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... mountains are said to nod their drowsy heads , and the flowers to sweat under the night - dews . The poet of such an age , if he reflected the characteristics of his own time , could hardly be expected to excel except in philosophical ...
... mountains are said to nod their drowsy heads , and the flowers to sweat under the night - dews . The poet of such an age , if he reflected the characteristics of his own time , could hardly be expected to excel except in philosophical ...
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... Mountain Daisy .. 146 son .. 114 To a Mouse , on turning her up in An Ode . 115 her Nest with the Plough .... ....... 148 The Passions . 115 A Bard's Epitaph 149 To Mary in Heaven . 150 THOMAS GRAY . John Anderson , my Jo . 151 Elegy ...
... Mountain Daisy .. 146 son .. 114 To a Mouse , on turning her up in An Ode . 115 her Nest with the Plough .... ....... 148 The Passions . 115 A Bard's Epitaph 149 To Mary in Heaven . 150 THOMAS GRAY . John Anderson , my Jo . 151 Elegy ...
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... Mountains ... 172 Stanzas for Music .. 211 Ode . Intimations of Immortality The Ocean .. 211 from Recollections of early Childhood . Before the Battle of Waterloo .. 212 173 Ode to Duty . 177 The Death of Henry Kirke White . 214 The ...
... Mountains ... 172 Stanzas for Music .. 211 Ode . Intimations of Immortality The Ocean .. 211 from Recollections of early Childhood . Before the Battle of Waterloo .. 212 173 Ode to Duty . 177 The Death of Henry Kirke White . 214 The ...
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... mountain - tops with sovereign eye , Kissing with golden face the meadows green , Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchymy ; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face , And from the forlorn world his ...
... mountain - tops with sovereign eye , Kissing with golden face the meadows green , Gilding pale streams with heavenly alchymy ; Anon permit the basest clouds to ride With ugly rack on his celestial face , And from the forlorn world his ...
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... mountains yields . And we will sit upon the rocks , Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers , to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . And I will make thee beds of roses , And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap ...
... mountains yields . And we will sit upon the rocks , Seeing the shepherds feed their flocks By shallow rivers , to whose falls Melodious birds sing madrigals . And I will make thee beds of roses , And a thousand fragrant posies ; A cap ...
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Page 41 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes; 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway, It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 229 - Homer ruled as his demesne : Yet did I never breathe its pure serene Till I heard Chapman speak out loud and bold: — Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Look'd at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Page 213 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness: And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs, Which ne'er might be repeated: who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since upon night so sweet such awful morn could rise!
Page 223 - Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 115 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.
Page 187 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 46 - And moan the expense of many a vanished sight: Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.
Page 44 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water ; the poop was beaten gold, Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them, the oars were silver, Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water which they beat to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 42 - How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank! Here will we sit, and let the sounds of music Creep in our ears: soft stillness and the night Become the touches of sweet harmony. Sit, Jessica. Look, how the floor of heaven Is thick inlaid with patines...
Page 70 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest he, returning, chide, "Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?