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... nature , to discover a demon in the habit of a parson ; to find a spirit so well adapted to the humour of an Eng- lish wife ; that is , one who takes off his hat to every person he chances to meet , to show his staring horns , and very ...
... nature , to discover a demon in the habit of a parson ; to find a spirit so well adapted to the humour of an Eng- lish wife ; that is , one who takes off his hat to every person he chances to meet , to show his staring horns , and very ...
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... nature On the leaf of a plant , or the face of a creature . Faces we know can deceive when they're tinted on , Leaves only lie when they're written or printed on ; Oh ! for the language that nature discloses On the cheeks of the tulips ...
... nature On the leaf of a plant , or the face of a creature . Faces we know can deceive when they're tinted on , Leaves only lie when they're written or printed on ; Oh ! for the language that nature discloses On the cheeks of the tulips ...
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... natural and unforced per- fection ; none of our poets will object to figure in this interesting class , if they share in the certain immortality which Nature and Wordsworth promise their namesakes . “ Pansies , lilies , kingcups ...
... natural and unforced per- fection ; none of our poets will object to figure in this interesting class , if they share in the certain immortality which Nature and Wordsworth promise their namesakes . “ Pansies , lilies , kingcups ...
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... nature's lamp . " I've loiter'd in grove and in garret , Long sacred to lyre and lute ; But now , unpaid , all mute Hangs the harp of a Byron or Barrett ( ! ) Hate , hunger , and hire ! Drudge , drivel , and drone ! Oh ! let me fire my ...
... nature's lamp . " I've loiter'd in grove and in garret , Long sacred to lyre and lute ; But now , unpaid , all mute Hangs the harp of a Byron or Barrett ( ! ) Hate , hunger , and hire ! Drudge , drivel , and drone ! Oh ! let me fire my ...
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... Nature : a Poem . Edinburgh : Our men are flocking to the strand , From hamlet and from tower , And England's voice ... nature and temperament break out in these utterances , must be freely grant- ed to Mr. Bennett . No affectation would ...
... Nature : a Poem . Edinburgh : Our men are flocking to the strand , From hamlet and from tower , And England's voice ... nature and temperament break out in these utterances , must be freely grant- ed to Mr. Bennett . No affectation would ...
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Page 578 - Behold, thou hast made my days as it were a span long : and mine age is even as nothing in respect of thee ; and verily every man living is altogether vanity.
Page 83 - Was it for this That one, the fairest of all rivers, loved To blend his murmurs with my nurse's song, And from his alder shades and rocky falls, And from his fords and shallows, sent a voice That flowed along my dreams...
Page 275 - I shall say the less of Mr Collier, because in many things he has taxed me justly; and I have pleaded guilty to all thoughts and expressions of mine which can be truly argued of obscenity, profaneness, or immorality, and retract them. If he be my enemy, let him triumph; if he be my friend, as I have given him no personal occasion to be otherwise, he will be glad of my repentance.
Page 11 - The wound it seemed both sore and sad To every Christian eye; And while they swore the dog was mad, They swore the man would die. But soon a wonder came to light...
Page 348 - No; were I at the strappado, or all the racks in the world, I would not tell you on compulsion. Give you a reason on compulsion ! if reasons were as plenty as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion, I. P.
Page 83 - O Derwent ! winding among grassy holms Where I was looking on, a babe in arms, Make ceaseless music that composed my thoughts To more than infant softness, giving me Amid the fretful dwellings of mankind A foretaste, a dim earnest, of the calm That Nature breathes among the hills and groves.
Page 406 - The thing that hath been is that which shall be ; and that which is done is that which shall be done ; and there is no new thing under the sun.
Page 83 - Basked in the sun, and plunged and basked again Alternate, all a summer's day, or scoured The sandy fields, leaping through flowery groves Of yellow ragwort; or when rock and hill, The woods, and distant Skiddaw's lofty height, Were bronzed with deepest radiance, stood alone Beneath the sky, as if I had been born On Indian plains, and from my mother's hut Had run abroad in wantonness, to sport, A naked savage, in the thunder shower.
Page 10 - I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.
Page 249 - Whose midnight revels, by a forest side, Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the earth Wheels her pale course ; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear ; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.