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... look upon this mighty work as the last stretched blaze of our expiring genius . It is the dying effort of despairing and indignant virtue , and will stand like one of those immortal pyramids which carry their magnificence through times ...
... look upon this mighty work as the last stretched blaze of our expiring genius . It is the dying effort of despairing and indignant virtue , and will stand like one of those immortal pyramids which carry their magnificence through times ...
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... look , although in his early youth he had even been counted handsome , and his eyes were expressive . He was mostly taciturn , save in the company of his fami- liar friends with them he was cheerful and pleasant , and he secured their ...
... look , although in his early youth he had even been counted handsome , and his eyes were expressive . He was mostly taciturn , save in the company of his fami- liar friends with them he was cheerful and pleasant , and he secured their ...
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... Looks out , effulgent , from amid the flush Of broken clouds , gay - shifting to his beam . The rapid radiance instantaneous strikes The illumined mountain ; through the forest streams ; Shakes on the floods ; and in a yellow mist , Far ...
... Looks out , effulgent , from amid the flush Of broken clouds , gay - shifting to his beam . The rapid radiance instantaneous strikes The illumined mountain ; through the forest streams ; Shakes on the floods ; and in a yellow mist , Far ...
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... numerous as the drops of rain Or beams that gave them birth - shall he , fair form ! Who wears sweet smiles , and looks erect on heaven , E'er stoop to mingle with the prowling herd , ZN And dip his tongue in gore ? The beast of 14 SPRING .
... numerous as the drops of rain Or beams that gave them birth - shall he , fair form ! Who wears sweet smiles , and looks erect on heaven , E'er stoop to mingle with the prowling herd , ZN And dip his tongue in gore ? The beast of 14 SPRING .
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... looks demure , that deeply pierce the soul- Where , with the light of thoughtful reason mixed , Shines lively fancy , and the feeling heart : O come ! and while the rosy - footed May Steals blushing on , together let us tread The ...
... looks demure , that deeply pierce the soul- Where , with the light of thoughtful reason mixed , Shines lively fancy , and the feeling heart : O come ! and while the rosy - footed May Steals blushing on , together let us tread The ...
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amid beam beauty behold beneath blaze blessed bliss bloom breast breath bright Britons Castle of Indolence charms cheerful cloth gilt clouds Commixed dark deep delight E'en earth Edition eternal ether exalted fair fame fancy Fcap fire flame flood gale genius gentle gilt edges gloom glory glow grace Greece groves GUSTAVE DORÉ happy heart heaven hills honour ingulphed JAMES THOMSON labour land Liberty light live mind mingled morocco mountains muse Musidora nature Nature's night nought o'er passions peace plain poem POETICAL pomp pours pride race rage rapture reign rise roll Rome round scene shade shine shore sigh sing smile soft song sons soul spirit spread Spring storm stream swain sweet swelling tempest tender thee thine THOMAS HOOD Thomson thou thought toil train tyrant vale virtue wave whence wild WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI winds wing wintry woods
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Page 88 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Page 319 - A pleasing land of drowsy -head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
Page 105 - Beyond the pomp of dress : for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most.
Page 42 - With quickened step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn. Blue, through the dust, the smoking currents shine ; And from the bladed field the fearful hare Limps, awkward ; while along the forest glade The wild deer trip, and often turning gaze At early passenger. Music awakes, The native voice of undissembled joy; And thick around the woodland hymns arise.
Page 319 - It was, I ween, a lovely spot of ground; And there a season atween June and May, Half...
Page 3 - To shake the sounding marsh; or from the shore The plovers when to scatter o'er the heath, And sing their wild notes to the listening waste. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. Then no more Th...
Page 365 - Ah! what avail the largest gifts of heaven, " When drooping health and spirits go amiss? " How tasteless then whatever can be given! " Health is the vital principle of bliss,
Page 155 - What water, of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils. These check his fearful steps; and down he sinks, Beneath the shelter of the shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death; Mixed with the tender anguish Nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man, His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him th...
Page 9 - Amid the glad creation, musing praise, And looking lively gratitude. At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields) And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshen'd world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the forest walks, Beneath the umbrageous multitude of leaves. But who can hold the shade, while Heaven descends In universal bounty, shedding herbs, And fruits, and flowers,...
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