The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White: Complete in One VolumeCarey & Lea, 1830 - 496 pages |
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... earth ! Sun , moon , and stars the land , the sea , the sky To him shine out as ' twere a galaxy ! But soon ' tis past - the light has died away ! With him it came ( it was not of the day ) And he himself diffused it , like the stone ...
... earth ! Sun , moon , and stars the land , the sea , the sky To him shine out as ' twere a galaxy ! But soon ' tis past - the light has died away ! With him it came ( it was not of the day ) And he himself diffused it , like the stone ...
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... Earth recedes , and Heaven itself appears ! Tis past ! That hand we grasp'd , alas , in vain ! Nor shall we look upon his face again ! But to his closing eyes , for all were there , Nothing was wanting ; and , through many a year , We ...
... Earth recedes , and Heaven itself appears ! Tis past ! That hand we grasp'd , alas , in vain ! Nor shall we look upon his face again ! But to his closing eyes , for all were there , Nothing was wanting ; and , through many a year , We ...
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... earth , Consuls , Dictators , still in Curule pomp Sit and decide ; and , as of old in Rome , Name but their names , set every heart on fire ! Here , in his bonds , he whom the phalanx saved not , 1 The last on Philip's throne ; and the ...
... earth , Consuls , Dictators , still in Curule pomp Sit and decide ; and , as of old in Rome , Name but their names , set every heart on fire ! Here , in his bonds , he whom the phalanx saved not , 1 The last on Philip's throne ; and the ...
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... Earth , sea and sky reflecting , as she flew , A thousand , thousand colors not their own : And at her bidding , lo ! a dark descent To Tartarus , and those thrice happy fields , Those fields with ether pure and purple light Ever ...
... Earth , sea and sky reflecting , as she flew , A thousand , thousand colors not their own : And at her bidding , lo ! a dark descent To Tartarus , and those thrice happy fields , Those fields with ether pure and purple light Ever ...
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... earth and air its only floor and covering , How solemn is the stillness ! Nothing stirs Parents and children mourn'd - and , every year , ( ' T was on the day of some old festival ) Met to give way to tears , and once again , Talk'd in ...
... earth and air its only floor and covering , How solemn is the stillness ! Nothing stirs Parents and children mourn'd - and , every year , ( ' T was on the day of some old festival ) Met to give way to tears , and once again , Talk'd in ...
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Page 142 - Where furious Frank, and fiery Hun, Shout in their sulph'rous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave. Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave ! And charge with all thy chivalry! Few, few, shall part where many meet ! The snow shall be their winding-sheet. And every turf beneath their
Page 341 - There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our only rest. Living or dying, none were blest. Beyond the flight of Time, Beyond this vale of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath,
Page 130 - blood, murdered all the relations of Logan, even my women and children. •• There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature : — this called on me for revenge. — I have fought for it. — I have killed many — I have fully glutted my vengeance,
Page 142 - rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight. When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery. By torch and trumpet fast array'd. Each horseman drew his battle-blade. And furious every charger neigh'd, To join the dreadful revelry.
Page 141 - YE MARINERS OF ENGLAND. A NAVAL ODE. YE mariners of England ! That guard our native seas. Whose flag has braved, a thousand years, The battle and the breeze ! Your glorious standard launch again To match another foe! And sweep through the deep, While the stormy
Page 251 - He shall come down, like showers Upon the fruitful earth, And love, joy, hope, like flowers, Spring in his path to birth : Before Him on the mountains, Shall Peace the herald go ; And righteousness in fountains From hill to valley flow. Arabia's desert-ranger. To Him shall bow the knee ; The Kthiopian stranger His glory come to see : With offerings of devotion,
Page 105 - T is distance lends enchantment to the view, And robes the mountain in its azure hue. Thus, with delight we linger to survey The promised joys of life's unmeasured way ; Thus, from afar, each dim-discover'd scene More pleasing seems than all the past hath been; And every
Page 144 - Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I »wore From my home and my weeping friends never to part: My little ones kiss'd me a thousand times o'er. And my wife sobb'd aloud in her fullness of heart. Stay, stay with us,—rest, thou art weary and worn ; And fain was their war-broken soldier to stay . But sorrow
Page 143 - LORD ULLTN'S DAUGHTER. A CHIEFTAIN, to the Highlands bound, Cries, " Boatman, do not tarry ! And I'll give thee a silver pound, To row us o'er the ferry."— •• Now who be ye, would cross Lochgyle, This dark and stormy water ?"
Page 393 - upon the day, A bliss that would not go away, A sweet forewarning? TO CHARLES LLOYD, AN UNEXPECTED VISITOR. ALONE, obscure, without a friend, A cheerless, solitary thing, Why seeks my Lloyd the stranger out? What offering can the stranger bring Of social scenes, home-bred delights, That him in aught compensate may For Stowey's pleasant winter