PoemsEdward Moxon, 1842 - 304 pages |
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Page 56
... Glory , says one of the Ancients , is to be acquired by doing what deserves to be written , and writing what deserves to be read ; and by making the world the happier and the better for our having lived in it . P. 28 , 1. 5 . These ...
... Glory , says one of the Ancients , is to be acquired by doing what deserves to be written , and writing what deserves to be read ; and by making the world the happier and the better for our having lived in it . P. 28 , 1. 5 . These ...
Page 68
... the Spring , The Summer's glory , and the rich repose Of Autumn , and the Winter's silvery snows . Man through the changing scene let me pursue , Himself how wondrous in his changes too ! Not Man , the sullen savage in his den ; 68.
... the Spring , The Summer's glory , and the rich repose Of Autumn , and the Winter's silvery snows . Man through the changing scene let me pursue , Himself how wondrous in his changes too ! Not Man , the sullen savage in his den ; 68.
Page 90
... length fulfilled - and now prepared to go ? His hands on hers - as through the mists of night , She gazes on him with imperfect sight ; Her glory now , as ever her delight ! } To her , methinks , a second Youth is given 90.
... length fulfilled - and now prepared to go ? His hands on hers - as through the mists of night , She gazes on him with imperfect sight ; Her glory now , as ever her delight ! } To her , methinks , a second Youth is given 90.
Page 113
... glory now , as ever her delight ! Epaminondas , after his victory at Leuctra , rejoiced most of all at the pleasure which it would give his father and mother ; and who would not have envied them their feelings ? Cornelia was called at ...
... glory now , as ever her delight ! Epaminondas , after his victory at Leuctra , rejoiced most of all at the pleasure which it would give his father and mother ; and who would not have envied them their feelings ? Cornelia was called at ...
Page 123
... glory burst , and melt away ! When April - verdure springs in Grosvenor - square , And the furred Beauty comes to winter there , She bids old Nature mar the plan no more ; Yet still the seasons circle as before . Ah , still as soon the ...
... glory burst , and melt away ! When April - verdure springs in Grosvenor - square , And the furred Beauty comes to winter there , She bids old Nature mar the plan no more ; Yet still the seasons circle as before . Ah , still as soon the ...
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Ęschylus age to age ancient bids bless blest breathe bright called calm CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus controul Cortes courser dark delight dream Euripides father fear Finden fled flowers fond gaze glory glows grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Herrera Hist holy hope and fear hour human voice hung Icarius inspire light live look mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once Pausanias Petrarch Plato pleasure R.A. Goodall rapture resigned rise round sacred sail sate says scene secret seraph shade shadow shed shine shore sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit spring steals stood Stothard sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Turner Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL'S tomb virtue voice wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings young youth