The Poets of America, Volume 1John Keese S. Colman, 1840 - American poetry |
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... goblins ' spite , For he saw around in the sweet moonshine , Their little wee faces above the brine , Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the Fairy wight . THE CULPRIT FAY . 31 XVI . Soon he gathered.
... goblins ' spite , For he saw around in the sweet moonshine , Their little wee faces above the brine , Giggling and laughing with all their might At the piteous hap of the Fairy wight . THE CULPRIT FAY . 31 XVI . Soon he gathered.
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... sweet in the clear moonlight , To tread the starry plain of even , To meet the thousand eyes of night , And feel the cooling breath of heaven ; But the Elfin made no stop or stay Till he came to the bank of the milky - way , Then he ...
... sweet in the clear moonlight , To tread the starry plain of even , To meet the thousand eyes of night , And feel the cooling breath of heaven ; But the Elfin made no stop or stay Till he came to the bank of the milky - way , Then he ...
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... sweet spirit of earth , " she cried , " Return no more to your woodland height , But ever here with me abide In the land of everlasting light ! Within the fleecy drift we'll lie , We'll hang upon the rainbow's rim ; THE CULPRIT FAY . 43 ...
... sweet spirit of earth , " she cried , " Return no more to your woodland height , But ever here with me abide In the land of everlasting light ! Within the fleecy drift we'll lie , We'll hang upon the rainbow's rim ; THE CULPRIT FAY . 43 ...
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... sweet cheek and moonlight eye , But in his dreams her form to see , To clasp her in his revery , To think upon his virgin bride , Was worth all heaven and earth beside . XXXIV . ' Lady , " he cried , " I have sworn to - night , On the ...
... sweet cheek and moonlight eye , But in his dreams her form to see , To clasp her in his revery , To think upon his virgin bride , Was worth all heaven and earth beside . XXXIV . ' Lady , " he cried , " I have sworn to - night , On the ...
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... sweet Art ! new radiance broke , Where her light foot flew o'er the ground , And thus with seraph voice she spoke : " The Curse a Blessing shall be found . " She led him through the trackless wild , Where noontide sunbeam never blazed ...
... sweet Art ! new radiance broke , Where her light foot flew o'er the ground , And thus with seraph voice she spoke : " The Curse a Blessing shall be found . " She led him through the trackless wild , Where noontide sunbeam never blazed ...
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ALARIC ALNWICK CASTLE beam beauty bending beneath bird blue bosom bough bowers BOZZARIS breast breath breeze bright brow charm cheek cloud courser crimson CULPRIT FAY dark death deep dream earth elfin fading fair fairy float flowers forest gale gaze gems gentle glance gleam glorious glory glow golden Greece green GREEN RIVER grove hast hath hear heard heart heaven hills hour land leap light lonely lyre moonlight morning N. P. WILLIS night o'er old oaken bucket pale passed Pindus purple rock rose round scene shade SHAKSPEARE ODE shine shore sigh silent moon silver sleep smile soft song soul sound spirit spring stars storm stream summer sweet swelling sylphs tear THANATOPSIS thee thine thou art thoughts throne tone tree Twas VISIGOTH VISIT FROM ST voice wandering water-sprites waters wave ween wild winds wing witch-hazel woods young
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Page 57 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view ! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew_; THE BUCKET.
Page 136 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer...
Page 141 - They fought like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain; They conquered; but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won, Then saw in death his eyelids close, Calmly as to a night's repose— Like flowers at set of sun.
Page 59 - There is a Power whose care teaches thy way along that pathless coast, the desert and illimitable air — lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, at that far height, the cold thin atmosphere, yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, though the dark night is near.
Page 78 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 213 - THE melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year, Of wailing winds, and naked woods, and meadows brown and sere. Heaped in the hollows of the grove, the autumn leaves lie dead ; They rustle to the eddying gust, and to the rabbit's tread ; The robin and the wren are flown, and from the shrubs the jay, And from the wood-top calls the crow through all the gloomy day. Where are the flowers, the fair young...
Page 103 - Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When what to my wondering eyes should appear But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
Page 104 - As I drew in my head and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot...
Page 112 - There with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush like a banner bathed in slaughter ; There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea ; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea...
Page 48 - To hear the tempest trumpings loud And see the lightning lances driven, When strive the warriors of the storm, And rolls the thunder-drum of heaven, Child of the sun ! to thee 'tis given To guard the banner of the free, To hover in the sulphur smoke, To ward away the battle stroke, And bid its blendings shine afar, Like rainbows on the cloud of war, The harbingers...