The Etonian, 2. köideWindsor, Knight and Dredge., 1821 |
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... dream of sound , Most heavenly sweet , -yet mournful still . " I must also recommend to my readers an exquisite little piece entitled , “ A Walk in Spring ; " " The Dial ; " " Bolehill Trees ; " a fine ballad on the Loss of the ...
... dream of sound , Most heavenly sweet , -yet mournful still . " I must also recommend to my readers an exquisite little piece entitled , “ A Walk in Spring ; " " The Dial ; " " Bolehill Trees ; " a fine ballad on the Loss of the ...
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... dreaming strain , Of all that e'er I sung , A lorn memorial may remain , When silent lies my tongue ; When shot the meteor of my fame , Lost the vain echo of my name , This leaf , this fallen leaf , may The only trace of her and me ...
... dreaming strain , Of all that e'er I sung , A lorn memorial may remain , When silent lies my tongue ; When shot the meteor of my fame , Lost the vain echo of my name , This leaf , this fallen leaf , may The only trace of her and me ...
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... dream : In raptures deep I gaze , as now , On smiling lip , and tranquil brow , " And when weak women go astray , The Stars are more in fault than they . " While merry voices echo round , And music's most inviting 22 [ No. 6 . The ...
... dream : In raptures deep I gaze , as now , On smiling lip , and tranquil brow , " And when weak women go astray , The Stars are more in fault than they . " While merry voices echo round , And music's most inviting 22 [ No. 6 . The ...
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... dreaming Sitting in solitude , and seeming To lift her dark capricious eye Beneath its fringe reproachingly . Alas ! my luckless friend is tied To the fair Hoyden by his side , Who opens , without law or rule , The treasures of the ...
... dreaming Sitting in solitude , and seeming To lift her dark capricious eye Beneath its fringe reproachingly . Alas ! my luckless friend is tied To the fair Hoyden by his side , Who opens , without law or rule , The treasures of the ...
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... Dreaming about a casque and plume ; And vows it grievously must tire one To waltz upon a pump of iron . Jacques , the Cantab ! I see him brood , Wrapt in his mental solitude , On thoughts that lie too deep , I wis , For such a scene and ...
... Dreaming about a casque and plume ; And vows it grievously must tire one To waltz upon a pump of iron . Jacques , the Cantab ! I see him brood , Wrapt in his mental solitude , On thoughts that lie too deep , I wis , For such a scene and ...
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Page 183 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 369 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 184 - By four cherubic shapes ; four faces each Had wondrous ; as with stars their bodies all, And wings, were set with eyes, with eyes the wheels Of beryl, and careering fires between ; Over their heads a crystal firmament, Whereon a sapphire throne, inlaid with pure Amber, and colours of the showery arch.
Page 219 - Noble madam, Men's evil manners live in brass; their virtues We write in water.
Page 64 - With head up-raised, and look intent, And eye and ear attentive bent, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand The guardian Naiad of the strand.
Page 183 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under His feet. And He rode upon a cherub, and did fly : yea, He did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 84 - And it's oh! dear! what can the matter be? Dear! dear! what can the matter be?
Page 183 - And I saw as the colour of amber, as the appearance of fire round about within it, from the appearance of his loins even upward, and from the appearance of his loins even downward, \ saw as it were the appearance of fire, and it had brightness round about.
Page 14 - I love thee, Twilight ! as thy shadows roll, The calm of evening steals upon my soul. Sublimely tender, solemnly serene. Still as the hour, enchanting as the scene. I love thee. Twilight ! for thy gleams impart Their dear, their dying influence to my heart, When o'er the harp of thought thy passing wind Awakens all the music of the mind, And Joy and Sorrow, as the spirit burns. And Hope and Memory sweep the chords by turns, While Contemplation, on seraphic wings.
Page 183 - The springs of waters were seen, and the foundations of the round world were discovered, at thy chiding, O Lord : at the blasting of the breath of thy displeasure.