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... fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent repose . All , all are fled ; yet still I linger here ! What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning thro ' the trees , Whose hollow turret ...
... fled ; nor mirth nor music flows To chase the dreams of innocent repose . All , all are fled ; yet still I linger here ! What secret charms this silent spot endear ? Mark yon old Mansion frowning thro ' the trees , Whose hollow turret ...
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... fled the Sibyl's muttered call , Whose elfin prowess scaled the orchard - wall . As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew , And traced the line of life with searching view , How throbbed my fluttering pulse with hopes and fears ,. To.
... fled the Sibyl's muttered call , Whose elfin prowess scaled the orchard - wall . As o'er my palm the silver piece she drew , And traced the line of life with searching view , How throbbed my fluttering pulse with hopes and fears ,. To.
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... fled spirit of delight ; From whom that musing , melancholy mood Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil dipt in Nature's living hues , To pass the clouds that round ...
... fled spirit of delight ; From whom that musing , melancholy mood Which charms the wise , and elevates the good ; Blest MEMORY , hail ! Oh grant the grateful Muse , Her pencil dipt in Nature's living hues , To pass the clouds that round ...
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... fled , Long o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , Long watched the streaming signal from the mast ; Till twilight's dewy tints deceived his eye , And fairy - forests fringed the evening - sky . So Scotia's Queen , as slowly dawned the ...
... fled , Long o'er the wave a wistful look he cast , Long watched the streaming signal from the mast ; Till twilight's dewy tints deceived his eye , And fairy - forests fringed the evening - sky . So Scotia's Queen , as slowly dawned the ...
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... fled ! When evening tinged the lake's ethereal blue , And her deep shades irregularly threw ; Their shifting sail dropt gently from the cove , Down by St. Herbert's consecrated grove ; Whence erst the chanted hymn , the tapered rite ...
... fled ! When evening tinged the lake's ethereal blue , And her deep shades irregularly threw ; Their shifting sail dropt gently from the cove , Down by St. Herbert's consecrated grove ; Whence erst the chanted hymn , the tapered rite ...
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Ęschylus age to age ancient bids bless blest breathe bright called calm CANTO charm child Cicero clouds Columbus Cortes courser dark delight DRAWING BY TURNER dream ENGRAVED BY GOODALL Euripides father fear fled flowers fond gaze glory glows grove hail hand hear heart heaven Hence Herodotus Herrera Hist hope and fear hour hung Icarius inspire light lisp live look MEMORY mighty Wind mind Muse night o'er once Pausanias Petrarch Plato pleasure rapture resigned rise round sacred sail sate says scene secret seraph shade shed shine shore sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul sphere spirit spring steals stood sung sweet swell tears thee thine thou thought thro trace trembling triumphs truth Twas vale VESPASIAN VIRGIL'S tomb Virtue voice Voyage wake wandering wave weep whence wild wind wings youth
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Page 203 - MINE be a cot beside the hill, A bee-hive's hum shall soothe my ear ; A willowy brook, that turns a mill, With many a fall, shall linger near. The swallow, oft, beneath my thatch Shall twitter from her clay-built nest ; Oft shall the pilgrim lift the latch, And share my meal, a welcome guest.
Page 295 - My conceit of his person was never increased toward him by his place, or honours, but I have and do reverence him, for the greatness that was only proper to himself, in that he seemed to me ever, by his work, one of the greatest men, and most worthy of admiration, that had been in many ages. In his adversity I ever prayed that God would give him strength ; for greatness he could not want. Neither could I condole in a word or syllable for him, as knowing no accident could do harm to virtue, but rather...
Page 76 - Her by her smile how soon the Stranger knows ; How soon by his the glad discovery shows ! As to her lips she lifts the lovely boy, What answering looks of sympathy and joy ! He walks, he speaks. In many a broken word His wants, his wishes, and his griefs are heard. And ever, ever to her lap he flies, When rosy Sleep comes on with sweet surprise.
Page 104 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jacet...
Page 108 - Thou shalt rise up before the hoary head, and honour the face of the old man, and fear thy God : I am the LORD.
Page 110 - I began thus far to assent both to them and divers of my friends here at home ; and not less to an inward prompting which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, which I take to be my portion in- this life, joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 69 - For now the caudle-cup is circling there, Now, glad at heart, the gossips breathe their prayer, And, crowding, stop the cradle to admire The babe, the sleeping Image of his sire, A few short years — and then these sounds shall hail The day again, and gladness fill the vale ; So soon the child a youth, the youth a man, Eager to run the race his fathers ran, Then the huge ox shall yield the broad sirloin ; The ale...
Page 103 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 300 - Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 111 - The soul of music slumbers in the shell, Till waked and kindled by the master's spell ; And feeling hearts — touch them but rightly — pour A thousand melodies unheard before...