A New Library of Poetry and Song, Volume 2William Cullen Bryant J. B. Ford, 1877 - 934 pages |
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... blue heaven bends o'er me lovingly , And the soft summer air , As it goes by me , stirs my thin white hair , And from my forehead dries The death - damp as it gathers , and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depths ...
... blue heaven bends o'er me lovingly , And the soft summer air , As it goes by me , stirs my thin white hair , And from my forehead dries The death - damp as it gathers , and the skies Seem waiting to receive My soul to their clear depths ...
Page 497
... blue feather Of slim wing grazes ! " Fear not ! fear not ! " cry the swallows . Each mower tightens his snath - ring's wedge , And his finger daintily follows The long blade's tickle - edge ; Softly the whetstone's last touches ring ...
... blue feather Of slim wing grazes ! " Fear not ! fear not ! " cry the swallows . Each mower tightens his snath - ring's wedge , And his finger daintily follows The long blade's tickle - edge ; Softly the whetstone's last touches ring ...
Page 499
... blue and white for the clouded pair I'm going to knit for my Sunday wear ! " The wheel is dead and the bees are gone , And the girl is dressed in a silver lawn , And her feet are shod with golden dawn . From a wind - swung tree that ...
... blue and white for the clouded pair I'm going to knit for my Sunday wear ! " The wheel is dead and the bees are gone , And the girl is dressed in a silver lawn , And her feet are shod with golden dawn . From a wind - swung tree that ...
Page 517
... blue Pyrenees ! Farewell and forever ! The priest and the slave May rule in the halls of the free and the brave ; Our hearths we abandon , -- our lands we resign , - But , Father , we kneel to no altar but thine . THOMAS BABINGTON ...
... blue Pyrenees ! Farewell and forever ! The priest and the slave May rule in the halls of the free and the brave ; Our hearths we abandon , -- our lands we resign , - But , Father , we kneel to no altar but thine . THOMAS BABINGTON ...
Page 518
... throw off the red and blue , And swear that they ' ll be true To the Shan Van Vocht ? GOUGAUNE BARRA . [ The Lake of Gougaune Barra , i 518 POEMS OF PATRIOTISM AND FREEDOM . Fools! your doublets shone with gold, and your ...
... throw off the red and blue , And swear that they ' ll be true To the Shan Van Vocht ? GOUGAUNE BARRA . [ The Lake of Gougaune Barra , i 518 POEMS OF PATRIOTISM AND FREEDOM . Fools! your doublets shone with gold, and your ...
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Page 626 - Earth has not anything to show more fair : Dull would he be of soul who could pass by A sight so touching in its majesty: This City now doth, like a garment, wear The beauty of the morning; silent, bare, Ships, towers,, domes, theatres, and temples lie Open unto the fields, and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
Page 815 - 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.
Page 556 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Page 783 - Twas sad as sad could be; And we did speak only to break The silence of the sea! All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Water, water, everywhere, And all the boards did shrink; Water, water everywhere Nor any drop to drink.
Page 709 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull Night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise; Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow, Through the sweet-brier, or the vine, Or the twisted eglantine...
Page 461 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet — But hark!
Page 818 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent, and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 723 - The sixth age shifts Into the lean and slippered pantaloon, With spectacles on nose and pouch on side, His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange eventful history, Is second childishness and mere oblivion, Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.
Page 709 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek : Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go, On the light fantastic toe...
Page 657 - Hear the tolling of the bells Iron bells! What a world of solemn thought their monody compels! In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan. And the people - ah, the people They that dwell up in the steeple, All alone, And who tolling, tolling...