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... measure , or of differ- ent sound for the rhyme , would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety , and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind , and make me master of it . Therefore I took some of the ...
... measure , or of differ- ent sound for the rhyme , would have laid me under a constant necessity of searching for variety , and also have tended to fix that variety in my mind , and make me master of it . Therefore I took some of the ...
Page 198
... measure exactly one thousand and eighty feet on a side ; and this shows that the builders had some definite standard of measure- ment . 7. Besides , there have been found in these mounds many tools and ornaments , made of copper ...
... measure exactly one thousand and eighty feet on a side ; and this shows that the builders had some definite standard of measure- ment . 7. Besides , there have been found in these mounds many tools and ornaments , made of copper ...
Page 232
... measure , drink one cup of wine . There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far , That would gladly be bride to the young Lochin- var . " 5. The bride kissed the goblet , the knight took it up ; He quaffed off the wine and he threw ...
... measure , drink one cup of wine . There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far , That would gladly be bride to the young Lochin- var . " 5. The bride kissed the goblet , the knight took it up ; He quaffed off the wine and he threw ...
Page 233
... measure ! " said young Lochinvar . 5. So stately his form , and so lovely her face , That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret , and her father did fume , And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and ...
... measure ! " said young Lochinvar . 5. So stately his form , and so lovely her face , That never a hall such a galliard did grace ; While her mother did fret , and her father did fume , And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and ...
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... measured strik- ing of their hoofs at full trot , the rattling of the cuirasses , the clinking of the sabers , and a sort of fierce roar of the coming host . 18. There was a moment of fearful silence ; then , sud- denly , a long line of ...
... measured strik- ing of their hoofs at full trot , the rattling of the cuirasses , the clinking of the sabers , and a sort of fierce roar of the coming host . 18. There was a moment of fearful silence ; then , sud- denly , a long line of ...
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Page 180 - Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
Page 183 - This was the most unkindest cut of all ; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors' arms, Quite vanquished him : then burst his mighty heart ; And, in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey's statue, Which all the while ran blood, great Caesar fell.
Page 419 - And, if I give thee honour due, Mirth, admit me of thy crew, To live with her, and live with thee, In unreproved pleasures free. To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled Dawn doth rise...
Page 412 - Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms ! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 249 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 430 - And bring all Heaven before mine eyes. And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew ; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 232 - LOCHINVAR. LADY HERON'S SONG. 12. O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best, And save his good broad-sword he weapons had none ; He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 428 - Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore. Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 68 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord ! A SPIRIT PASS'D BEFORE ME.
Page 86 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in, glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.