The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke WhiteGrigg & Elliot, 1845 - 195 pages Contains a selection of English 18th and 19th century poetry by Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White. |
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Page 254
... fall'n or falling stones , The charnel - houses of unburied bones , On which obscene and prowling monsters fed , But with the ravin in their jaws fell dead . Thus while Destruction , blasting youth and age , Raged till it wanted victims ...
... fall'n or falling stones , The charnel - houses of unburied bones , On which obscene and prowling monsters fed , But with the ravin in their jaws fell dead . Thus while Destruction , blasting youth and age , Raged till it wanted victims ...
Page 301
... fall to climb , and climb to fall ; While still their efforts only tend To keep them from their journey's end . The readers yawn with pure vexation , And nod - but not with approbation . In such a fog of dullness lost , Poor Patience ...
... fall to climb , and climb to fall ; While still their efforts only tend To keep them from their journey's end . The readers yawn with pure vexation , And nod - but not with approbation . In such a fog of dullness lost , Poor Patience ...
Page 303
... fall Broader and browner from the wall ; A warning voice , like curfew - bell , Commands each captive to his cell ... fall , the falling swell again ; ' Thus , on the tide of time , inconstant , roll The dying body and the living soul ...
... fall Broader and browner from the wall ; A warning voice , like curfew - bell , Commands each captive to his cell ... fall , the falling swell again ; ' Thus , on the tide of time , inconstant , roll The dying body and the living soul ...
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age to age amidst arms art thou beauty behold beneath blest blood bosom breast breath CAPEL LOFFT Charles Lamb charm clouds dark dead death deep delight dream earth eternal father fear fire flame flowers gaze gloom glory Gondoline grace grave Greenland grief hand harp hath heard heart heaven Henry Kirke White hope hour Javan land light living lonely look'd Lord lyre mind moon morning mother mountains Muse Nature's never night Note numbers o'er once pale pass'd peace Petrarch PSALM rapture rest rise rock rose round scene seem'd shade shine shore sigh silent sing sleep slumbers smile song SONNET sorrow soul spirit star stood storm sublime sweet tears tempest thee Theodric thine thou thought tomb trembling turn'd vale Venice vex'd voice wandering waves weep wild wind wings woods youth