The Etonian, 2. köideWindsor, Knight and Dredge., 1821 |
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... play From yon eyeball that glares with a powerless ray , Would have flash'd through the din , and the tumult of fight , As the meteor gleams ' mid the darkness of night . Time was , that yon arm would have dealt out the blow With the ...
... play From yon eyeball that glares with a powerless ray , Would have flash'd through the din , and the tumult of fight , As the meteor gleams ' mid the darkness of night . Time was , that yon arm would have dealt out the blow With the ...
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... play ; - Till all the air around , Mysterious murmurs fill , A strange bewildering dream of sound , Most heavenly sweet , -yet mournful still . " I must also recommend to my readers an exquisite little piece entitled , “ A Walk in ...
... play ; - Till all the air around , Mysterious murmurs fill , A strange bewildering dream of sound , Most heavenly sweet , -yet mournful still . " I must also recommend to my readers an exquisite little piece entitled , “ A Walk in ...
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... play'd ; If from the oak no answer come , Of her all oracles are dumb . The Dead are like the stars by day ; -Withdrawn from mortal eye , But not extinct , they hold their way , In glory through the sky : Spirits , from bondage thus set ...
... play'd ; If from the oak no answer come , Of her all oracles are dumb . The Dead are like the stars by day ; -Withdrawn from mortal eye , But not extinct , they hold their way , In glory through the sky : Spirits , from bondage thus set ...
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... plays . He pulls the Speaker from the chair , Murders the Sheriffs , or the Mayor , Or drags a Bishop through the mire , Or sets the Theatres on fire , Or brings the weavers to subjection , Or prates of mobs and insurrection . One dash ...
... plays . He pulls the Speaker from the chair , Murders the Sheriffs , or the Mayor , Or drags a Bishop through the mire , Or sets the Theatres on fire , Or brings the weavers to subjection , Or prates of mobs and insurrection . One dash ...
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... Play ; Old men shall dine without a story , And mobs be civil to a Tory ! All miracles shall well befall , When Youth is thoughtful at a Ball . From thoughts that grieve , and words that vex , And names invented to perplex ; From latent ...
... Play ; Old men shall dine without a story , And mobs be civil to a Tory ! All miracles shall well befall , When Youth is thoughtful at a Ball . From thoughts that grieve , and words that vex , And names invented to perplex ; From latent ...
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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.