The Selected Literary Works, Prose and Verse, of Mrs. Caroline Southey: Embracing the Birth-day, Solitary Hours, The Ladey's Brydalle, Our Old Clock, The Smuggler, Miscellaneous PoemsS. Andrus & son, 1851 - English literature |
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Page 102 - I feel Him in the gentle showers, The soft south wind, the breath of flowers, The sunshine and the shade. And yet (ungrateful that I am !) I've turned in sullen mood From all these things, whereof He said, When the great whole was finished, That they were
Page 114 - tis ever thus, with all that's best below : The dearest, noblest, loveliest, are always first to go ; — The bird that sings the sweetest ; the vine that crowns the rock , The glory of the garden ;
Page 140 - Oh ! change — oh, wondrous change ! burst are the prison bars ! This moment there, so low, so agonized ; — and now, beyond the stars ! Oh ! change — stupendous change ! There lies the soulless clod : — the sun eternal breaks — the new immortal wakes — wakes with his God!
Page 101 - THERE is a tongue in every leaf ! A voice in every rill ! A voice that speaketh everywhere, In flood and fire, through earth and air ; A tongue that's never still...
Page 113 - tis ever thus, when Hope hath built a bower Like that of Eden, wreathed about with every thornless flower, To dwell therein securely, the self-deceiver's trust, A whirlwind from the desert comes, and " all is in the dust." 'Tis ever thus — 'tis ever thus, that when the poor heart clings With all its finest tendrils, with all its flexile rings, That goodly thing it cleaveth to, so fondly and so fast, Is struck to earth by lightning, or shattered by the blast.
Page 16 - Breakers are round thee ; Let fall the plummet now, Shallows may ground thee. Reef in the foresail, there ! Hold the helm fast ! So — let the vessel wear — There swept the blast. " What of the night, watchman ? What of the night ?" " Cloudy — all quiet — No land yet — all's right !" Be wakeful, be vigilant — Danger may be At an hour when all seemeth Securest to thee.
Page 101 - Tis the Great Spirit wide diffused Through everything we see, That with our spirits communeth Of things mysterious — Life and Death, Time and Eternity ! I see Him in the blazing sun, And in the thunder-cloud : I hear Him in the mighty roar, That rusheth through the forest hoar, When winds are piping loud.
Page 78 - But turn out of the way a little, good scholar, towards yonder high honeysuckle hedge; there we'll sit and sing whilst this shower falls so gently upon the teeming earth, and gives yet a sweeter smell to the lovely flowers that adorn these verdant meadows.
Page 139 - That pavement damp and cold No smiling courtiers tread ; One silent woman stands, Lifting with meagre hands A dying head.
Page 140 - Oh ! change — oh, wondrous change ! Burst are the prison bars ; This moment, there, so low, So agonised — and now Beyond the stars ! Oh ! change — stupendous change ! There lies the soulless clod ; The sun eternal breaks — The new immortal wakes — Wakes with his God ! CAROLINE SOCTHEY.