Lyrical Ballads,: With Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Volume 2T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row, 1800 - English poetry |
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... side of the road which leads from Richmond to Askrigg . Its name is derived from a remarkable chace , the memory of which is preserved by the monuments spoken of in the second Part of the following Poem , which monuments do now exist as ...
... side of the road which leads from Richmond to Askrigg . Its name is derived from a remarkable chace , the memory of which is preserved by the monuments spoken of in the second Part of the following Poem , which monuments do now exist as ...
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... side ; I will not stop to tell how far he fled , Nor will I mention by what death he died ; But now the Knight beholds him lying dead . Dismounting then , he lean'd against a thorn ; He had no follower , dog , nor man , nor boy : He ...
... side ; I will not stop to tell how far he fled , Nor will I mention by what death he died ; But now the Knight beholds him lying dead . Dismounting then , he lean'd against a thorn ; He had no follower , dog , nor man , nor boy : He ...
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With Other Poems. In Two Volumes William Wordsworth. Upon his side the Hart was lying stretch'd : His nose half - touch'd a spring beneath a hill , And with the last deep groan his breath had fetch'd The waters of the spring were ...
With Other Poems. In Two Volumes William Wordsworth. Upon his side the Hart was lying stretch'd : His nose half - touch'd a spring beneath a hill , And with the last deep groan his breath had fetch'd The waters of the spring were ...
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... side . In April here beneath the scented thorn He heard the birds their morning carols sing , And he , perhaps , for aught we know , was born Not half a furlong from that self - same spring . ། But now here's neither grass nor pleasant ...
... side . In April here beneath the scented thorn He heard the birds their morning carols sing , And he , perhaps , for aught we know , was born Not half a furlong from that self - same spring . ། But now here's neither grass nor pleasant ...
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... side , and gaze and gaze , And , while the broad green wave and sparkling foam Flash'd round him images and hues , that wrought In union with the employment of his heart , He , thus by feverish passion overcome , Even with the organs of ...
... side , and gaze and gaze , And , while the broad green wave and sparkling foam Flash'd round him images and hues , that wrought In union with the employment of his heart , He , thus by feverish passion overcome , Even with the organs of ...
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Page 137 - ... their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see, Even in the motions of the Storm, Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy. " The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 136 - Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown; This Child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. "Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse: and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Page 137 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Page 107 - The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.
Page 201 - Therefore, although it be a history Homely and rude, I will relate the same For the delight of a few natural hearts, And with yet fonder feeling, for the sake Of youthful Poets, who among these Hills Will be my second self when I am gone.
Page 53 - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears : She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees ; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
Page 200 - With a few sheep, with rocks and stones, and kites That overhead are sailing in the sky. It is in truth an utter solitude ; Nor should I have made mention of this dell But for one object which you might pass by, Might see and notice not.
Page 52 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 15 - Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake.
Page 130 - If there be one who need bemoan His kindred laid in earth, The household hearts that were his own, It is the man of mirth. My days, my friend, are almost gone; My life has been approved, And many love me ; but by none Am I enough beloved.