The Etonian, 2. köideWindsor, Knight and Dredge., 1821 |
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... youth a hint , That , when he wishes to be Lyrical , He ought n't to affect Satirical . " " Bravo ! Bravo ! look how it grows ! Beautiful bundle of verse and prose ! Jester and Moralist , on they come , Poet and Sage , at the beat of ...
... youth a hint , That , when he wishes to be Lyrical , He ought n't to affect Satirical . " " Bravo ! Bravo ! look how it grows ! Beautiful bundle of verse and prose ! Jester and Moralist , on they come , Poet and Sage , at the beat of ...
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... youth , Gave to the springing flower a chasten'd bloom , And shut from rifling winds its coy perfume . " Another feature of resemblance between Cowper and his suc- cessor is that which distinguishes the latter from all his contem ...
... youth , Gave to the springing flower a chasten'd bloom , And shut from rifling winds its coy perfume . " Another feature of resemblance between Cowper and his suc- cessor is that which distinguishes the latter from all his contem ...
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... youth seduced into an acquiescence in the great delusion of the world . With this poem I am not ashamed to own myself almost totally unacquainted ; having perused it at an age when I was in- capable of understanding its beauties , and ...
... youth seduced into an acquiescence in the great delusion of the world . With this poem I am not ashamed to own myself almost totally unacquainted ; having perused it at an age when I was in- capable of understanding its beauties , and ...
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... youth my warning voice may hear ; And voices from the dead should be The warnings of eternity . be When these weak lines thy presence greet , Reader ! if I am blest , Again , as spirits may we meet In glory and in rest : If not , and I ...
... youth my warning voice may hear ; And voices from the dead should be The warnings of eternity . be When these weak lines thy presence greet , Reader ! if I am blest , Again , as spirits may we meet In glory and in rest : If not , and I ...
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... Full many a maid hath lov'd to gaze Upon thy melancholy rays ; And many a fond despairing youth Hath breath'd to thee his tale of truth ; House , " and ; And many a luckless rhyming wight Hath look'd upon No. 6.1 21 The County Ball .
... Full many a maid hath lov'd to gaze Upon thy melancholy rays ; And many a fond despairing youth Hath breath'd to thee his tale of truth ; House , " and ; And many a luckless rhyming wight Hath look'd upon No. 6.1 21 The County Ball .
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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.