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... wood , Attendant on the Spring ; Now heaven repairs thy rural seat , And woods thy welcome sing . Soon as the daisy decks the green , Thy certain voice we hear ; Hast thou a star to guide thy path , And mark the rolling year ...
... wood , Attendant on the Spring ; Now heaven repairs thy rural seat , And woods thy welcome sing . Soon as the daisy decks the green , Thy certain voice we hear ; Hast thou a star to guide thy path , And mark the rolling year ...
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... woods , a long adieu ! Farewell , sweet minstrel of the early year ! Ah ! ' twill be long e'er thou wilt sing anew , And pour thy music on the night's dull ear . Whether on spring thy wandering flight await , Or whether silent in our ...
... woods , a long adieu ! Farewell , sweet minstrel of the early year ! Ah ! ' twill be long e'er thou wilt sing anew , And pour thy music on the night's dull ear . Whether on spring thy wandering flight await , Or whether silent in our ...
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... woods , Some bathe their painted plumage in the floods ; Some fly to man , his household gods implore , And gather round his hospitable door ; Wait the known call , and find protection there , From all the lesser tyrants of the air ...
... woods , Some bathe their painted plumage in the floods ; Some fly to man , his household gods implore , And gather round his hospitable door ; Wait the known call , and find protection there , From all the lesser tyrants of the air ...
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... woods among ; And round my friendly grotto chaunt Thy sweetly plaintive song . Let not the harmless red - breast fear , Domestic bird , to come And seek a sure asylum here , With one who loves his home . My trees for you , ye artless ...
... woods among ; And round my friendly grotto chaunt Thy sweetly plaintive song . Let not the harmless red - breast fear , Domestic bird , to come And seek a sure asylum here , With one who loves his home . My trees for you , ye artless ...
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... woods , and lawns , emerging into day ; Then , while rejoic'd , the rising sun he sees , His fires still temper'd by the fresh'ning breeze ; He eyes , with honest scorn , the sun - burnt plains , Where groans the slave , the fearful ...
... woods , and lawns , emerging into day ; Then , while rejoic'd , the rising sun he sees , His fires still temper'd by the fresh'ning breeze ; He eyes , with honest scorn , the sun - burnt plains , Where groans the slave , the fearful ...
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Popular passages
Page 82 - Thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ; for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven; On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 142 - And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel ; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease ; For Summer has o'erbrimm'd their clammy cells.
Page 186 - THOU art, O God, the life and light Of all this wondrous world we see ; Its glow by day, its smile by night, Are but reflections caught from Thee : Where'er we turn, Thy glories shine, And all things fair and bright are Thine.
Page 105 - How blest is he who crowns, in shades like these, A youth of labour with an age of ease ; Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly!
Page 143 - Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers...
Page xii - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 92 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise His works behold, Both day and night.
Page 174 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 81 - Two of far nobler shape, erect and tall, God-like erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty, seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed; for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure— Severe, but in true filial freedom placed, Whence true authority in men: though both Not equal, as their sex not equal seemed; For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him.
Page 97 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.