Poetic Gleanings, from Modern Writers: With Some Original PiecesHarvey and Darton, 1827 - 160 pages |
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... shore . Here soon shall Spring descend the sky , With smiling brow and placid eye ; A primrose wreath surrounds her hair , Her green robe floats upon the air ; And scatter'd from her liberal hand , Fair blossoms deck the trees , fair ...
... shore . Here soon shall Spring descend the sky , With smiling brow and placid eye ; A primrose wreath surrounds her hair , Her green robe floats upon the air ; And scatter'd from her liberal hand , Fair blossoms deck the trees , fair ...
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... shore , Dejected sits , and turns his eye To thee , in beauty evermore , Careering through a cloudless sky : A white cloud comes , and passing by , Veils thee a moment from his sight ; Then , as he rests beneath the shadows , He thinks ...
... shore , Dejected sits , and turns his eye To thee , in beauty evermore , Careering through a cloudless sky : A white cloud comes , and passing by , Veils thee a moment from his sight ; Then , as he rests beneath the shadows , He thinks ...
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... shore , In safety to reside . Where Zephyr breathes in temper'd gales , Thro ' wood - crown'd hills , and gentle vales , And peaceful rivers flow ; And herbs . and fruits , and fragrant flowers , And flocks , and herds , and shady ...
... shore , In safety to reside . Where Zephyr breathes in temper'd gales , Thro ' wood - crown'd hills , and gentle vales , And peaceful rivers flow ; And herbs . and fruits , and fragrant flowers , And flocks , and herds , and shady ...
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... shore . High from the fields of air look down , Those eyries of a vanish'd race ; Homes of the mighty , whose renown Hath pass'd , and left no trace . But thou art there : thy foliage bright , Unchang'd , the mountain - storm can brave ...
... shore . High from the fields of air look down , Those eyries of a vanish'd race ; Homes of the mighty , whose renown Hath pass'd , and left no trace . But thou art there : thy foliage bright , Unchang'd , the mountain - storm can brave ...
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... shore , Around whose crags the cheerless billows roar ? Watching the unwearied surges doth he stand , And think upon ... shores , the sound of those encirling seas , Heard from his infant days , and the pil'd heap 27 Lament of Abba ...
... shore , Around whose crags the cheerless billows roar ? Watching the unwearied surges doth he stand , And think upon ... shores , the sound of those encirling seas , Heard from his infant days , and the pil'd heap 27 Lament of Abba ...
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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.