PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page xvi
... busy feet now seen no more . ' This churchyard the Poet had in his mind when he said- ' Here alone ' I search the record of each mouldering stone . ' The visits to the Hill also sometimes led him to the Leasowes , lately the picturesque ...
... busy feet now seen no more . ' This churchyard the Poet had in his mind when he said- ' Here alone ' I search the record of each mouldering stone . ' The visits to the Hill also sometimes led him to the Leasowes , lately the picturesque ...
Page xxv
... busy upon this poem for six years ; but he thought it safest not to put his name to it , and he described it as by the author of the ' Ode to Superstition . ' was at once most favourably received and universally admired . The Monthly ...
... busy upon this poem for six years ; but he thought it safest not to put his name to it , and he described it as by the author of the ' Ode to Superstition . ' was at once most favourably received and universally admired . The Monthly ...
Page 7
... busy day . Her wheel at rest , the matron thrills no more With treasured tales , and legendary lore . All , all are fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent repose . All , all are fled ; yet still I linger.
... busy day . Her wheel at rest , the matron thrills no more With treasured tales , and legendary lore . All , all are fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent repose . All , all are fled ; yet still I linger.
Page 13
... that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet now seen no more , Each eve we shot the marble thro ' the ring , When the heart danced , and life was in its spring ; Alas ! unconscious of the kindred earth , That faintly 13.
... that fronts the chancel - door , Worn smooth by busy feet now seen no more , Each eve we shot the marble thro ' the ring , When the heart danced , and life was in its spring ; Alas ! unconscious of the kindred earth , That faintly 13.
Page 17
... busy tribes were instant on the wing ! Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , As summer - clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives back the joys of youth , Warm as the life , and with the mirror's truth ...
... busy tribes were instant on the wing ! Thus kindred objects kindred thoughts inspire , As summer - clouds flash forth electric fire . And hence this spot gives back the joys of youth , Warm as the life , and with the mirror's truth ...
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