The talking oakTicknor and Fields, 1855 |
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... Five hundred rings of years- XXII . 66 Yet , since I first could cast a shade , Did never creature pass So slightly , musically made , So light upon the grass : 66 XXIII . For as to fairies , that will 6 THE TALKING OAK .
... Five hundred rings of years- XXII . 66 Yet , since I first could cast a shade , Did never creature pass So slightly , musically made , So light upon the grass : 66 XXIII . For as to fairies , that will 6 THE TALKING OAK .
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... light wind chased her on the wing , And in the chase grew wild , As close as might be would he cling About the darling child : XXXIII . " But light as any wind that blows So fleetly did she stir , The flower , she touched on , dipt and ...
... light wind chased her on the wing , And in the chase grew wild , As close as might be would he cling About the darling child : XXXIII . " But light as any wind that blows So fleetly did she stir , The flower , she touched on , dipt and ...
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... But I believe she wept . XLII . “ Then flushed her cheek with rosy light , She glanced across the plain ; But not a creature was in sight : She kissed me once again . XLIII . " Her kisses were so close and kind THE TALKING OAK . 11.
... But I believe she wept . XLII . “ Then flushed her cheek with rosy light , She glanced across the plain ; But not a creature was in sight : She kissed me once again . XLIII . " Her kisses were so close and kind THE TALKING OAK . 11.
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... light her shaded eye ; A second fluttered round her lip Like a golden butterfly ; LVI . " A third would glimmer on her neck To make the necklace shine ; Another slid , a sunny fleck , From head to ankle fine . LVII . “ Then close and ...
... light her shaded eye ; A second fluttered round her lip Like a golden butterfly ; LVI . " A third would glimmer on her neck To make the necklace shine ; Another slid , a sunny fleck , From head to ankle fine . LVII . “ Then close and ...
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... lights of sunset and of sunrise mixed In that brief night ; the summer night , that paused Among her stars to hear us ; stars that hung Love - charmed to listen : all the wheels of Time Spun round in station , but the end had come . O ...
... lights of sunset and of sunrise mixed In that brief night ; the summer night , that paused Among her stars to hear us ; stars that hung Love - charmed to listen : all the wheels of Time Spun round in station , but the end had come . O ...
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Page 37 - Love took up the glass of Time, and turned it in his glowing hands ; Every moment, lightly shaken, ran itself in golden sands. Love took up the harp of Life, and smote on all the chords with might ; Smote the chord of Self, that, trembling, passed in music out of sight.
Page 35 - Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade. Glitter like a swarm of fireflies tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wander'd, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of time; When the centuries behind me like a fruitful land reposed; When I clung to all the present for the promise that it closed; When I dipt into the future far as human eye could see. Saw the vision of the world and all the wonder that would be...
Page 31 - As tho' to breathe were life. Life piled on life Were all too little, and of one to me Little remains: but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself, And this gray spirit yearning in desire To follow knowledge like a sinking star, ^ Beyond the utmost bound of human thought.
Page 207 - Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge ; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 35 - Pleiads, rising through the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wandered, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time...
Page 45 - In the Parliament of man, the Federation of the world. There the common sense of most shall hold a fretful realm in awe, And the kindly earth shall slumber, lapt in universal law.
Page 46 - Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and I linger on the shore, And the individual withers, and the world is more and more.
Page 36 - Then her cheek was pale and thinner than should be for one so young, And her eyes on all my motions with a mute observance hung. And I said, 'My cousin Amy, speak, and speak the truth to me, Trust me, cousin, all the current of my being sets to thee.
Page 99 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.
Page 31 - I am become a name For always roaming with a hungry heart. Much have I seen and known; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments Myself not least, but...