The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: Complete in One VolumeA. and W. Galignani, 1829 - 497 pages |
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... Comes slowly on to meet the evening - star ; Above , below , aërial murmurs swell , < From hanging wood , brown heath , and bushy dell ! A thousand nameless rills , that shun the light , Stealing soft music on the ear of night . So oft ...
... Comes slowly on to meet the evening - star ; Above , below , aërial murmurs swell , < From hanging wood , brown heath , and bushy dell ! A thousand nameless rills , that shun the light , Stealing soft music on the ear of night . So oft ...
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... comes with curious eye ; lage on the Birth of an Heir - General Reflections on And on her nest the watchful wren ... come from yonder tower ; When in dim chambers long black weeds are seen , And weepings heard where only joy has been ...
... comes with curious eye ; lage on the Birth of an Heir - General Reflections on And on her nest the watchful wren ... come from yonder tower ; When in dim chambers long black weeds are seen , And weepings heard where only joy has been ...
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... comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves as in a heaven on earth ! Sun , moon , and stars - the land , the sea , To him shine out as ' t were a galaxy ! But soon ' t is past - the light has died away ! With him it came ( it was ...
... comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves as in a heaven on earth ! Sun , moon , and stars - the land , the sea , To him shine out as ' t were a galaxy ! But soon ' t is past - the light has died away ! With him it came ( it was ...
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... comes up , revealing His well - known form along the terrace stealing . -Oh , ere in sight he came , ' t was his to thrill A heart that loved him though in secret still . « Am I awake ? or is it can it be An idle dream ? Nightly it ...
... comes up , revealing His well - known form along the terrace stealing . -Oh , ere in sight he came , ' t was his to thrill A heart that loved him though in secret still . « Am I awake ? or is it can it be An idle dream ? Nightly it ...
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... Comes and undraws the curtain as they lie , In sleep how beautiful ! He , when the sky Gleams , and the wood sends up its harmony , When , gathering round his bed , they climb to share His kisses , and with gentle violence there Break ...
... Comes and undraws the curtain as they lie , In sleep how beautiful ! He , when the sky Gleams , and the wood sends up its harmony , When , gathering round his bed , they climb to share His kisses , and with gentle violence there Break ...
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Page 96 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Page 41 - The Sun's eye had a sickly glare, The Earth with age was wan The skeletons of nations were Around that lonely man ! Some had expired in fight — the brands Still rusted in their bony hands; In plague and famine some!
Page 39 - I'll row you o'er the ferry." By this the storm grew loud apace, The water-wraith was shrieking ; And in the scowl of Heaven each face Grew dark as they were speaking. But still as wilder blew the wind, And as the night grew drearer, Adown the glen rode armed men, Their trampling sounded nearer.
Page 70 - GOD is my strong salvation, What foe have I to fear ? In darkness and temptation, My light, my help is near.
Page 75 - For Him shall prayer unceasing And daily vows ascend, His kingdom still increasing, A kingdom without end: The mountain-dews shall nourish ' A seed in weakness sown, Whose fruit shall spread and flourish And shake like Lebanon.
Page 4 - Come, bright Improvement ! on the car of Time; And rule the spacious world from clime to clime ; Thy handmaid arts shall every wild explore, Trace every wave, and culture every shore.
Page 119 - The storm, that wrecks the winter sky, No more disturbs their deep repose, Than summer evening's latest sigh That shuts the rose.
Page 93 - That very law* which moulds a tear, And bids it trickle from its source, That law preserves the earth a sphere, And guides the planets in their course.
Page 40 - By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again.
Page 40 - The Soldier's Dream. OUR bugles sang truce ; for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky ; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered — The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die.