The Complete Works of Henry Kirke White: With an Account of His Life |
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... give him that education , and direction in life , which his talents deserved and required . It was now determined to breed him up to the hosiery trade , the staple manufacture of his native place ; and at the age of fourteen he was ...
... give him that education , and direction in life , which his talents deserved and required . It was now determined to breed him up to the hosiery trade , the staple manufacture of his native place ; and at the age of fourteen he was ...
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... give them a lecture , and they , probably from curiosity , acceded to the proposal . The next evening they assembled : he lectured upon Genius , and spoke extempore for above two hours , in such a manner , that he received the unani ...
... give them a lecture , and they , probably from curiosity , acceded to the proposal . The next evening they assembled : he lectured upon Genius , and spoke extempore for above two hours , in such a manner , that he received the unani ...
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... give a criticism grossly deficient in equity - the more especially , as I knew of no sort of inducement to extraordinary severity . Your letter , however , has revived me , and I do again venture to hope that I may still produce ...
... give a criticism grossly deficient in equity - the more especially , as I knew of no sort of inducement to extraordinary severity . Your letter , however , has revived me , and I do again venture to hope that I may still produce ...
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... gives you his penny sheet for your sixpence , by way of half purchase , half charity . ' I have materials for another volume , but they were written principally while Clifton Grove was in press , or soon after , and do not now at all ...
... gives you his penny sheet for your sixpence , by way of half purchase , half charity . ' I have materials for another volume , but they were written principally while Clifton Grove was in press , or soon after , and do not now at all ...
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... give a sanction to immorality , that they show something wrong at heart . One little poem of Henry's , remains , which was written in this unsettled state of mind . It exhibits much of his character , and can excite no feelings towards ...
... give a sanction to immorality , that they show something wrong at heart . One little poem of Henry's , remains , which was written in this unsettled state of mind . It exhibits much of his character , and can excite no feelings towards ...
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art thou bliss breast BROTHER NEVILLE calm Capel Lofft Catton charms Christian Clifton Grove dark DEAR NEVILLE death delight divine dost eternal fear feel gale genius give gloom Gondoline grace grave Greek H. K. WHITE hand happy harp hear heard heart Heaven Henry HENRY KIRKE WHITE holy Honington honors hope hour Jesus JOHN CHARLESWORTH John's JOSIAH CONder leave letter light live lonely lyre melancholy mind moon morning mortal mother mournful muse nature never night Nottingham o'er pain pale peace pensive pleasure poems poet prayer Pythagoras Quatorzain religion round scene sigh silent sleep smile solemn song sonnet soon sorrow soul sound spirit sublime sweet tear tell thee thine things thou thought throne tion vale verses virtues wandering wave weep wild winds Winteringham wish write written young youth
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Page 348 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 124 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.
Page 124 - It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever and for evermore, The Star, the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 349 - Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters, and maketh the clouds his chariot, and walketh upon the wings of the wind.
Page 198 - And wing'd the shaft that quiver'd in his heart. Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which...
Page 284 - We know whom we have believed, and are persuaded that he is able to keep that which we have committed unto him against that day.
Page 139 - Tis passing strange, to mark his fallacies: Behold him proudly view some pompous pile, Whose high dome swells to emulate the skies, And smile, and say, my name shall live with this Till Time shall be no more...
Page 28 - O'er Beauty's fall; Her praise resounds no more when mantled in her pall. The most beloved on earth Not long survives to-day; So music past is obsolete, And yet 'twas sweet, 'twas passing sweet, But now 'tis gone away. Thus does the shade In memory fade, When in forsaken tomb the form beloved is laid.
Page 85 - ... Thou broodest on the calm that cheers the lands, And thou dost bear within thine awful hands The rolling thunders and the lightnings fleet. Stern on thy dark-wrought car of cloud, and wind, Thou guid'st the northern storm at night's dead noon, Or on the red wing of the fierce Monsoon, : / Disturb'st the sleeping giant of the Ind. In the drear silence of the polar span Dost thou repose ? or in the solitude Of sultry tracts, where the lone caravan Hears nightly howl the tiger's hungry brood ? Vain...
Page 27 - Still, rigid Nurse, thou art forgiven, For thou severe wert sent from heaven To wean me from the world ; To turn my eye From vanity, And point to scenes of bliss that never, never die.