The Metropolitan Fifth Reader: Compiled for the Use of Colleges, Academies, and the Higher Classes of Select and Parish SchoolsD. & J. Sadlier & Company, 1871 - 450 pages |
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... side by side with priest and peer , bent reverently and low , While sunk at once each pennon'd spear , plumed helm and flashing glaive , Like some wide waste of reeds bow'd down by Nilus ' swollen wave . LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF OWEN ROE ...
... side by side with priest and peer , bent reverently and low , While sunk at once each pennon'd spear , plumed helm and flashing glaive , Like some wide waste of reeds bow'd down by Nilus ' swollen wave . LAMENT FOR THE DEATH OF OWEN ROE ...
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... side of the grave . 4. But where are they ? Where are the villagers and war- happily condemned Such habits may easily be corrected by a little presence of mind , and particularly by following the direction , Think twice before you speak ...
... side of the grave . 4. But where are they ? Where are the villagers and war- happily condemned Such habits may easily be corrected by a little presence of mind , and particularly by following the direction , Think twice before you speak ...
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... side by side , occur perpetually in the miniatures , ancient sculp ture , and stained glass of the thirteenth and fourteenth cen- turies . Thus they are represented in the frieze of the chapel of Edward the Confessor , at Westminster ...
... side by side , occur perpetually in the miniatures , ancient sculp ture , and stained glass of the thirteenth and fourteenth cen- turies . Thus they are represented in the frieze of the chapel of Edward the Confessor , at Westminster ...
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... side - doors , from which they could see all . 26. THE BLIND MARTYR - continued . 1. As Corvinus had prepared his father for what he was t 、 expect , Tertullus , moved with some compassion , and imagining there could be little ...
... side - doors , from which they could see all . 26. THE BLIND MARTYR - continued . 1. As Corvinus had prepared his father for what he was t 、 expect , Tertullus , moved with some compassion , and imagining there could be little ...
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... sides . " A thrill of disgust and Lorror ran through the assembly , which could not help sympathizing with the poor blind crea- ture . A murmur of suppressed indignation broke out from all sides of the hall . 12. Cæcelia , for the first ...
... sides . " A thrill of disgust and Lorror ran through the assembly , which could not help sympathizing with the poor blind crea- ture . A murmur of suppressed indignation broke out from all sides of the hall . 12. Cæcelia , for the first ...
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Page 43 - The seasons' difference, as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which, when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say ' This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.' Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which, like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head ; And this our life exempt from public haunt Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in...
Page 43 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons' difference : as the icy fang And churlish chiding of the winter's wind, Which when it bites and blows upon my body, Even till I shrink with cold, I smile and say, This is no flattery : these are counsellors That feelingly persuade me what I am.
Page 60 - For within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps death his court ; and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state, and grinning at his pomp...
Page 61 - O flowers That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names, Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount...
Page 229 - I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded ; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.
Page 446 - A little learning is a dangerous thing ! Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring : There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again.
Page 60 - And nothing can we call our own but death, And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones.
Page 55 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. "My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The Reaper said, and smiled; "Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.
Page 399 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night. And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Page 339 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free. Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word; And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.