The Poetical Works of T. Buchanan ReadLippincott, 1890 - 346 pages |
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... wake that string for thee | A. My wakened heart for utterance ⚫ yearned The clamorous wind had broke the spell I needs must teach what I had learned Within my simple woodland cell . AN INVITATION . INSCRIBED ID GEORGE HAMMERSLEY ...
... wake that string for thee | A. My wakened heart for utterance ⚫ yearned The clamorous wind had broke the spell I needs must teach what I had learned Within my simple woodland cell . AN INVITATION . INSCRIBED ID GEORGE HAMMERSLEY ...
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Thomas Buchanan Read. For I would wake that string for thee | A BUTTERFLY IN THE CITY . Which hath too long in silence But soon are the harvesters tossing the sheaves ; •. hung , And sweeter than all else should be The song which in thy ...
Thomas Buchanan Read. For I would wake that string for thee | A BUTTERFLY IN THE CITY . Which hath too long in silence But soon are the harvesters tossing the sheaves ; •. hung , And sweeter than all else should be The song which in thy ...
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... waking dreams , And early star that crown'st our night ; Thy light is magic where it falls ; To thee the deepest shadow yields ; Thou bring'st unto these dreary halls The lustre of the summer fields . There is a freedom in thy looks To ...
... waking dreams , And early star that crown'st our night ; Thy light is magic where it falls ; To thee the deepest shadow yields ; Thou bring'st unto these dreary halls The lustre of the summer fields . There is a freedom in thy looks To ...
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... waking rain : She bade those blessed flowers to grow Which may not fall or fade again . Far sweeter than all things most sweet , And fairer than all things most fair , She came and passed with footsteps fleet , A shining wonder in the ...
... waking rain : She bade those blessed flowers to grow Which may not fall or fade again . Far sweeter than all things most sweet , And fairer than all things most fair , She came and passed with footsteps fleet , A shining wonder in the ...
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... waking dream , blade From formal plots of flowers . A statued Dian to the air Bequeathed its mellow light ; She called the flying figure fair , The forward eyes and backward hair , And praised the marble's white . Her pulses coursed ...
... waking dream , blade From formal plots of flowers . A statued Dian to the air Bequeathed its mellow light ; She called the flying figure fair , The forward eyes and backward hair , And praised the marble's white . Her pulses coursed ...
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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.