Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Volume 2Harper & brothers, 1856 - Literary landmarks |
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... corner of that mere ? When I return I will repay thee well . ' " This stranger who has approached leaves the horse with the boy , and never does return . All the hot day the boy stands holding the horse on the dusty road , till 42 HOGG .
... corner of that mere ? When I return I will repay thee well . ' " This stranger who has approached leaves the horse with the boy , and never does return . All the hot day the boy stands holding the horse on the dusty road , till 42 HOGG .
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William Howitt. stands holding the horse on the dusty road , till the steed , taking alarm at a thunder - storm , breaks away , - " And never more Was in those regions seen . " .... As for the boy , he lifted up his basket , and he felt ...
William Howitt. stands holding the horse on the dusty road , till the steed , taking alarm at a thunder - storm , breaks away , - " And never more Was in those regions seen . " .... As for the boy , he lifted up his basket , and he felt ...
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... stand as high and as strong as he may , dares speak out , for fear of the trade , as it is called . For instance , who will not set the seal of his authorly experience to this : " I would never object trusting a bookseller , were he a ...
... stand as high and as strong as he may , dares speak out , for fear of the trade , as it is called . For instance , who will not set the seal of his authorly experience to this : " I would never object trusting a bookseller , were he a ...
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... stand alone , as individuals improvident , or indifferent to the interests and the character of the body . I have considered it my duty to corroborate the main opinions of James Hogg on this point . In the course of inquiries necessary ...
... stand alone , as individuals improvident , or indifferent to the interests and the character of the body . I have considered it my duty to corroborate the main opinions of James Hogg on this point . In the course of inquiries necessary ...
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... stand , Singing thy carols unearthly and boon : " Here thou art called upon , Come , thou , to Caledon ! Come to the land of the ardent and free ! The land of the lone recess , Mountain and wilderness , This is the land , thou wild ...
... stand , Singing thy carols unearthly and boon : " Here thou art called upon , Come , thou , to Caledon ! Come to the land of the ardent and free ! The land of the lone recess , Mountain and wilderness , This is the land , thou wild ...
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Page 318 - All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create *, And what perceive...
Page 525 - Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new; That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do...
Page 309 - My dear, dear friend; and in thy voice I catch The language of my former heart, and read My former pleasures in the shooting lights Of thy wild eyes.
Page 6 - Of Man's First Disobedience, and the Fruit Of that Forbidden Tree, whose mortal taste Brought Death into the World, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful Seat, Sing Heav'nly Muse...
Page 521 - LADY Clara Vere de Vere, Of me you shall not win renown ; You thought to break a country heart For pastime, ere you went to town. At me you smiled, but unbeguiled I saw the snare, and I retired : The daughter of a hundred Earls, You are not one to be desired. Lady Clara Vere de Vere, I know you proud to bear your name, Your pride is yet no mate for mine, Too proud to care from whence I came.
Page 310 - Knowing that Nature never did betray The heart that loved her ; 'tis her privilege Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy...
Page 525 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Page 314 - WHY, William, on that old grey stone, Thus for the length of half a day, Why, William, sit you thus alone, And dream your time away ? "Where are your books? that light...
Page 524 - As the husband is, the wife is: thou art mated with a clown, And the grossness of his nature will have weight to drag thee down.
Page 114 - Ah! slowly sink Behind the western ridge, thou glorious Sun! Shine in the slant beams of the sinking orb, Ye purple heath-flowers! richlier burn, ye clouds Live in the yellow light, ye distant groves! And kindle, thou blue Ocean! So my friend Struck with deep joy may stand, as I have stood, Silent with swimming sense...