Poetic Gleanings, from Modern Writers: With Some Original PiecesHarvey and Darton, 1827 - 160 pages |
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... Star of Bethlehem The Skylark ...... .. ........ 42 H. K. White 44 Anonymous 45 Inscription for an Hour - glass .. J. M'Creery 46 An Evening in Cuba To the Morning The Return Home .... .... ..... ........ ....... Legh 47 H. K. White 48 ...
... Star of Bethlehem The Skylark ...... .. ........ 42 H. K. White 44 Anonymous 45 Inscription for an Hour - glass .. J. M'Creery 46 An Evening in Cuba To the Morning The Return Home .... .... ..... ........ ....... Legh 47 H. K. White 48 ...
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... stars their courses run , Wreathes the whole circle of the year , Companion of the sun . It smiles upon the lap of May , To sultry August spreads its charms ; Lights pale October on his way , And twines December's arms . B The purple ...
... stars their courses run , Wreathes the whole circle of the year , Companion of the sun . It smiles upon the lap of May , To sultry August spreads its charms ; Lights pale October on his way , And twines December's arms . B The purple ...
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... And lo ! the dwarfish Laplander , Far from his solitary home , Dismay'd , beholds the evening star , While many a mile remains to roam : Thou lightest up the eastern dome , And in his deer - drawn chariot , he Is 18 HYMN TO THE MOON .
... And lo ! the dwarfish Laplander , Far from his solitary home , Dismay'd , beholds the evening star , While many a mile remains to roam : Thou lightest up the eastern dome , And in his deer - drawn chariot , he Is 18 HYMN TO THE MOON .
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... stars : two lobes protruding , pair'd exact ; A leaf succeeded , and another leaf , And all the elements thy puny growth Fostering propitious , thou becam❜st a twig . Time made thee what thou wast - king of the woods ! And time hath ...
... stars : two lobes protruding , pair'd exact ; A leaf succeeded , and another leaf , And all the elements thy puny growth Fostering propitious , thou becam❜st a twig . Time made thee what thou wast - king of the woods ! And time hath ...
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... art joyously winging Thy first ardent flight , Where the gay lark is singing Her notes of delight : Where the sun - beams are throwing Their glories on 42 THE BUTTERFLY'S FIRST FLIGHT . The Star of Bethlehem The Skylark.
... art joyously winging Thy first ardent flight , Where the gay lark is singing Her notes of delight : Where the sun - beams are throwing Their glories on 42 THE BUTTERFLY'S FIRST FLIGHT . The Star of Bethlehem The Skylark.
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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.