A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 1Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1877 - American poetry |
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... mind . Necessarily limited in extent , it yet contains one quarter more matter than any similar publication , presenting nearly two thousand selections , from more than five hundred authors ; and it may be claimed that of the poetical ...
... mind . Necessarily limited in extent , it yet contains one quarter more matter than any similar publication , presenting nearly two thousand selections , from more than five hundred authors ; and it may be claimed that of the poetical ...
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... Mind , A ( Macbeth ) Hope 796 Schoolmistress , The Dover Cliff ( King Lear ) . 407 Dream of Clarence ( Richard III . ) 809 SHEPHERD , N. G America . Fairies ' Lullaby ( Midsummer Night's Dream ) 764 " Only the clothes she wore · 75 656 ...
... Mind , A ( Macbeth ) Hope 796 Schoolmistress , The Dover Cliff ( King Lear ) . 407 Dream of Clarence ( Richard III . ) 809 SHEPHERD , N. G America . Fairies ' Lullaby ( Midsummer Night's Dream ) 764 " Only the clothes she wore · 75 656 ...
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... mind or a body worth a farthing , they would have worn him out long ago . " Béranger and Brougham , Goethe and Guizot , Humboldt and Sir Henry Holland , Lyndhurst and Palmerston , Earl Russell and Field - Marshal Moltke , and among ...
... mind or a body worth a farthing , they would have worn him out long ago . " Béranger and Brougham , Goethe and Guizot , Humboldt and Sir Henry Holland , Lyndhurst and Palmerston , Earl Russell and Field - Marshal Moltke , and among ...
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... mind , and an elegant and refined taste . " He was for his son William an able and skilful instructor , who chastened , improved , and encouraged the first rude efforts of his boyish genius . A personal friend of the poet wrote of him ...
... mind , and an elegant and refined taste . " He was for his son William an able and skilful instructor , who chastened , improved , and encouraged the first rude efforts of his boyish genius . A personal friend of the poet wrote of him ...
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... mind which continued to develop in an equal ratio with his poetical nature through iife . That mind , indeed , taking higher range , was not active in the turmoils and schemes of politicians ; but it investigated the great questions of ...
... mind which continued to develop in an equal ratio with his poetical nature through iife . That mind , indeed , taking higher range , was not active in the turmoils and schemes of politicians ; but it investigated the great questions of ...
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Page 49 - SHE dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love. A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye ! — Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky. She lived unknown, and few could know When Lucy ceased to be; But she is in her grave, and, oh, The difference to me...
Page 425 - The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but be gay, In such a jocund company: I gazed— and gazed— but little thought What wealth the show to me had brought: For oft, when on my couch I lie In vacant or in pensive mood, They flash upon that inward eye Which is the bliss of solitude; And then my heart with pleasure fills, And dances with the daffodils.
Page 301 - T^EAR no more the heat o' the sun -*- Nor the furious winter's rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages : Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. Fear no more the frown o' the great, Thou art past the tyrant's stroke; Care no more to clothe, and eat; To thee the reed is as the oak: The sceptre, learning, physic, must All follow this, and come to dust. Fear no more the...
Page 242 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 243 - Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's ; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr.
Page 324 - LEAD, Kindly Light, amid the encircling gloom Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home — Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene — one step enough for me.
Page 306 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 284 - Through the dear might of Him that walked the waves, Where, other groves and other streams along. With nectar pure his oozy locks he laves, And hears the unexpressive nuptial song, In the blest kingdoms meek of joy and love. There entertain him all the saints above, In solemn troops, and sweet societies, That sing, and singing in their glory move, And wipe the tears for ever from his eyes.
Page 236 - I cannot see what flowers are at my feet, Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs, But in embalmed darkness, guess each sweet Wherewith the seasonable month endows The grass, the thicket...
Page 236 - Thou wast not born for death, immortal Bird! No hungry generations tread thee down; The voice I hear this passing night was heard In ancient days by emperor and clown: Perhaps the self-same song that found a path Through the sad heart of Ruth, when, sick for home She stood in tears amid the alien corn; The same that oft-times hath Charm'd magic casements, opening on the foam Of perilous seas, in faery lands forlorn.