The World's Best Poetry ...John Vance Cheney, Sir Charles G. D. Roberts, Francis Hovey Stoddard, John Raymond Howard J. D. Morris, 1904 - English poetry |
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Page 49
... misty spectres flew , They rend the air with frightful cries ; For he has gained the welkin blue , And the land of clouds beneath him lies . Up to the cope careering swift , In breathless motion 4 FAIRIES : ELVES : SPRITES . 49.
... misty spectres flew , They rend the air with frightful cries ; For he has gained the welkin blue , And the land of clouds beneath him lies . Up to the cope careering swift , In breathless motion 4 FAIRIES : ELVES : SPRITES . 49.
Page 51
... her bosom rise , And the tear - drop started in her eyes . And " O , sweet spirit of earth , " she cried , " Return no more to your woodland height , But ever here with me abide In the land of FAIRIES : ELVES : SPRITES . 51.
... her bosom rise , And the tear - drop started in her eyes . And " O , sweet spirit of earth , " she cried , " Return no more to your woodland height , But ever here with me abide In the land of FAIRIES : ELVES : SPRITES . 51.
Page 53
... cried , " I have sworn to - night , On the word of a fairy knight , To do my sentence - task aright ; My honor scarce is free from stain , - I may not soil its snows again ; Betide me weal , betide me woe , Its mandate must be answered ...
... cried , " I have sworn to - night , On the word of a fairy knight , To do my sentence - task aright ; My honor scarce is free from stain , - I may not soil its snows again ; Betide me weal , betide me woe , Its mandate must be answered ...
Page 61
... cries of hell ! voices that howl and shriek ! The horrid swarm before the tempest tossed— O Heaven ! -descends my lowly roof to seek : Bends the strong wall beneath the furious host . Totters the house , as though , like dry leaf ...
... cries of hell ! voices that howl and shriek ! The horrid swarm before the tempest tossed— O Heaven ! -descends my lowly roof to seek : Bends the strong wall beneath the furious host . Totters the house , as though , like dry leaf ...
Page 88
... cried . The goddess's ire Was roused ; and as he spoke , what liquor yet The bowl retained , full in his face she dashed . His cheeks broke out in blotches ; what were arms Turned legs , and from the shortened trunk a tail Tapered ...
... cried . The goddess's ire Was roused ; and as he spoke , what liquor yet The bowl retained , full in his face she dashed . His cheeks broke out in blotches ; what were arms Turned legs , and from the shortened trunk a tail Tapered ...
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beauty beneath bird BLISS CARMAN blow breast breath breeze bright Camelot cloud cried dark dead dear death deep door doth dreams earth EDMUND SPENSER EDWIN MARKHAM ERNEST CHARLES JONES eyes fair fairy fancy fear flower FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER gleam golden gray hair hand Hark hast hath hear heard heart heaven hour Jean François Millet JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE Judas Iscariot Kilmeny Labor lady lady of Shalott land laugh light live looked Lord mind moon Moonlight Song murmured never Nevermore night o'er once passion poet rest Rhocus river rose round shadows Shalott shore sigh silence sing sleep smile snow soft song sorrow soul of Judas sound spirit stars stood stream sweet tears tell thee things thou thought toil Translation tree voice wave weary wild wind wine wings
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Page 119 - And now the storm-blast came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold; And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald...
Page 317 - Homer ruled as his demesne ; Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold : Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken ; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He...
Page 396 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly,
Page 124 - See! see! (I cried) she tacks no more! Hither to work us weal; Without a breeze, without a tide, She steadies with upright keel!
Page 129 - My lips were wet, my throat was cold, My garments all were dank ; Sure I had drunken in my dreams, And still my body drank. I moved, and could not feel my limbs: I was so light — almost I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost.
Page 121 - The Sun now rose upon the right : Out of the sea came he, Still hid in mist, and on the left Went down into the sea. And the good south wind still blew behind, But no sweet bird did follow, Nor any day for food or play Came to the mariners...
Page 389 - In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port: the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have...
Page 122 - All in a hot and copper sky, The bloody Sun, at noon, Right up above the mast did stand, No bigger than the Moon. Day after day, day after day, We stuck, nor breath nor motion; As idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean.
Page 130 - Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too: Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze — On me alone it blew.
Page 221 - There, on beds of violets blue And fresh-blown roses washed in dew, Filled her with thee, a daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee...