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... 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 . A NIGHT PIECE HER eyes the glowworm lend thee , The shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow ...
... 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 . A NIGHT PIECE HER eyes the glowworm lend thee , The shooting stars attend thee ; And the elves also , Whose little eyes glow ...
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... hour since : yet you not dressed ; Nay ! not so much as out of bed ? When all the birds have matins said And sung their thankful hymns , ' tis sin , Nay , profanation , to keep in , Whenas a thousand virgins on this day Spring , sooner ...
... hour since : yet you not dressed ; Nay ! not so much as out of bed ? When all the birds have matins said And sung their thankful hymns , ' tis sin , Nay , profanation , to keep in , Whenas a thousand virgins on this day Spring , sooner ...
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... hour of Thy design To answer these fine things shall come , Speak not at large : say , “ I am Thine ; " And then they have their answer home . THE PULLEY WHEN God at first made man , Having a glass of Blessings standing by ; " Let us ...
... hour of Thy design To answer these fine things shall come , Speak not at large : say , “ I am Thine ; " And then they have their answer home . THE PULLEY WHEN God at first made man , Having a glass of Blessings standing by ; " Let us ...
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... hour more innocent and pure , Till you shall wither into death . Then that which living gave you room Your glorious sepulchre 146 BRITISH POEMS An Epitaph WILLIAM HABINGTON (1605-1654) To Roses in the Bosom of Castara.
... hour more innocent and pure , Till you shall wither into death . Then that which living gave you room Your glorious sepulchre 146 BRITISH POEMS An Epitaph WILLIAM HABINGTON (1605-1654) To Roses in the Bosom of Castara.
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... a glimpse of His bright face : When on some gilded cloud or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour , And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity .160 BRITISH POEMS HENRY VAUGHAN (1622-1695) The Retreat.
... a glimpse of His bright face : When on some gilded cloud or flower My gazing soul would dwell an hour , And in those weaker glories spy Some shadows of eternity .160 BRITISH POEMS HENRY VAUGHAN (1622-1695) The Retreat.
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AE FOND KISS Antistrophe ARTEMIDORA auld lang syne beauty beneath bird blow Bonny Dundee breast breath bright Camelot cloud cold dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth eternal Excalibur eyes face fair fear flowers glory golden gone grave green grief Grongar Hill hair hand happy hath hear heard heart heaven hill HOUNDS OF SPRING hour King King Arthur kiss Lady Lady of Shalott land leaves light live look Lord love's lute Lycidas lyre moon ne'er never night o'er once pain pale praise pride rose round Samian wine shade shore sigh sight silent sing Sir Bedivere sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stars stood stream sweet tears thee thine things thou art thought thro tree twas unto voice wave weep wild wind wings youth
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Page 470 - One who never turned his back but marched breast forward, Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, wrong would triumph, Held we fall to rise, are baffled to fight better, Sleep to wake. No, at noonday in the bustle of man's work-time Greet the unseen with a cheer ! Bid him forward, breast and back as either should be, " Strive and thrive ! " cry " Speed, — fight on, fare ever There as here...
Page 312 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power. Thy soul was like a Star, and dwelt apart : Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea : Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou...
Page 387 - Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear : 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair !
Page 153 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, —...
Page 390 - Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now.
Page 101 - CXLVI. Poor soul, the centre of my sinful earth, Fool'd by those rebel powers that thee array, Why dost thou pine within, and suffer dearth, Painting thy outward walls so costly gay ? Why so large cost, having so short a lease, Dost thou upon thy fading mansion spend ? Shall worms, inheritors of this excess, Eat up thy charge ? Is this thy body's end ? Then, soul, live thou upon thy servant's loss, And let that pine to aggravate thy store ; Buy terms divine in selling hours of dross ; Within be fed,...
Page 341 - O Wedding-Guest! this soul hath been Alone on a wide, wide sea; So lonely 'twas, that God himself Scarce seemed there to be. O sweeter than the marriage-feast, 'Tis sweeter far to me, To walk together to the kirk With a goodly company! — To walk together to the kirk, And all together pray, While each to his great Father bends, Old men, and babes, and loving friends, And youths and maidens gay! Farewell, farewell! but this I tell To thee, thou Wedding-Guest!
Page 528 - If, drunk with sight of power, we loose. Wild tongues that have not Thee in awe. Such boastings as the Gentiles use. Or lesser breeds without the Law — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget! For heathen heart that puts her trust In reeking tube and iron shard, All valiant dust that builds on dust, And guarding, calls not Thee to guard, For frantic boast and foolish word — Thy mercy on Thy People, Lord!
Page 308 - Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair ; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn ; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay. I saw her upon nearer view, A Spirit, yet a Woman too ! Her household motions light and free, And steps of virgin-liberty ; A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses,...
Page 248 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share. Oft did the harvest to their sickle yield, Their furrow oft the stubborn glebe has broke ; How jocund did they drive their team afield...