The English Poets: Selections with Critical IntroductionsThomas Humphry Ward Macmillan, 1895 - English poetry |
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... o'er the purpled main , Than , issuing forth , the rival of his beams Launch'd on the bosom of the silver Thames . Fair nymphs , and well - drest youths around her shone , But every eye was fix'd on her alone . On her white breast a ...
... o'er the purpled main , Than , issuing forth , the rival of his beams Launch'd on the bosom of the silver Thames . Fair nymphs , and well - drest youths around her shone , But every eye was fix'd on her alone . On her white breast a ...
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... o'er the shrouds aërial whispers breathe , That seemed but Zephyrs to the train beneath . Some to the sun their insect - wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight ...
... o'er the shrouds aërial whispers breathe , That seemed but Zephyrs to the train beneath . Some to the sun their insect - wings unfold , Waft on the breeze , or sink in clouds of gold ; Transparent forms , too fine for mortal sight ...
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... o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain . Others on earth o'er human race preside , Watch all their ways , and all their actions guide : Of these the chief the care of nations own , And guard with arms divine the British throne . Our ...
... o'er the glebe distil the kindly rain . Others on earth o'er human race preside , Watch all their ways , and all their actions guide : Of these the chief the care of nations own , And guard with arms divine the British throne . Our ...
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... wily arts , And wins ( oh shameful chance ! ) the Queen of Hearts . At this , the blood the virgin's cheek forsook , A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look ; She sees , and trembles at th ' approaching ill ALEXANDER POPE . 75.
... wily arts , And wins ( oh shameful chance ! ) the Queen of Hearts . At this , the blood the virgin's cheek forsook , A livid paleness spreads o'er all her look ; She sees , and trembles at th ' approaching ill ALEXANDER POPE . 75.
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... O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed , And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales , the ... o'er the field . Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend , Whose umber'd arms , by fits , thick flashes send Loud ...
... O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed , And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales , the ... o'er the field . Full fifty guards each flaming pile attend , Whose umber'd arms , by fits , thick flashes send Loud ...
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Page 331 - Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield! How bow'd the woods beneath their sturdy stroke!
Page 287 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod.
Page 535 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days: There, ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere...
Page 262 - Other refuge have I none — Hangs my helpless soul on Thee : Leave, ah ! leave me not alone, Still support and comfort me ! , All my trust on Thee is stay'd, All my help from Thee I bring: Cover my defenceless head With the shadow of thy wing.
Page 604 - Piping down the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me: "Pipe a song about a Lamb!' So I piped with merry cheer. 'Piper, pipe that song again;
Page 532 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant...
Page 464 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 90 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 561 - I'll pledge thee, Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee! Who shall say that Fortune grieves him While the star of hope she leaves him? Me, nae cheerfu' twinkle lights me, Dark despair around benights me.
Page 288 - O'erhang his wavy bed: Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn, As oft he rises, 'midst the twilight path Against the pilgrim borne in heedless hum...