Poetical reader, by J. MartinJames Martin (of the Wedgwood inst, Burslem) 1880 |
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... Till he the thing and the example weigh , All being brought into a sum , What place or person calls for , he doth pay . 4. Whom none can work or woo , To use in anything a trick or sleight ; For above all things he abhors deceit ! His ...
... Till he the thing and the example weigh , All being brought into a sum , What place or person calls for , he doth pay . 4. Whom none can work or woo , To use in anything a trick or sleight ; For above all things he abhors deceit ! His ...
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... Till billows rage , and gales blow hard , And whelm him o'er ! 7. Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n , Who long with wants and woes has striv'n , By human pride or cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink , Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but ...
... Till billows rage , and gales blow hard , And whelm him o'er ! 7. Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n , Who long with wants and woes has striv'n , By human pride or cunning driv'n To mis'ry's brink , Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but ...
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... Till too , too soon , the glowing west Proclaimed the speed of wingèd day . 4. Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes , And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but th ' impression stronger makes , As streams their channels deeper wear ...
... Till too , too soon , the glowing west Proclaimed the speed of wingèd day . 4. Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes , And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but th ' impression stronger makes , As streams their channels deeper wear ...
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... Till all is ours that sages taught , That poets sang , and heroes wrought . 4. Night is the time to weep ! - To wet with unseen tears Those graves of memory , where sleep The joys of other years , - Hopes , that were angels at their ...
... Till all is ours that sages taught , That poets sang , and heroes wrought . 4. Night is the time to weep ! - To wet with unseen tears Those graves of memory , where sleep The joys of other years , - Hopes , that were angels at their ...
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... Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly - tree . 6. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green , The holly leaves their fadeless hues display Less bright than they , But when the ...
... Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the holly - tree . 6. And as when all the summer trees are seen So bright and green , The holly leaves their fadeless hues display Less bright than they , But when the ...
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Popular passages
Page 109 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 97 - Angels ; for ye behold him, and with songs, And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing ; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 57 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we ; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Page 57 - Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE. For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE ; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes Of the beautiful ANNABEL LEE.
Page 153 - As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done : Perseverance, dear my lord, Keeps honour bright : To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery.
Page 110 - Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those who in their turn shall follow them.
Page 49 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight : and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 97 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair ; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 48 - The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee and arbiter of war,— These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 64 - O, how much more doth beauty beauteous seem By that sweet ornament which truth doth give! The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour which doth in it live. The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses...