Poems, Volume 2Biggs and Cottle, 1799 - 232 pages |
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... Lord William A Ballad shewing how an old woman rode double and who rode before her The Surgeon's Warning - The Victory Henry the Hermit ENGLISH ECLOGUES . The Old Mansion House The Grandmother's Tale The Funeral The Sailor's Mother The ...
... Lord William A Ballad shewing how an old woman rode double and who rode before her The Surgeon's Warning - The Victory Henry the Hermit ENGLISH ECLOGUES . The Old Mansion House The Grandmother's Tale The Funeral The Sailor's Mother The ...
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... He thinks upon his untold crime And never dares to pray . The summer suns , the winter storms , O'er him unheeded roll , For heavy is the weight of blood Upon the maniac's soul . Lord William . LORD WILLIAM . No eye beheld when 130.
... He thinks upon his untold crime And never dares to pray . The summer suns , the winter storms , O'er him unheeded roll , For heavy is the weight of blood Upon the maniac's soul . Lord William . LORD WILLIAM . No eye beheld when 130.
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Robert Southey. Lord William . LORD WILLIAM . No eye beheld when William plunged Young Lord William.
Robert Southey. Lord William . LORD WILLIAM . No eye beheld when William plunged Young Lord William.
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Robert Southey. LORD WILLIAM . No eye beheld when William plunged Young Edmund in the stream , No human ear but William's heard Young Edmund's drowning scream . Submissive all the vassals own'd The murderer for their Lord , And he , the ...
Robert Southey. LORD WILLIAM . No eye beheld when William plunged Young Edmund in the stream , No human ear but William's heard Young Edmund's drowning scream . Submissive all the vassals own'd The murderer for their Lord , And he , the ...
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... Lord William dare To gaze on Severn's stream ; In every wind that swept its waves He heard young Edmund scream . In vain at midnight's silent hour Sleep closed the murderer's eyes , In every dream the murderer saw Young Edmund's form ...
... Lord William dare To gaze on Severn's stream ; In every wind that swept its waves He heard young Edmund scream . In vain at midnight's silent hour Sleep closed the murderer's eyes , In every dream the murderer saw Young Edmund's form ...
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amid ask'd ATROPOS beam'd beheld Beneath bless blood breast Bristol cheek child choristers church door cold comfort conscience corpse cried Dæmon dark dead dear death deep docet dreadful dwell dwelt earth ECLOGUE exclaim'd fear fifty priests fire gaze glory GRANDMOTHER grave grew groan groan'd guilt guineas Guntram hand hast hath hear heard heart Heaven hour Jaspar journey's end lanthorn light live lonely look look'd Lord William Madelon MAID OF ORLEANS Maiden Martin's lane Matthew of Westminster mortal murderer never night o'er Old Woman pale patent coffin paus'd poison'd poor pray prayer quæ rest rose round scene sche sick sleep smile soon soul spake stood STRANGER stream tale tell thee Theodore thine thou thought thro toil told TRAVELLER trembled Twas twill undisturb'd vestry voice wind winding sheet witchcraft wretched wretchedness Zillah
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Page 81 - Twas evening, and the frozen streets Were cheerless to behold, And we were wrapt and coated well, And yet we were a-cold. We met an old bare-headed man, His locks were few and white; I...
Page 82 - Twas bitter keen, indeed, he said, But at home no fire had he, And therefore he had come abroad To ask for charity. We met a young bare-footed child, And she begged loud and bold; I asked her what she did abroad When the wind it blew so cold.
Page 159 - And the coffin lid that was barr'd so firm He burst with his voice of thunder. And he bade the Old Woman of Berkeley...
Page 138 - twas midnight now, No human aid was near. He heard the shout of joy, for now A boat approach'd the wall, And eager to the welcome aid They crowd for safety all. " My boat is small," the boatman cried, " 'Twill bear but one away ; Come in, Lord William, and do ye In God's protection stay.
Page 175 - Who by his labour lived ; that he was one Whose uncorrupted heart could keenly feel A husband's love, a father's anxiousness, That from the wages of his toil he fed The distant dear ones, and would talk of them At midnight when he trod the silent deck With him he valued, talk of them, of joys...
Page 153 - And then I may rest in my grave." The old woman of Berkeley laid her down, And her eyes grew deadly dim, Short came her breath and the struggle of death Did loosen every limb. They...
Page 138 - Twas music to his ear. When lo ! the voice of loud alarm His inmost soul appals ; " What ho ! Lord William, rise in haste ! The water saps thy walls !" He rose in haste, beneath the walls He saw the flood appear ; It hemm'd him round, 'twas midnight now, No human aid was near.
Page 34 - Is forced to sup whole draughts of molten gold ; There is the murderer for ever stabb'd, Yet can he never die ; there lies the wanton On racks of burning steel, whilst in his soul He feels the torment of his raging lust. Ann. Mercy ! oh, mercy ! Friar. There stand these wretched things, Who have dream'd out whole years in lawless sheets And secret incests, cursing one another...
Page 117 - It came from mine own heart, so to my head, And thence into my fingers trickled; Then to my pen, from whence immediately On paper I did dribble it daintily.
Page 136 - Young Edmund's dying day. A fearful day was that ! the rains Fell fast with tempest roar, And the swoln tide of Severn spread Far on the level shore. In vain Lord William sought the feast, In vain he quaff'd the bowl, And strove with noisy mirth...