The casket, a miscellany of unpublished poems [ed. by mrs. Blencowe].mrs Blencowe 1829 |
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Page 66 - Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts.
Page 20 - In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even ! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning ! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
Page 154 - ... wane ; Yet, though the blossom may not sigh to bud and bloom again, It cannot but remember, with a feeling of regret, The spring for ever gone — the summer sun so nearly set ! Ah ! lady, heed the monitor ! thy mirror tells thee truth ; Assume the matron's folded veil, resign the wreath of youth t Go, bind it on thy daughter's brow, in her thou'lt still look fair ; 'Twere well would all learn wisdom, who behold the first grey hair ! BEAUTY AND HER VISITORS.
Page 410 - Fling high the flambeau's light ; And sing the hymn for a parted soul, Beneath the silent night ! The wreath upon his head, The cross upon his breast, Let the prayer be said, and the tear be shed : So — take him to his rest ! Call ye my Whole...
Page 22 - Jerusalem remembered in the days of her affliction and of her miseries all her pleasant things that she had in the days of old, when her people fell into the hand of the enemy, and none did help her: the adversaries saw her, and did mock at her Sabbaths.
Page 259 - They that go down to the sea in ships : and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD : and His wonders in the deep.
Page 22 - For, behold, in those days, and in that time, when I shall bring again the captivity of Judah and Jerusalem, I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for My people and for My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted My land.
Page 23 - Childhood's brow, Was the blue heaven that beamed above him. Old Time, in most appalling wrath, That valley's green repose invaded; The brooks grew dry upon his path, The birds were mute, the lilies faded; But Time so swiftly winged his flight, In haste a Grecian tomb to batter, That Childhood watched his paper kite, And knew just nothing of the matter. With curling lip, and glancing eye, Guilt gazed upon the scene a minute...
Page 24 - Then stepped a gloomy phantom up, Pale, cypress-crowned, Night's awful daughter, And proffered him a fearful cup Full to the brim of bitter water : Poor Childhood bade her tell her name ; And when the beldame muttered — " Sorrow," He said, — " Don't interrupt my game ; I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow.
Page 24 - Don't interrupt my game; I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The MUSE of Pindus thither came, And wooed him with the softest numbers That ever scattered wealth and fame Upon a youthful poet's slumbers ; Though sweet the music of the lay, To CHILDHOOD it was all a riddle, And " Oh," he cried, " do send away That noisy woman with the fiddle.