The Poetical Works of T. Buchanan ReadLippincott, 1890 - 346 pages |
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... spirit all inflamed , And I thought on all the subjects which the gen- erous Duke had named . " SYLVIA ; OR , THE LAST SHEPHERD ARTIST . ENGRAVER . PAGE H. L. Brown . G. T. Andrew . ( Front . ) • F. Dielman . C. H. Reed . 14 • F ...
... spirit all inflamed , And I thought on all the subjects which the gen- erous Duke had named . " SYLVIA ; OR , THE LAST SHEPHERD ARTIST . ENGRAVER . PAGE H. L. Brown . G. T. Andrew . ( Front . ) • F. Dielman . C. H. Reed . 14 • F ...
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... spirit lost little or nothing of its old bright- ness and buoyancy . His house was , as ever , open to all comers , and many still retain a grateful recollection of his hospitality and the impressions which his exhaustless vivacity ...
... spirit lost little or nothing of its old bright- ness and buoyancy . His house was , as ever , open to all comers , and many still retain a grateful recollection of his hospitality and the impressions which his exhaustless vivacity ...
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... spirit found its native heaven . Now , when a meteor - spark , forlorn , Descends upon its fiery wing , I sigh to think a soul is born , " Perchance , to suffer and to sing : - Its own heart a consuming pyre Of flame , to brighten and ...
... spirit found its native heaven . Now , when a meteor - spark , forlorn , Descends upon its fiery wing , I sigh to think a soul is born , " Perchance , to suffer and to sing : - Its own heart a consuming pyre Of flame , to brighten and ...
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... spirit grew In love with that which round me shone , Until my calm heart fully knew The joy it is to be alone . The time went by - till one fair dawn I saw against the eastern fires A visionary city drawn , With dusky lines of domes and ...
... spirit grew In love with that which round me shone , Until my calm heart fully knew The joy it is to be alone . The time went by - till one fair dawn I saw against the eastern fires A visionary city drawn , With dusky lines of domes and ...
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... spirit of the fields , Thou com'st without distrust , " To fan the sunshine of our streets Among the noise and dust .. Thou leadest in thy wavering flight My footsteps unaware , Until I seem to walk the vales . And breathe thy native ...
... spirit of the fields , Thou com'st without distrust , " To fan the sunshine of our streets Among the noise and dust .. Thou leadest in thy wavering flight My footsteps unaware , Until I seem to walk the vales . And breathe thy native ...
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Page 226 - mid a storm of huzzas, And the wave of retreat checked its course there, because The sight of the master compelled it to pause.
Page 226 - Temple of Fame ; There with the glorious general's name, Be it said, in letters both bold and bright, " Here is the steed that saved the day, By carrying Sheridan into the fight, From Winchester, twenty miles away ! " Thomas Buchanan Read, Poetical Works (Philadelphia, 1867), III, 265-267.
Page 76 - ... walls, Where swells and falls The bay's deep breast at intervals, At peace I lie, Blown softly by, A cloud upon this liquid sky. The day so mild Is heaven's own child, With earth and ocean reconciled: The airs I feel Around me steal Are murmuring to the murmuring keel. Over the rail My hand I trail Within the shadow of the sail: A joy intense, The cooling sense Glides down my drowsy indolence.
Page 225 - But there is a road from Winchester town, A good, broad highway leading down : And there through the flush of the morning light, A steed, as black as the steeds of night, Was seen to pass, as with eagle flight...
Page 256 - He spoke of wrongs too long endured, Of sacred rights to be secured; Then from his patriot tongue of flame The startling words for Freedom came. The stirring sentences he spake Compelled the heart to glow or quake, And, rising on his theme's broad wing, And grasping in his nervous hand...
Page 256 - God's temple is the house of peace !" The other shouted : "Nay, not so, When God is with our righteous cause, His holiest places then are ours, His temples are our forts and towers That frown upon the tyrant foe; In this, the dawn of Freedom's day, There is a time to fight and pray!
Page 256 - Then from his patriot tongue of flame The startling words for Freedom came. The stirring sentences he spake Compelled the heart to glow or quake, And, rising on his theme's broad wing, And grasping in his nervous hand The imaginary battle-brand, In face of death he dared to fling Defiance to a tyrant king.
Page 76 - My soul to-day Is far away, Sailing the Vesuvian Bay; My winged boat, A bird afloat, Swims round the purple peaks remote: — Round purple peaks It sails, and seeks Blue inlets and their crystal creeks, Where high rocks throw, Through deeps below, A duplicated golden glow. Far, vague, and dim The mountains swim; While, on Vesuvius' misty brim, With outstretched hands, The gray smoke stands O'erlooking the volcanic lands.
Page 58 - Silent till some replying wanderer blew His alien horn, and then was heard no more. Where erst the jay, within the elm's tall crest, Made garrulous trouble round her...
Page 225 - And there, through the flush of the morning light, A steed as black as the steeds of night Was seen to pass, as with eagle flight. As if he knew the terrible need, He stretched away with his utmost speed.