PoemsMoxon, 1860 - 306 pages |
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Page 123
... sits the bird that speaks ! there , quivering , rise Wings that reflect the glow of evening - skies ! Half bird , half fly , the fairy king of flowers Reigns there , and revels thro ' the fragrant hours ; Gem full of life , and joy ...
... sits the bird that speaks ! there , quivering , rise Wings that reflect the glow of evening - skies ! Half bird , half fly , the fairy king of flowers Reigns there , and revels thro ' the fragrant hours ; Gem full of life , and joy ...
Page 126
... Sits half - withdrawn in faded splendour there ? " Tis he of yore , the warrior and the sage , Whose lips have moved in prayer from age to age ; Whose eyes , that wandered as in search before , Now on COLUMBUS fixed - to search no more ...
... Sits half - withdrawn in faded splendour there ? " Tis he of yore , the warrior and the sage , Whose lips have moved in prayer from age to age ; Whose eyes , that wandered as in search before , Now on COLUMBUS fixed - to search no more ...
Page 127
... sit round ; and now the young Climb the green boughs , the murmuring doves among . Who claims the prize , when winged feet contend ; When twanging bows the flaming arrows send ? + Who stands self - centred in the field of fame , And ...
... sit round ; and now the young Climb the green boughs , the murmuring doves among . Who claims the prize , when winged feet contend ; When twanging bows the flaming arrows send ? + Who stands self - centred in the field of fame , And ...
Page 150
... sit . ” — LUTHERUS , De Missa Privata . The Roman Ritual requires three signs of possession . Page 115 , line 7 . And can you shrink ? & c . The same language had been addressed to Isabella.— Hist . c . 15 . Page 115 , line 9 . Oh had I ...
... sit . ” — LUTHERUS , De Missa Privata . The Roman Ritual requires three signs of possession . Page 115 , line 7 . And can you shrink ? & c . The same language had been addressed to Isabella.— Hist . c . 15 . Page 115 , line 9 . Oh had I ...
Page 154
... sits the bird that speaks ! The parrot , as described by Aristotle . - Hist . Animal . viii . 12 . Page 123 , line 27 . Half bird , half fly , Here are birds so small , says Herrera , that , though they are birds , they are taken for ...
... sits the bird that speaks ! The parrot , as described by Aristotle . - Hist . Animal . viii . 12 . Page 123 , line 27 . Half bird , half fly , Here are birds so small , says Herrera , that , though they are birds , they are taken for ...
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admiration ancient beautiful bids blessed blest breathe bright called CANTO CHARLES JAMES Fox charm Cicero Columbus dark death delight dream Euripides eyes father fear feelings Finden fled flowers fond gaze Gilbert Wakefield glows Goodall grey grove hail hand hear heart Heaven Hence Herodotus Hist hope hour Household Deities hung Icarius Italy light line 15 lived look Lord mind musing Newington Green night o'er once Petrarch Pleasures of Memory poems Poet resigned Richard Sharp rise Rogers round sacred sail Samuel Rogers sate says scene secret shade shed shine sigh silent sleep smile song soon sorrow soul spirit stood Stothard Stourbridge sung sweet swell taste tears thee thine Thomas Rogers thou thought thro trace trembling triumph Turner Twas verse virtue voice wake wandering wave weep wild wings wish Worcestershire young youth