The Poetical Works of Charles MackayG. Routledge, 1857 - 467 pages |
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amid Balder Beauly beauty bless bountiful reward bowers breast breath bright calm cheeks clear Cleon crowd dance dark dark tangents death deep delight dream dulse earth eternal evermore eyes face fair fill'd follow'd fool gaze glory grey owl grief hand happy hate Havering-atte-Bower hear heard heart heaven heavenly hour Irminsule lady light limbs lips live look look'd loud maid maiden mighty mind misery morning mountain never night Norsemen o'er pain pass'd Place de Grève pleasure poison'd ringdove roar rocks round scorn Scotland seem'd shine shore sight Silenus sing smiles song sorrow soul sound stars storm of passions stream strong sunshine sweet tears tender song thee thine things thou canst thou hast thought toil truth Twas vex'd voice wave wind wise words Wouldst wrong young youth
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Page 2 - Wait a little longer. There's a good time coming, boys, A good time coming : The people shall be temperate, And shall love instead of hate, In the good time coming.
Page 10 - To Tubal Cain came many a one, As he wrought by his roaring fire, And each one prayed for a strong steel . blade As the crown of his desire : And he made them weapons sharp and strong, Till they shouted loud for glee, And gave him gifts of pearl and gold, And spoils of the forest free.
Page 100 - THE man is thought a knave, or fool, Or bigot, plotting crime, Who, for the advancement of his kind, Is wiser than his time.
Page 6 - Onward ! while a wrong remains To be conquered by the right ; While oppression lifts a finger To affront us by his might ; While an error clouds the reason Of the universal heart, Or a slave awaits his freedom, Action is the wise man's part.
Page 16 - Blessings on Science ! when the earth seemed old, When Faith grew doting, and the Reason cold, "Twas she discovered that the world was young, And taught a language to its lisping tongue : 'Twas she disclosed a future to its view, And made old Knowledge pale before the new.
Page 1 - There's a good time coming, boys, A good time coming : War in all men's eyes shall be A monster of iniquity Nations shall not quarrel then, To prove which is the stronger, Nor slaughter men for glory's sake— Wait a little longer.
Page 11 - But a sudden change came o'er his heart, Ere the setting of the sun, And Tubal Cain was filled with pain For the evil he had done; He saw that men, with rage and hate, Made war upon their kind...
Page 74 - WHAT might be done if men were wise— What glorious deeds, my suffering brother, Would they unite, In love and right, And cease their scorn of one another...