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... Crag on the left , are the principal features of this admirable range ; " — and heavens and earth what colouring ! Nor Claude nor Poussin ever worshipped such an " aerial medium . " We think we hear the spirit of the enthusiastic artist ...
... Crag on the left , are the principal features of this admirable range ; " — and heavens and earth what colouring ! Nor Claude nor Poussin ever worshipped such an " aerial medium . " We think we hear the spirit of the enthusiastic artist ...
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... Crag rising above Goat's Tarn ! and how beautiful the wavy windings up the breast of WALNA SCAR ! We have gloriously enjoyed the morn -it wants centuries yet of meridian - let us not " lose and neglect the creeping hours of time , " in ...
... Crag rising above Goat's Tarn ! and how beautiful the wavy windings up the breast of WALNA SCAR ! We have gloriously enjoyed the morn -it wants centuries yet of meridian - let us not " lose and neglect the creeping hours of time , " in ...
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... you there , ye water- serpents , snoring with your noses towards Ill - Crag ! Save us -save us - save us ! The cramp - the cramp - the cramp ! Gentlemen , we confess that was an indifferent joke — CHRISTOPHER AT THE LAKES . 25 25.
... you there , ye water- serpents , snoring with your noses towards Ill - Crag ! Save us -save us - save us ! The cramp - the cramp - the cramp ! Gentlemen , we confess that was an indifferent joke — CHRISTOPHER AT THE LAKES . 25 25.
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... CRAG , a name that occurs in several places to designate rocks of the same character . The chaotic aspect of the scene is well marked by the expression of a stranger , who strolled out while dinner was preparing , and at his return ...
... CRAG , a name that occurs in several places to designate rocks of the same character . The chaotic aspect of the scene is well marked by the expression of a stranger , who strolled out while dinner was preparing , and at his return ...
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... Crag , which is about two miles , the scenery improves at every step ; but not the river , which , though occasionally pretty , is , upon the whole , tamely featured and lazy . At Goldrill Crag it brightens into agitation , and , after ...
... Crag , which is about two miles , the scenery improves at every step ; but not the river , which , though occasionally pretty , is , upon the whole , tamely featured and lazy . At Goldrill Crag it brightens into agitation , and , after ...
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Page 202 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 222 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way...
Page 203 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 201 - E'er wore his crown as loftily as he Wears the green coronal of leaves with which Thy hand has graced him. Nestled at his root Is beauty, such as blooms not in the glare Of the broad sun. That delicate forest flower With scented breath, and look so like a smile, Seems, as it issues from the shapeless mould, An emanation of the indwelling Life, A visible token of the upholding Love, That are the soul of this wide universe.
Page 202 - Of the last bitter hour come like a blight Over thy spirit, and sad images Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To Nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air — Comes a still voice...
Page 130 - WHEN cats run home and light is come, And dew is cold upon the ground, And the far-off stream is dumb, And the whirring sail goes round, And the whirring sail goes round ; Alone and warming his five wits, The white owl in the belfry sits.
Page 200 - ... of these trees In music ; — thou art in the cooler breath That from the inmost darkness of the place Comes, scarcely felt ; the barky trunks, the ground, The fresh moist ground, are all instinct with thee. Here is continual worship; — nature, here, In the tranquillity that thou dost love, Enjoys thy presence. Noiselessly, around, From perch to perch, the solitary bird Passes ; and yon clear spring, that, midst its herbs, Wells softly forth and visits the strong roots Of half the mighty forest,...
Page 138 - My life is dreary, He cometh not,' she said ; She said, ' I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead...
Page 219 - That lifts his tossing mane. A moment in the British camp — A moment — and away Back to the pathless forest, Before the peep of day. Grave men there are by broad Santee, Grave men with hoary hairs; Their hearts are all with Marion, For Marion are their prayers. And lovely ladies greet our band With kindliest welcoming, With smiles like those of summer, And tears like those of spring. For them we wear these trusty arms, And lay them down no more Till we have driven the Briton Forever from our...
Page 201 - Oh, from these sterner aspects of thy face Spare me and mine, nor let us need the wrath Of the mad unchained elements to teach Who rules them. Be it ours to meditate, In these calm shades, thy milder majesty, And to the beautiful order of thy works Learn to conform the order of our lives.