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... art thou , Rattling along from the restless bough ? " The Acorn was shocked at this rude salute , And lay for a moment abashed and mute ; She never before had been so near This gravelly ball , the mundane sphere ; And she felt for a ...
... art thou , Rattling along from the restless bough ? " The Acorn was shocked at this rude salute , And lay for a moment abashed and mute ; She never before had been so near This gravelly ball , the mundane sphere ; And she felt for a ...
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... Thy limbs , are they not strong ? And beautiful thou art : This grass is tender grass ; these flowers they have no peers ; And that green corn all day is rustling in thy ears ! If the sun be shining hot , do but stretch thy woollen ...
... Thy limbs , are they not strong ? And beautiful thou art : This grass is tender grass ; these flowers they have no peers ; And that green corn all day is rustling in thy ears ! If the sun be shining hot , do but stretch thy woollen ...
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... Thy limbs will shortly be twice as stout as they are now ; Then I'll yoke thee ... thou canst neither see nor hear . Alas , the mountain - tops , that look so ... art safe , -our cottage is hard by . Why bleat so after me ? Why pull so at ...
... Thy limbs will shortly be twice as stout as they are now ; Then I'll yoke thee ... thou canst neither see nor hear . Alas , the mountain - tops , that look so ... art safe , -our cottage is hard by . Why bleat so after me ? Why pull so at ...
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... thou art , ( I that allow , ) No mark of Heaven's contempt art thou- Thou hast refreshed a humble flower , And done according to thy power . " - All things that are , both great and small , 76 ENGLISH POETRY . The Dew-drop and the Stream,
... thou art , ( I that allow , ) No mark of Heaven's contempt art thou- Thou hast refreshed a humble flower , And done according to thy power . " - All things that are , both great and small , 76 ENGLISH POETRY . The Dew-drop and the Stream,
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... THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall ; A joy thou art , and a wealth to all- A bearer of hope unto land and sea ; Sunbeam ! what gift has the world like thee ? Thou art walking the billows , and Ocean smiles- Thou hast touched with ...
... THOU art no lingerer in monarch's hall ; A joy thou art , and a wealth to all- A bearer of hope unto land and sea ; Sunbeam ! what gift has the world like thee ? Thou art walking the billows , and Ocean smiles- Thou hast touched with ...
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Page 79 - THE shades of night were falling fast, As through an Alpine village passed A youth, who bore, 'mid snow and ice, A banner with the strange device, Excelsior! His brow was sad; his eye beneath, Flashed like a falchion from its sheath, And like a silver clarion rung The accents of that unknown tongue, Excelsior...
Page 84 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 83 - Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 139 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 81 - I Remember I remember, I remember, The house where I was born ; The little window where the sun Came peeping in at morn ; He never came a wink too soon, Nor brought too long a day ; But now I often wish the night Had borne my breath away...
Page 80 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!
Page 141 - Percy present word He would prevent his sport. The English Earl, not fearing that, Did to the woods resort With fifteen hundred bowmen bold, All chosen men of might, Who knew full well in time of need To aim their shafts aright.
Page 173 - ... sounding ; Caught up to meet Him in the skies, With joy their Lord surrounding ; No gloomy fears their souls dismay ; His presence sheds eternal day On those prepared to meet Him.
Page 66 - But still, as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men — Their trampling sounded nearer. ' O haste thee, haste ! ' the lady cries, ' Though tempests round us gather; I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father.
Page 83 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain, My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.