The Poetical Works of William FalconerW. Pickering, 1836 - 236 էջ |
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... Miss Hicks's poetical name was " Miranda . " Ritson has praised Falconer's Address to Miranda , " The smiling plains profusely gay , " & c . was an accomplished and beautiful woman : " the last LIFE OF FALCONER . xix.
... Miss Hicks's poetical name was " Miranda . " Ritson has praised Falconer's Address to Miranda , " The smiling plains profusely gay , " & c . was an accomplished and beautiful woman : " the last LIFE OF FALCONER . xix.
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... plains --and many others of the like kind . Of the latter , such lines as the following : and , Determin'd from whatever point they rise , To trust his fortune to the seas and skies . This vast phenomenon whose lofty head . * Add to ...
... plains --and many others of the like kind . Of the latter , such lines as the following : and , Determin'd from whatever point they rise , To trust his fortune to the seas and skies . This vast phenomenon whose lofty head . * Add to ...
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... plains , Stoops her proud neck beneath tyrannic chains , To where the isthmus , laved by adverse tides , Atlantic and Pacific seas divides : But while he measured o'er the painful race In fortune's wild illimitable chace , Adversity ...
... plains , Stoops her proud neck beneath tyrannic chains , To where the isthmus , laved by adverse tides , Atlantic and Pacific seas divides : But while he measured o'er the painful race In fortune's wild illimitable chace , Adversity ...
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... plains , Stoops her proud neck beneath tyrannic chains , To where the Isthmus , laved by adverse tides , Atlantic and Pacific seas divides : But while he measured o'er the painful race In fortune's wild illimitable chace , Adversity ...
... plains , Stoops her proud neck beneath tyrannic chains , To where the Isthmus , laved by adverse tides , Atlantic and Pacific seas divides : But while he measured o'er the painful race In fortune's wild illimitable chace , Adversity ...
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... Yet heaven , in pity to severe distress , Had crown'd each painful voyage with success ; Still to compensate toils and hazards past Restored them to maternal plains at last . Thrice had the sun to rule the varying year Across.
... Yet heaven , in pity to severe distress , Had crown'd each painful voyage with success ; Still to compensate toils and hazards past Restored them to maternal plains at last . Thrice had the sun to rule the varying year Across.
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The Poetical Works of William Falconer: With a Life William Falconer,John Mitford Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1854 |
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Էջ 130 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge ; And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Էջ 130 - That, with the hurly, death itself awakes? Canst thou, O partial sleep, give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude. And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, • Deny it to a king? Then happy low, lie down ! 30 Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
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Էջ 238 - A Short and Plain Instruction for the better Understanding of the Lord's Supper ; to which is annexed, the Office of the Holy Communion, with proper Helps and Directions. 'By Thomas Wilson, DD, late Lord Bishop of Sodor and Man.
Էջ 120 - Palemon rescued from the wreck ; Take it, and say, when panting in the wave, I struggled life and this alone to save ! — " My soul, that fluttering hastens to be free, Would yet a train of thoughts impart to thee...
Էջ 90 - While, dashed apart by her dividing prow, Like burning adamant the waters glow; Her joints forget their firm elastic tone, Her long keel trembles, and her timbers groan : Upheaved behind her in tremendous height The billows frown, with fearful radiance bright; Now quivering o'er the topmost wave she rides, While deep beneath th...
Էջ 32 - The' impatient wish that never feels repose, Desire that with perpetual current flows, The fluctuating pangs of hope and fear, Joy distant still, and sorrow ever near. Thus, while the pangs of thought severer grew, The western breezes inauspicious blew, Hastening the moment of our last adieu.
Էջ 115 - Alas ! these rocks all human skill defy; Who strikes them once, beyond relief must die : And now sore wounded, thou perhaps art tost On these, or in some oozy cavern lost...
Էջ 54 - Olympus' throne; For oft, alas ! their venal Strains adorn The Prince, whom blushing Virtue holds in scorn : Still ROME and GREECE record his endless fame, And hence yon mountain yet retains his name.
Էջ xxv - Little did my mother think, That day she cradled me, What land I was to travel in, Or what death I should die...