The Poetical Works of Rogers, Campbell, J. Montgomery, Lamb, and Kirke White ... |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 9
... scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original : and , as cold and darkness suggest ... scene : village , and of the pleasing melancholy which it excites Still'd is the hum that through the hamlet broke ...
... scenes of antiquity . Hence a picture directs our thoughts to the original : and , as cold and darkness suggest ... scene : village , and of the pleasing melancholy which it excites Still'd is the hum that through the hamlet broke ...
Page 10
... scene , The tangled wood - walk , and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and lo , they live ! Clothed with far softer hues than Light can give Thou first , best friend that Heaven assigns below To soothe and sweeten all the ...
... scene , The tangled wood - walk , and the tufted green ! Indulgent MEMORY wakes , and lo , they live ! Clothed with far softer hues than Light can give Thou first , best friend that Heaven assigns below To soothe and sweeten all the ...
Page 11
... scene inspires . Each thrilis the seat of sense , that sacred source Whence the fine nerves direct their mazy course , And through the frame invisibly convey The subtle , quick vibrations as they play . Survey the globe , each ruder ...
... scene inspires . Each thrilis the seat of sense , that sacred source Whence the fine nerves direct their mazy course , And through the frame invisibly convey The subtle , quick vibrations as they play . Survey the globe , each ruder ...
Page 13
... scene , some dear , familiar face : And ere , with iron tongue , the vesper - bell Bursts through the cypress - walk ... scenes that glow , with images that breathe ! And whence these scenes , these images , declare : Whence but from Her ...
... scene , some dear , familiar face : And ere , with iron tongue , the vesper - bell Bursts through the cypress - walk ... scenes that glow , with images that breathe ! And whence these scenes , these images , declare : Whence but from Her ...
Page 14
... scenes of life , when present and confest , Stamp but their bolder features on the breast ; Yet not an image , when ... scene , majestically rude ; To note the sweet simplicity of life , Far from the din of Folly's idle strife ; Nor ...
... scenes of life , when present and confest , Stamp but their bolder features on the breast ; Yet not an image , when ... scene , majestically rude ; To note the sweet simplicity of life , Far from the din of Folly's idle strife ; Nor ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
age to age amidst arms art thou beauty behold beneath blest blood bosom breast breath Capel Lofft Charles Lamb charm clouds dark dead death deep delight dream earth eternal father fear fire flame flowers foes gaze gloom glory Gondoline grace grave Greenland grief hand hath heard heart heaven Henry Kirke White hope hour Javan land light living lonely look'd Lord lyre mind moon morning mother mountains Muse Nature's never night Note numbers o'er once pale pass'd peace Petrarch PSALM rapture rest rise rock rose round scene seem'd shade shine shore sigh silent sing sleep slumbers smile song SONNET sorrow soul spirit star stood storm sublime sweet tears tempest thee Theodric thine thou thought tomb trembling turn'd vale Venice vex'd voice wandering waves weep wild wind wings woods youth
Popular passages
Page 150 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulph'rous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry ! Few, few shall part where many meet ! The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet Shall be a soldier's sepulchre.
Page 149 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 485 - Deep horror then my vitals froze, death-struck, -I ceased the tide to stem; when suddenly a star arose — it was the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 485 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died.
Page 351 - FRIEND after friend departs ; Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts, That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our only rest, Living or dying none were blest.
Page 149 - Again! again! again! And the havoc did not slack, Till a feeble cheer the Dane To our cheering sent us back;— Their shots along the deep slowly boom:— Then ceased— and all is wail, As they strike the shatter'd sail; Or in conflagration pale, Light the gloom.
Page 116 - Oh ! bloodiest picture in the book of time, Sarmatia fell — unwept— without a crime ! Found not a generous friend — a pitying foe — Strength in her arms, nor mercy in her woe ! Dropped from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear— Closed her bright eye, and curbed her high career ! — Hope, for a season, bade the world farewell, And Freedom shrieked — as KOSCIUSKO fell!
Page 351 - Thus star by star declines, Till all are passed away, As morning high and higher shines, To pure and perfect day ; Nor sink those stars in empty night ; They hide themselves in heaven's own light.
Page 26 - ... an inward prompting, which now grew daily upon me, that by labour and intent study, (which I take to be my portion in this life,) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written, to after-times, as they should not willingly let it die.
Page 63 - When on an idle day, a day of search 'Mid the old lumber in the gallery, That mouldering chest was noticed ; and 'twas said By one as young, as thoughtless as GINEVRA, " Why not remove it from its lurking-place...