English Songs: And Other Small PoemsE. Moxon, 1846 - 284 pages |
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amidst art thou azure azure dreaming beauty Belshazzar bird blood breath bright calm Charlemagne CHEVALIER NEUKOMM child clouds cold crown dæmons dark dawn dead death deep Dost thou doth dream e'er earth eyes fading fair fame Farewell flowers flown gentle gold golden air grave hate hath hear heart Heaven hope Horned Owl K Art king laugh light look merry merry England mighty morning mourn murmuring Narbonne ne'er never night noble nought o'er pain pale pleasure poet poor pride Quadroon race X rain Ravenna rose round scorn Sea-King SET TO MUSIC shine sigh silence sing skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound Spirit spring stars stormy stream summer sweet tears tell tempest tender thine things thoughts toil truth Twas Tween twill unto voice weep wild wind Wine world quail youth
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Page 73 - THE SEA. THE Sea ! the Sea ! the open Sea ! The blue, the fresh, the ever free ! Without a mark, without a bound, It runneth the earth's wide regions 'round ; It plays with the clouds ; it mocks the skies ; Or like a cradled creature lies.
Page 74 - And a mother she was, and is, to me ; For I was born on the open sea ! The waves were white, and red the morn, In the noisy hour when I was born ; And the whale it whistled, the porpoise rolled...
Page 126 - And loveth the wood's deep gloom ; And with eyes like the shine of the moonstone cold She awaiteth her ghastly groom...
Page 96 - Outflying the blast and the driving rain, The petrel telleth her tale— in vain; For the mariner curseth the warning bird Which bringeth him news of the storm unheard!
Page 171 - He'll seek the eagle, though he run Into his chamber near the sun. Never was there brute or bird, Whom the woods or mountains heard, That could force a fear or care From him, — the Arab of the air!
Page 22 - DAY dawned: — within a curtained room, Filled to faintness with perfume, A lady lay at point of doom. Day closed; — a child had seen the light; But, for the lady fair and bright, She rested in undreaming night. Spring rose; the lady's grave was green; And near it, oftentimes, was seen A gentle boy with thoughtful mien.
Page 208 - Touch us gently, Time ! Let us glide adown thy stream Gently, — as we sometimes glide Through a quiet dream ! Humble voyagers are We, Husband, wife, and children three — (One is lost, — an angel, fled To the azure overhead ! ) Touch us gently, Time! We've not proud nor soaring wings : Our ambition, our content Lies in simple things. Humble voyagers are We, O'er Life's dim unsounded sea, Seeking only some calm clime : — Touch us gently, gentle Time ! EBENEZER ELLIOTT.
Page 161 - round his straining throat Grace and shifting beauty float ! Sinewy strength is in his reins, And the red blood gallops through his veins; Richer, redder, never ran Through the boasting heart of man. He can trace his lineage higher Than the Bourbon dare aspire, — Douglas, Guzman, or the Guelph, Or O'Brien's blood itself!
Page 88 - The VINE, boys, the VINE ! The mother of mighty Wine. A roamer is she O'er wall and tree, And sometimes very good company. Drink ! — Who drinks To her who blusheth and never thinks ? Ah ! who is this maid of thine ? The GRAPE, boys, the GRAPE!
Page 128 - And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war.