The Poetical Works of Robert Southey: With a Memoir of the Author, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1860 - English poetry |
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... amid romantic lakes and moun- tains , the calm and nature - loving Wordsworth was a more desirable companion than Godwin ; to whom , at a previous era , he acknowledged himself under essential intellectual obligations . His wife , the ...
... amid romantic lakes and moun- tains , the calm and nature - loving Wordsworth was a more desirable companion than Godwin ; to whom , at a previous era , he acknowledged himself under essential intellectual obligations . His wife , the ...
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... amid what painful cares My solace was in this ; and , though to me There is no music in the hollowness Of common praise , yet well content am I Now to look back upon my youth's green prime , Nor idly nor unprofitably passed , Imping in ...
... amid what painful cares My solace was in this ; and , though to me There is no music in the hollowness Of common praise , yet well content am I Now to look back upon my youth's green prime , Nor idly nor unprofitably passed , Imping in ...
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... Amid these wilds , Often to summer pasture have I driven The flock ; and well I know these woodland wilds , And every bosomed vale and valley stream Is dear to memory . I have laid me down Beside yon valley stream , that up the ascent ...
... Amid these wilds , Often to summer pasture have I driven The flock ; and well I know these woodland wilds , And every bosomed vale and valley stream Is dear to memory . I have laid me down Beside yon valley stream , that up the ascent ...
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... amid the loveliest scenes Of unpolluted nature . Sweet it was , As the white mists of morning rolled away , To see the upland's wooded heights appear Dark in the early dawn , and mark the slope With gorse - flowers glowing , as the sun ...
... amid the loveliest scenes Of unpolluted nature . Sweet it was , As the white mists of morning rolled away , To see the upland's wooded heights appear Dark in the early dawn , and mark the slope With gorse - flowers glowing , as the sun ...
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... amid the sunshine , carolling So full of joy , that , to the mourner's ear , More mournfully than dirge or passing bell The joyous carol came , and made us feel , That , of the multitude of beings , none But man was wretched ...
... amid the sunshine , carolling So full of joy , that , to the mourner's ear , More mournfully than dirge or passing bell The joyous carol came , and made us feel , That , of the multitude of beings , none But man was wretched ...
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Agnes Alençon amid arbalist arms bade banner Bastard battle battle of Agincourt battle-axe beheld beneath besieged blood breast buckler Burgundy called cheek chief Chinon Conrade cried Damsel death dreadful Duke Duke of Burgundy Duke of Orleans Dunois earth enemy England English esquires exclaimed falchion fear feel fell fierce fight fire France French gallant gate gazed groan hand happy hast hath hear heard heart Heaven Henry Holinshed holy honor hope host hour Joan Joan of Arc Joshua Barnes king live look Lord loud Maid of Orleans Maiden mangonels miserable Monstrelet night NOTE o'er passed peace petrary poem prayer prince qu'il replied Richemont ROBERT SOUTHEY round Salisbury says shield siege soon soul Southey Southey's spake spear spirit stood sword Talbot thee Theodore thou thought towers town trembling troops victory Vidame Virgin voice walls warrior wretched youth
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Page 230 - Lord God! behold, I cannot speak: for I am a child. But the Lord said unto me, Say not, I am a child : for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak.
Page 285 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Page 275 - There is a path which no fowl knoweth, and which the vulture's eye hath not seen : The lion's whelps have not trodden it, nor the fierce lion passed by it.
Page 21 - ... study (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 320 - Caput apri defero Reddens laudes Domino. The boar's head in hand bring I, With garlands gay and rosemary. I pray you, all sing merrily Qui estis in convivio.
Page 230 - Thou therefore gird up thy loins and arise, and speak unto them all that I command thee. Be not dismayed at their faces, lest I confound thee before them.
Page xxvi - Tis pleasant, by the cheerful hearth, to hear Of tempests and the dangers of the deep, And pause at times, and feel that we are safe ; Then listen to the perilous tale again, And with an eager and suspended soul, Woo terror to delight us.
Page 1 - Thus to collect and revise them is a duty which I owe to that part of the public by whom they have been auspiciously received, and to those who will take a lively concern in my good name when I shall have departed.
Page 227 - I am the sonne of the noble Duke of Orleaunce ; more 'glad to be his bastarde, with a meane livyng, than the lawful sonne of that coward cuckolde Cawny, with his four thousand crownes.
Page xxviii - ... necessarily connected with that of producing poetry. The former is really a gift of Heaven, which conduces inestimably to the happiness of those who enjoy it. The second has much more of a knack in it than the pride of poets is always willing to admit; and, at any rate, is only valuable when combined with the first.