Essays critical and imaginativeBlackwood, 1857 |
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... soon the dawn grew day . My father , " says Gilbert , was for some time the only companion we had . He conversed familiarly on all subjects with us , as if we had been men ; and was at great pains , while we accompanied him in the ...
... soon the dawn grew day . My father , " says Gilbert , was for some time the only companion we had . He conversed familiarly on all subjects with us , as if we had been men ; and was at great pains , while we accompanied him in the ...
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... soon be at supper in their clean - strawed stalls— “ the black'ning train o ' craws invisibly hushed on their rocking trees ; and he whom God made after his own image , that " toil - worn Cottar , " he too may lie down and sleep . There ...
... soon be at supper in their clean - strawed stalls— “ the black'ning train o ' craws invisibly hushed on their rocking trees ; and he whom God made after his own image , that " toil - worn Cottar , " he too may lie down and sleep . There ...
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... soon as I was master of nine guineas , the price of wafting me to the torrid zone , I took a steerage passage in the first ship that was to sail for the Clyde , ' For hungry ruin had me in the wind . ' " The ship sailed ; but Burns was ...
... soon as I was master of nine guineas , the price of wafting me to the torrid zone , I took a steerage passage in the first ship that was to sail for the Clyde , ' For hungry ruin had me in the wind . ' " The ship sailed ; but Burns was ...
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... soon as he came forward , and was seen and heard , his name went through the city , and people asked one another , " Have you met Burns ? " His demeanour among the Magnates was not only unembarrassed but dignified , and it was at once ...
... soon as he came forward , and was seen and heard , his name went through the city , and people asked one another , " Have you met Burns ? " His demeanour among the Magnates was not only unembarrassed but dignified , and it was at once ...
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... soon fulfilled ! " You are afraid that I shall grow intoxicated with my pros- perity as a poet . Alas ! Madam , I know myself and the world too well . I assure you , Madam , I do not dissemble , when I tell you I tremble for the ...
... soon fulfilled ! " You are afraid that I shall grow intoxicated with my pros- perity as a poet . Alas ! Madam , I know myself and the world too well . I assure you , Madam , I do not dissemble , when I tell you I tremble for the ...
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Page 299 - O Lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live: Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud! And would we aught behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth— And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Page 297 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 341 - Alone, alone, all, all alone, Alone on a wide wide sea! And never a saint took pity on My soul in agony.
Page 336 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon — ' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast.
Page 335 - The Bridegroom's doors are opened wide, And I am next of kin; The guests are met, the feast is set: May'st hear the merry din.
Page 33 - Compared with this, how poor religion's pride, In all the pomp of method, and of art, When men display to congregations wide Devotion's every grace, except the heart!
Page 337 - And now the Storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. "'With sloping masts and dipping prow As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled.
Page 340 - The very deep did rot : O Christ ! That ever this should be ! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea. " About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night ; The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue and white.
Page 342 - Beyond the shadow of the ship, I watched the water-snakes: They moved in tracks of shining white, And when they reared, the elfish light Fell off in hoary flakes. Within the shadow of the ship I watched their rich attire: Blue, glossy green, and velvet black, They coiled and swam; and every track Was a flash of golden fire.
Page 340 - With throats unslaked, with black lips baked, We could nor laugh nor wail; Through utter drought all dumb we stood! I bit my arm, I sucked the blood, And cried, A sail ! a sail...