Poeti inglesi dell'ottocento

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R. Bemporad e fo., 1925 - English poetry - 529 pages
 

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Page 248 - Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers
Page 407 - THE ROOTS OF THE MOUNTAINS, wherein is told somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale, their Friends, their Neighbours, their Foemen, and their Fellows-in-Arms.
Page 191 - POSTHUMOUS FRAGMENTS OF MARGARET NICHOLSON; Being Poems found amongst the Papers of that noted Female, who attempted the life of the King in 1786.
Page 389 - Lay a garland on my hearse, Of the dismal yew; Maidens, willow branches bear; Say I died true: My love was false, but I was firm From my hour of birth. Upon my buried body lie Lightly, gentle earth!
Page 191 - LAON AND CYTHNA; or, The Revolution of the Golden City. A Vision of the Nineteenth Century.
Page 13 - Mancò 1' antico ardore, E son tranquillo a segno Che in me non trova sdegno Per mascherarsi Amor. Non cangio più colore, Quando il tuo nome ascolto : Quando ti miro in volto, Più non mi batte il cor. Sogno, ma te non miro Sempre ne' sogni miei: Mi desto, e tu non sei II primo mio pensier.
Page 213 - Elisha-like (but with a wish much less, More fit thy greatness, and my littleness) Lo here I beg (I whom thou once didst prove So humble to esteem, so good to love) Not that thy spirit might on me doubled be, I ask but half thy mighty spirit for me ; And when my muse soars with so strong a wing, 'Twill learn of things divine, and first of thee to sing.
Page 312 - PARLEYINGS WITH CERTAIN PEOPLE OF IMPORTANCE IN THEIR DAY: TO WIT: BERNARD DE MANDEVILLE, DANIEL BARTOLI, CHRISTOPHER SMART, GEORGE BUBB DODINGTON. FRANCIS FURINI, GERARD DE LAIRESSE, AND CHARLES AVISON, INTRODUCED BV A DIALOGUE BETWEEN APOLLO AND THE FATES; CONCLUDED BY ANOTHER BETWEEN JOHN FUST AND HIS FRIENDS.
Page 524 - LOAN DEPT. This hook is due on thè last date stamped below, or on thè date to which renewed. Renewed books are subject to immediate recali.
Page 84 - Under the Greenwood Tree Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me, And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither: Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather. Who doth ambition shun And loves to live i...

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