English Poems, Volumes 1-2Tutin, 1900 - Poets, English |
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... what she would say to this , And she ( although her breath's late exercise Had dealt too roughly with her tender throat ) , Yet summons all her sweet powers for a note . Alas ! in vain ! for while ( sweet soul 6 THE DELIGHTS OF THE MUSES .
... what she would say to this , And she ( although her breath's late exercise Had dealt too roughly with her tender throat ) , Yet summons all her sweet powers for a note . Alas ! in vain ! for while ( sweet soul 6 THE DELIGHTS OF THE MUSES .
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... his end , And when it comes say - Welcome , friend ! Sidneian showers Of sweet discourse , whose powers Can crown old Winter's head with flowers ; Soft silken hours , Open suns , shady bowers ; 14 THE DELIGHTS OF THE MUSES .
... his end , And when it comes say - Welcome , friend ! Sidneian showers Of sweet discourse , whose powers Can crown old Winter's head with flowers ; Soft silken hours , Open suns , shady bowers ; 14 THE DELIGHTS OF THE MUSES .
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... powers Gave omen to his infant hours ; She asks each star that then stood by If poor Love shall live or die . Ah ! my heart , is that the way ? Are these the beams that rule thy day ? Thou know'st a face , in whose each look , 16 THE ...
... powers Gave omen to his infant hours ; She asks each star that then stood by If poor Love shall live or die . Ah ! my heart , is that the way ? Are these the beams that rule thy day ? Thou know'st a face , in whose each look , 16 THE ...
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... power ; How a pure Spirit should incarnate be , And Life itself wear Death's frail livery . XXII . That the great angel - blinding Light should shrink His blaze , to shine in a poor shepherd's eye ; That the unmeasured God so low should ...
... power ; How a pure Spirit should incarnate be , And Life itself wear Death's frail livery . XXII . That the great angel - blinding Light should shrink His blaze , to shine in a poor shepherd's eye ; That the unmeasured God so low should ...
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... powers advance ? And serves my purer sight only to beat Down my proud thought , and leave it in a trance ? Frown I ; and can great Nature keep her seat , And the gay stars lead on their golden dance ? Can His attempts above still ...
... powers advance ? And serves my purer sight only to beat Down my proud thought , and leave it in a trance ? Frown I ; and can great Nature keep her seat , And the gay stars lead on their golden dance ? Can His attempts above still ...
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Page xxvi - Temple," and aptly,' for in the Temple of God, under His wing, he led his life in St. Mary's Church, near St. Peter's college ; there he lodged under Tertullian's roof of angels ; there he made his nest more gladly than David's swallow near the house of God : where, like a primitive saint, he offered more prayers in the night than others usually offer in the day.
Page 11 - And teach her fair steps tread our earth ; Till that divine Idea take a shrine Of crystal flesh, through which to shine : — Meet you her, my Wishes, Bespeak her to my blisses, And be ye call'd, my absent kisses.
Page 97 - Heaven thou hast in Him (Fair sister of the seraphim ! ) By all of Him we have in thee ; Leave nothing of myself in me. Let me so read thy life, that I Unto all life of mine may die.
Page 17 - Poor world (said I), what wilt thou do To entertain this starry Stranger ? Is this the best thou canst bestow ? A cold, and not too cleanly, manger ? Contend, the powers of Heaven and Earth, To fit a bed for this huge birth ? Chorus: Contend, the powers, etc.
Page 15 - I wish her store Of worth may leave her poor Of wishes ; and I wish no more. Now, if Time knows That Her whose radiant brows Weave them a garland of my vows...
Page 117 - Temple' and aptly, for in the Temple of God, under His wing, he led his life in St. Mary's Church, near St. Peter's College ; there he lodged under TBRTUI.LIAN'S roof of angels ; there he made his nest more gladly than David's swallow near the house of God : where, like a primitive saint, he offered more prayers in the night than others usually offer in the day ; there he penned these Poems, STEPS for happy souls to climb heaven by.
Page 77 - The dew no more will weep The primrose's pale cheek to deck, The dew no more will sleep, Nuzzled in the lily's neck; Much rather would it be thy tear, And leave them both to tremble here. There's no need at all That the balsam-sweating bough So coyly should let fall His med'cinable tears, for now Nature hath learnt t' extract a dew More sovereign and sweet from you.
Page 19 - Shall bless the fruitful Maia's bed, We'll bring the first-born of her flowers, To kiss thy feet, and crown thy head. To thee, dread Lamb! whose love must keep The shepherds...
Page 63 - Art thou not Lucifer ? he to whom the droves Of stars that gild the morn in charge were given ? The nimblest of the lightning-winged loves ? The fairest, and the first-born smile of...