Poetic Gleanings, from Modern Writers: With Some Original PiecesHarvey and Darton, 1827 - 160 pages |
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... Bright records of a better day ; Aged , but sacred from decay , Still in your stately forms reside , Of ages past , the grace and pride ! " The brave hath died , the good hath sunk , THE FIVE OAKS OF DALLWITZ . Körner.
... Bright records of a better day ; Aged , but sacred from decay , Still in your stately forms reside , Of ages past , the grace and pride ! " The brave hath died , the good hath sunk , THE FIVE OAKS OF DALLWITZ . Körner.
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... bright crown on each aged head ; And yet , methinks , the branches sigh , " Farewell - the great of earth must die ! " But ye have stood ! -still bold and high , And fresh , and strong , and undecay'd ; When hath the pilgrim wander'd by ...
... bright crown on each aged head ; And yet , methinks , the branches sigh , " Farewell - the great of earth must die ! " But ye have stood ! -still bold and high , And fresh , and strong , and undecay'd ; When hath the pilgrim wander'd by ...
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... bright , Like golden lamps in a green night ; And in these rocks for us did frame A temple where to sound his name . " Oh ! let our voice his praise exalt , Till it arrive at Heaven's vault ; Which then , perhaps , rebounding , may Echo ...
... bright , Like golden lamps in a green night ; And in these rocks for us did frame A temple where to sound his name . " Oh ! let our voice his praise exalt , Till it arrive at Heaven's vault ; Which then , perhaps , rebounding , may Echo ...
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... bright th ' unchanging morn appears ! Farewell ! Inconstant World ! Farewell ! Its duty done , as sinks the day , Light from its load the spirit flies ; While Heaven and Earth combine to say , Sweet is the scene where Virtue dies . HYMN ...
... bright th ' unchanging morn appears ! Farewell ! Inconstant World ! Farewell ! Its duty done , as sinks the day , Light from its load the spirit flies ; While Heaven and Earth combine to say , Sweet is the scene where Virtue dies . HYMN ...
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... bright ; There , lonely wastes of utter blight : The nightingale , upon the bough Of cypress , there her song is pouring ; And there , begirt with mounts of snow , For food the famish'd bear is roaming ! What marvel , that the spirits ...
... bright ; There , lonely wastes of utter blight : The nightingale , upon the bough Of cypress , there her song is pouring ; And there , begirt with mounts of snow , For food the famish'd bear is roaming ! What marvel , that the spirits ...
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Page vii - What though the spicy breezes Blow soft o'er Ceylon's isle; Though every prospect pleases, And only man is vile : In vain with lavish kindness The gifts of God are strown : The heathen, in his blindness, Bows down to wood and stone.
Page 2 - Apples plants of such a price, No Tree could ever bear them twice. With Cedars chosen by his hand, From Lebanon he stores the Land. And makes the hollow Seas, that roar, Proclaim the Ambergris on shore.
Page 12 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Page vi - The purple heath and golden broom, On moory mountains catch the gale, O'er lawns the lily sheds perfume, The violet in the vale; But this bold floweret climbs the hill, Hides in the forest, haunts the glen, Plays on the margin of the rill, Peeps round the fox's den.
Page 32 - The auburn nut that held thee, swallowing down Thy yet close-folded latitude of boughs And all thine embryo vastness at a gulp.
Page 82 - Disasters, do the best we can, Will reach both great and small And he is oft the wisest man, Who is not wise at all.
Page 40 - Hark! hark! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem : But one alone the Saviour speaks ; It is the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 85 - THE GREEN LINNET BENEATH these fruit-tree boughs that shed Their snow-white blossoms on my head, With brightest sunshine round me spread Of spring's unclouded weather, In this sequestered nook how sweet To sit upon my orchard-seat ! And birds and flowers once more to greet. My last year's friends together.
Page 19 - Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, Thou dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remembered not.
Page 84 - And, as a fagot sparkles on the hearth, Not less if unattended and alone, Than when both young and old sit gathered round, And take delight in its activity, Even so this happy creature of herself Is all-sufficient; solitude to her Is blithe society; she fills the air With gladness and involuntary songs.