The Household Book of PoetryCharles Anderson Dana |
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... seemed to be improvements . The arrangement of the book will be seen to be somewhat novel ; but it is hoped that it may be found convenient to the reader , and not alto- gether devoid of æsthetic congruity . The Editor also flatters ...
... seemed to be improvements . The arrangement of the book will be seen to be somewhat novel ; but it is hoped that it may be found convenient to the reader , and not alto- gether devoid of æsthetic congruity . The Editor also flatters ...
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... seemed to love her , And Heaven smiled above her , As she lingered towards the deep . Then Alpheus bold , On his glacier cold , With his trident the mountains strook ; And opened a chasm In the rocks ; —with the spasm All Erymanthus ...
... seemed to love her , And Heaven smiled above her , As she lingered towards the deep . Then Alpheus bold , On his glacier cold , With his trident the mountains strook ; And opened a chasm In the rocks ; —with the spasm All Erymanthus ...
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... Seemed to say , ' twixt grief and wrath , " Give me back , fierce rustic rude- Give me back my pretty brood ! " And I saw the rustic still Answered , " That , I never will ! " ESTEVAN MANUEL DE VILLEGAS . ( Spanish ) Translation of ...
... Seemed to say , ' twixt grief and wrath , " Give me back , fierce rustic rude- Give me back my pretty brood ! " And I saw the rustic still Answered , " That , I never will ! " ESTEVAN MANUEL DE VILLEGAS . ( Spanish ) Translation of ...
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... seemed to speak A welcome kind and low . The nodding plants they bowed their heads , As if in heartsome cheer : They spake unto these little things , " ' Tis merry living here ! " 69 Oh , how my heart ran o'er with joy 68 POEMS OF NATURE .
... seemed to speak A welcome kind and low . The nodding plants they bowed their heads , As if in heartsome cheer : They spake unto these little things , " ' Tis merry living here ! " 69 Oh , how my heart ran o'er with joy 68 POEMS OF NATURE .
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... seemed but now a league aloof Bursts rattling over the sun - parched roof . Against the windows the storm comes dash ing ; Through tattered foliage the hail tears crash- ing ; The blue lightning flashes ; The rapid hail clashes ; The ...
... seemed but now a league aloof Bursts rattling over the sun - parched roof . Against the windows the storm comes dash ing ; Through tattered foliage the hail tears crash- ing ; The blue lightning flashes ; The rapid hail clashes ; The ...
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ALFRED TENNYSON BARRY CORNWALL beauty beneath Binnorie bird blue bonny Bouillabaisse breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud Cuckoo dark dead dear deep doth dream earth eyes fair flowers frae friends gentle golden green hair hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven heir of Linne HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW king kiss lady leaves light lips live look Lord love's maid merry milldams moon morning mother ne'er never night nightingale o'er PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY ROBERT BURNS ROBERT HERRICK rose round shade shine sigh silent sing sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit Spring stars stream summer sweet tears tell thee thine thing THOMAS HOOD thou art thought tree unto voice wandering waves weep wild WILLIAM MOTHERWELL WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wings woods Yarrow young young Beichan youth
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Page 691 - mauna fa' that! For a' that^ and a' that, Their dignities, and a' that ; The pith o' sense, and pride o' worth. Are higher ranks than a' that. Then let us pray that come it may, As come it will for a' that, That sense and worth, o'er a
Page 746 - I am :— Thou art full of truth and grace. Plenteous grace with Thee is found,— Grace to cover all my sin ; Let the healing streams abound— Make and keep me pure within. Thou of life the fountain art— Freely let me take of Thee ; Spring Thou up within ray heart— Rise to all eternity.
Page 720 - tree ; Another came—nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he ; •' The next, with dirges due in sad array, Slow through the church-way path we saw him borne :— Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay Graved on the stone beneath you aged thorn.
Page 685 - IN PIEMONT. AVENGE, 0 Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold! Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not ! in thy hook record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody
Page 788 - FBOM all that dwell below the skies Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung Through every land, by every tongue. Eternal are Thy mercies, Lord— Eternal truth attends Thy word ; Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more. PSALM CXXX.
Page 753 - Thus sang they, in the English boat, A holy and a cheerful note ; And all the way, to guide their chime, With falling oars they kept the time. HYMN OF THE HEBREW MAID. WHEN Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out from the land of bondage came, Her father's God before her moved, An
Page 717 - and ancient as the sun,—the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between— The venerable woods—rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the
Page 719 - that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre ; But Knowledge to their eyes her ample page, Rich with the spoils of time, did ne'er unroll; Chill Penury repressed their noble rage, And froze the genial current of the soul. Full many a gem of purest ray
Page 390 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ; The stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. For ever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us?
Page 773 - THE HEAVENLY CANAAN. THERE is a land of pure delight, Where saints immortal reign; Infinite day excludes the night, And pleasures banish pain. There everlasting spring abides, And never-withering flowers ; Death, like a narrow sea, divides This heavenly land from ours. Sweet fields beyond tho swelling flood Stand dressed in living green ; So to the Jews old