Beautiful poetry, selected by the ed. of The Critic1857 |
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... young form was nestled near me , A dear , dear face look'd fondly up , And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me -There's no one now to share my cup . * I drink it as the Fates ordain it , Come , fill it , and have done with rhymes ...
... young form was nestled near me , A dear , dear face look'd fondly up , And sweetly spoke and smiled to cheer me -There's no one now to share my cup . * I drink it as the Fates ordain it , Come , fill it , and have done with rhymes ...
Page 9
... young and half transparent leaves scarce cast A shade , gay circles of anemones Danced on their stalks ; the shadbrush , white with flowers , Brighten'd the glens ; the new - leaved butternut And quivering poplar to the roving breeze ...
... young and half transparent leaves scarce cast A shade , gay circles of anemones Danced on their stalks ; the shadbrush , white with flowers , Brighten'd the glens ; the new - leaved butternut And quivering poplar to the roving breeze ...
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... young smile And the red young mouth and the hair's young gold . So , hush , I will give you this leaf to keep ; See , I shut it inside the sweet cold hand . There , that is our secret ! go to sleep ; You will wake , and remember , and ...
... young smile And the red young mouth and the hair's young gold . So , hush , I will give you this leaf to keep ; See , I shut it inside the sweet cold hand . There , that is our secret ! go to sleep ; You will wake , and remember , and ...
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... , and the wing of thy spirit , With the wrongs which like thee to our country has bound me , Did your mantle of song fling its radiance around me ! Still , still in those wilds may young liberty rally BEAUTIFUL POETRY . 21 Smith 5 Hope.
... , and the wing of thy spirit , With the wrongs which like thee to our country has bound me , Did your mantle of song fling its radiance around me ! Still , still in those wilds may young liberty rally BEAUTIFUL POETRY . 21 Smith 5 Hope.
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... young light on his spirit is beaming , And bend o'er my grave with a tear of emotion , Where calm Avon - Buee seeks the kisses of ocean , Or plant a wild wreath , from the banks of that river , O'er the heart , and the harp , that are ...
... young light on his spirit is beaming , And bend o'er my grave with a tear of emotion , Where calm Avon - Buee seeks the kisses of ocean , Or plant a wild wreath , from the banks of that river , O'er the heart , and the harp , that are ...
Common terms and phrases
angels beauty beneath bird bloom blue breath bright brow child clouds cold comes dark dead dear death deep doth dream earth eyes face fair fall feel fire flowers gentle give glad golden gone grave green hand happy hast hath head hear heard heart heaven hills hope hour land leaves light live lonely look morn mountain nature never night o'er once pass past peace poem poet rest rise river rose round shade shadow shine shore side sigh silent sing skies sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit spring stand stars stream strong summer sweet tears tell thee thine things thou thought trees true voice warm waters waves wild wind wings woods young
Popular passages
Page 11 - And ye, beneath life's crushing load Whose forms are bending low; Who toil along the climbing way With painful steps and slow, — Look now! for glad and golden hours Come swiftly on the wing; O, rest beside the weary road, And hear the angels sing.
Page 30 - Clarence, in steel so bright, Though but a maiden knight, Yet in that furious fight, Scarce such another. Warwick in blood did wade, Oxford the foe invade, And cruel slaughter made, Still as they ran up; Suffolk his axe did ply, Beaumont and Willoughby Bare them right doughtily, Ferrers and Fanhope.
Page 355 - The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem For that sweet odour, which doth in it live. The canker blooms have full as deep a dye As the perfumed tincture of the roses.
Page 224 - Oh yet we trust that somehow good Will be the final goal of ill, To pangs of nature, sins of will, Defects of doubt, and taints of blood ; That nothing walks with aimless feet ; That not one life shall be destroyed, Or cast as rubbish to the void, When God hath made the pile complete...
Page 190 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep...
Page 145 - Spirit of Beauty, that dost consecrate With thine own hues all thou dost shine upon Of human thought or form, - where art thou gone? Why dost thou pass away and leave our state. This dim vast vale of tears, vacant and desolate?
Page 224 - In peace, Love tunes the shepherd's reed; In war, he mounts the warrior's steed; In halls, in gay attire is seen; In hamlets, dances on the green. Love rules the court, the camp, the grove, And men below, and saints above ; For love is heaven, and heaven is love.
Page 75 - Is it far away in some region old Where the rivers wander o'er sands of gold, — Where the burning rays of the ruby shine, And the diamond lights up the secret mine, And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand, — Is it there, sweet mother, that better land ? " " Not there, not there, my child ! " Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy ! Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy, Dreams cannot picture a world so fair, — Sorrow and death may not enter there ; Time doth not breathe on its fadeless...
Page 260 - O, let not virtue seek Remuneration for the thing it was ; For beauty, wit, High birth, vigour of bone, desert in service, Love, friendship, charity, are subjects all To envious and calumniating time. One touch of nature makes the whole world kin, — That all with one consent praise new-born gawds.
Page 154 - Out of the fertile ground he caused to grow All trees of noblest kind, for sight, smell, taste ; And all amid them stood the Tree of Life, High eminent, blooming ambrosial fruit Of vegetable gold...