Poems: Now First CollectedEdward Moxon, 1839 - 402 pages |
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... Heaven gives glimpses of itself by land , By sea , fine fragments show the master - hand . When Nature's clothed in such a varied dress , Shall man presume to scorn her loveliness- Slight the rich banquet that she bids him taste , And ...
... Heaven gives glimpses of itself by land , By sea , fine fragments show the master - hand . When Nature's clothed in such a varied dress , Shall man presume to scorn her loveliness- Slight the rich banquet that she bids him taste , And ...
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... business , and its cares , That close around me like the fowler's snares— Read but these plain lines from an honest pen , And I'll ne'er trifle with the Muse again . Some men there are , thank Heaven , but very 12 SECOND EPISTLE.
... business , and its cares , That close around me like the fowler's snares— Read but these plain lines from an honest pen , And I'll ne'er trifle with the Muse again . Some men there are , thank Heaven , but very 12 SECOND EPISTLE.
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Now First Collected Chandos Leigh. Some men there are , thank Heaven , but very few , Who will condemn , whate'er you say or do ; They , with ingenious malice , draw forth evil From sermons ! such are children of the devil ! One writes a ...
Now First Collected Chandos Leigh. Some men there are , thank Heaven , but very few , Who will condemn , whate'er you say or do ; They , with ingenious malice , draw forth evil From sermons ! such are children of the devil ! One writes a ...
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... Heaven ! And who is rich ? Emilius , whose good sense Protects him from the glare of vain expense ; Who buys not glittering toys when very dear , But treats his friends with hospitable cheer ; — Who loves to breathe the incense of the ...
... Heaven ! And who is rich ? Emilius , whose good sense Protects him from the glare of vain expense ; Who buys not glittering toys when very dear , But treats his friends with hospitable cheer ; — Who loves to breathe the incense of the ...
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... Heaven in mere existence ; then again If clouds be lowering , fortune smiles in vain : The dull cold morn , which doubtful lights illume , Casts o'er the mind its harmonizing gloom . " Poor human Nature ! " bending over Pope , His ...
... Heaven in mere existence ; then again If clouds be lowering , fortune smiles in vain : The dull cold morn , which doubtful lights illume , Casts o'er the mind its harmonizing gloom . " Poor human Nature ! " bending over Pope , His ...
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ADLESTROP adore adorn ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE ambition Antimachus bard Bavius beautiful beneath blaze breathe bright c'est canibus Catherine charms cheer Chenonceaux Chinon cloud colours Croesus Dæmon dear delight divine doth dreams e'en earth eloquent EPISTLE eternal fair fame fancy feel flowers FRIEND IN TOWN gaze Gazna gems genius give glittering glorious glory glow grace grandeur happy heart Heaven Italy Jeremy Taylor king Knowledge framed light live loveliest loveliness magnificence mighty mild mind Mont Blanc mountain nature Nature's ne'er noble nought o'er Parr passion pleasure poet Poland praise pride proud Queen Russia Sarmatia says scenes scorn shade Shakspeare shine shone sight smiles song soul spirits splendid splendours star storms of passion stream strength sublime sweet taste thee thou art thought throne Touraine towers truth Ussé vast Vauban verse virtue Warwickshire wealth whate'er youth zeal
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Page 150 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 160 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Page 158 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing, for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Page 165 - For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence ; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
Page 218 - The appearance, instantaneously disclosed, Was of a mighty city — boldly say A wilderness of building, sinking far And self-withdrawn into a boundless depth, Far sinking into splendour — without end ! Fabric it seemed of diamond and of gold, With alabaster domes, and silver spires, And blazing terrace upon terrace, high Uplifted...
Page 286 - Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves...
Page 211 - Ah ! why in age Do we revert so fondly to the walks Of childhood — but that there the Soul discerns The dear memorial footsteps unimpaired Of her own native vigour ; thence can hear Reverberations ; and a choral song, Commingling with the incense that ascends, Undaunted, toward the imperishable heavens, From her own lonely altar...
Page 136 - That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger To sound what stop she please. Give me that man That is not passion's slave, and I will wear him In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of heart, As I do thee.
Page 129 - It passed away, that high disdain of absolute power, that steadiness and self-devotion, which raised the half-civilized Lombards of the twelfth century to the level of those ancient republics, from whose history our first notions of freedom and virtue are derived. The victim by turns of selfish and sanguinary factions, of petty tyrants, and of foreign invaders, Italy has fallen like a star from its place in heaven ; she has seen her harvests trodden down by the horses of the stranger, and the blood...
Page 310 - Made prostitute and profligate the Muse, Debased to each obscene and impious use, Whose harmony was first ordain'd above For tongues of angels, and for hymns of love...