PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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Page 12
... face with silent awe , Her tattered mantle , and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips , her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore , Imps , in the barn with mousing owlet bred , From rifled roost at nightly ...
... face with silent awe , Her tattered mantle , and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips , her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore , Imps , in the barn with mousing owlet bred , From rifled roost at nightly ...
Page 19
... face . The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue ...
... face . The hoary grandsire smiles the hour away , Won by the raptures of a game at play ; He bends to meet each artless burst of joy , Forgets his age , and acts again the boy . What tho ' the iron school of War erase Each milder virtue ...
Page 21
... face no more , His faithful dog shall tell his joy to each , With that mute eloquence which passes speech.— And see , the master but returns to die ! Yet who shall bid the watchful servant fly ? The blasts of heaven , the drenching dews ...
... face no more , His faithful dog shall tell his joy to each , With that mute eloquence which passes speech.— And see , the master but returns to die ! Yet who shall bid the watchful servant fly ? The blasts of heaven , the drenching dews ...
Page 28
... face : And ere , with iron - tongue , the vesper - bell Bursts thro ' the cypress - walk , the convent - cell , Oft will her warm and wayward heart revive , To love and joy still tremblingly alive ; The whispered vow , the chaste caress ...
... face : And ere , with iron - tongue , the vesper - bell Bursts thro ' the cypress - walk , the convent - cell , Oft will her warm and wayward heart revive , To love and joy still tremblingly alive ; The whispered vow , the chaste caress ...
Page 38
... face ? Can VIRGIL'S verse , can RAPHAEL'S touch impart Those finer features of the feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints that shun the careless eye And in the world's contagious climate die ? She left the cave , nor marked the stranger ...
... face ? Can VIRGIL'S verse , can RAPHAEL'S touch impart Those finer features of the feeling heart , Those tend'rer tints that shun the careless eye And in the world's contagious climate die ? She left the cave , nor marked the stranger ...
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