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... leave our children , ere we die , Of treasure added to the only store That serves to build the home beyond the sky . Teach , Father , God , our children how to pass From earth to Heaven as from home to home , The earth they leave ...
... leave our children , ere we die , Of treasure added to the only store That serves to build the home beyond the sky . Teach , Father , God , our children how to pass From earth to Heaven as from home to home , The earth they leave ...
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... from which he could not get free . A struggle began , and at last Grendel tore himself away , leaving his arm in Beowulf's hand , There was feasting and joy that night in Hrothgar's hall KELTIC AND FIRST ENGLISH LITERATURE . 7.
... from which he could not get free . A struggle began , and at last Grendel tore himself away , leaving his arm in Beowulf's hand , There was feasting and joy that night in Hrothgar's hall KELTIC AND FIRST ENGLISH LITERATURE . 7.
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... leaving the hoard of treasures , Beowulf rose up through the water , to the joy of the waiting warriors who had thought him dead . Four men could scarcely carry Grendel's head between them back to the hall . The second part of the saga ...
... leaving the hoard of treasures , Beowulf rose up through the water , to the joy of the waiting warriors who had thought him dead . Four men could scarcely carry Grendel's head between them back to the hall . The second part of the saga ...
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... leaves ; he beheld them lovingly ; may the Lord be merciful to him ! " Then he began his work and made a complete English poem , which he called " The Brut . " This book has an important place in literature , because it was one of the ...
... leaves ; he beheld them lovingly ; may the Lord be merciful to him ! " Then he began his work and made a complete English poem , which he called " The Brut . " This book has an important place in literature , because it was one of the ...
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... leave his brother without a sword , he laid hold of the one in the anvil and drew it forth . Then it was plain that young Arthur was the chosen King of England . But the great nobles and lords would not have Arthur for their king . And ...
... leave his brother without a sword , he laid hold of the one in the anvil and drew it forth . Then it was plain that young Arthur was the chosen King of England . But the great nobles and lords would not have Arthur for their king . And ...
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Page 249 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet, The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears; Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffodillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page 244 - Unsavoury in the enjoyment of itself ; If you let slip time, like a neglected rose It withers on the stalk with languished head. Beauty is Nature's brag, and must be shown. In courts, at feasts, and high solemnities, Where most may wonder at the workmanship ; It is for homely features to keep home, They had their name thence ; coarse complexions, And cheeks of sorry grain, will serve to ply The sampler, and to tease the housewife's wool.
Page 263 - Old Law did save, And such as yet once more I trust to have Full sight of her in heaven without restraint, Came vested all in white, pure as her mind.
Page 243 - Yea, even that which Mischief meant most harm Shall in the happy trial prove most glory. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness...
Page 248 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 287 - Henceforth I learn, that to obey is best, And love, with fear, the only God ; to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 342 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast from her sacred store Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With Nature's mother-wit and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown : He raised a mortal to the skies; She drew an angel down.
Page 220 - Fair daffodils, we weep to see You haste away so soon: As yet the early-rising sun Has not attained his noon. Stay, stay, Until the hasting day Has run But to the evensong; And, having prayed together, we Will go with you along. » We have short time to stay as you; We have as short a spring; As quick a growth to meet decay, As you or anything. We die, As your hours do, and dry Away Like to the summer's rain; Or as the pearls of morning's dew, Ne'er to be found again.
Page 466 - Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.
Page 486 - 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.