PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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Page 66
... groves and fountains - all things that delight . " Oh , I would stop , and linger if I might ! " We fly ; no resting for the foot we find ; All dark before , all desolate behind ! At length the brink appears - but one step more 66.
... groves and fountains - all things that delight . " Oh , I would stop , and linger if I might ! " We fly ; no resting for the foot we find ; All dark before , all desolate behind ! At length the brink appears - but one step more 66.
Page 68
... things that perish here , Waiting for life — but in a nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves as in a heaven on earth ! Sun , moon , and stars - the land , the sea , the sky To him shine out as in ...
... things that perish here , Waiting for life — but in a nobler sphere ! Look where he comes ! Rejoicing in his birth , Awhile he moves as in a heaven on earth ! Sun , moon , and stars - the land , the sea , the sky To him shine out as in ...
Page 85
... things Come in their turn . Morning , and Evening , brings Its holy office ; and the sabbath - bell , That over wood and wild and mountain - dell Wanders so far , chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical , most melancholy ...
... things Come in their turn . Morning , and Evening , brings Its holy office ; and the sabbath - bell , That over wood and wild and mountain - dell Wanders so far , chasing all thoughts unholy With sounds most musical , most melancholy ...
Page 86
... things above , The world forgot , or all its wrongs forgiven Who would not say they trod the path to Heaven ? Nor at the fragrant hour — at early dawn— Under the elm - tree on his level lawn , Or in his porch is he less duly found ...
... things above , The world forgot , or all its wrongs forgiven Who would not say they trod the path to Heaven ? Nor at the fragrant hour — at early dawn— Under the elm - tree on his level lawn , Or in his porch is he less duly found ...
Page 100
... as they wander , picturing things , like me , Not as they are but as they ought to be , Trace out the Journey through their little Day , And fondly dream an idle hour away . Stothard R.A. Finder NOTES . P. 64 , 1. 18 . Stand still. 100.
... as they wander , picturing things , like me , Not as they are but as they ought to be , Trace out the Journey through their little Day , And fondly dream an idle hour away . Stothard R.A. Finder NOTES . P. 64 , 1. 18 . Stand still. 100.
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