep , deep , Never to waken more . I have had joy and sorrow , I have prov'd What life ...
... EARTH TAKE me , Mother Earth , to thy cold breast , And fold me there in everlasting rest ! The long day is o'er , I'm weary , I would sleep ; But deep , deep , Never to waken more . I have had joy and sorrow , I have prov'd What life ...
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... earth's success To Him in wisdom turn , Who holds for us the keys of either home , Earth and the world to come . FROM " PHANTASMION " ONE FACE ALONE ONE face alone , one face alone , These eyes require ; But , when that long'd - for ...
... earth's success To Him in wisdom turn , Who holds for us the keys of either home , Earth and the world to come . FROM " PHANTASMION " ONE FACE ALONE ONE face alone , one face alone , These eyes require ; But , when that long'd - for ...
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... earth when sink to rest The hours and cares that mov'd a great man's breast ! Though naught of all we saw the grave may spare , His life pervades the world's impregnate air ; Though Shakespeare's dust beneath our footsteps lies , His ...
... earth when sink to rest The hours and cares that mov'd a great man's breast ! Though naught of all we saw the grave may spare , His life pervades the world's impregnate air ; Though Shakespeare's dust beneath our footsteps lies , His ...
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... earth its earth again . Brief words we read of faith and prayer Beside that hasty grave ; Then turn'd away , and left him there , The gentle and the brave : I calling back with thankful heart , With thoughts to peace allied , Hours when ...
... earth its earth again . Brief words we read of faith and prayer Beside that hasty grave ; Then turn'd away , and left him there , The gentle and the brave : I calling back with thankful heart , With thoughts to peace allied , Hours when ...
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Página 201 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. ' Forward the Light Brigade ! Charge for the guns !
Página 201 - Theirs not to make reply, Theirs not to reason why, Theirs but to do and die, Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Página 347 - for Aix is in sight!" "How they'll greet us!" and all in a moment his roan Rolled neck and croup over, lay dead as a stone ; And there was my Roland to bear the whole weight Of the news which alone could save Aix from her fate, With his nostrils like pits, full of blood to the brim, And with circles of red for his eye-sockets
Página 174 - I came to Jesus as I was, Weary and worn and sad ; I found in Him a resting-place, And He has made me glad. 2 I heard the voice of Jesus say Behold I freely give The living water; thirsty one, Stoop down and drink, and live.
Página 118 - O men with Sisters dear ! O men with Mothers and Wives! It is not linen you're wearing out, But human creatures' lives! Stitch - stitch - stitch, In poverty, hunger, and dirt, Sewing at once with a double thread, A Shroud as well as a Shirt.
Página 172 - tis not in grief to harm me, While Thy love is left to me : Oh, 'twere not in joy to charm me, Were that joy unmixed with Thee. 3 Take, my soul, thy full salvation ; Rise o'er sin, and fear, and care ; Joy to find in every station Something still to do or bear...
Página 57 - Lead, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home — Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene, — one step enough for me. I was not ever thus, nor pray'd that Thou Shouldst lead me on. I loved to choose and see my path, but now Lead Thou me on!
Página 132 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life ; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
Página 27 - A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Página 153 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.