The village curate, and other poems1810 |
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Էջ viii
... leaving his mother in no affluent circumstances , with seven children , our Author was at her ex- pense sent to school in the city of Chichester , at the age of eight years , first under the tuition of the Rev. Richard Tireman , an ...
... leaving his mother in no affluent circumstances , with seven children , our Author was at her ex- pense sent to school in the city of Chichester , at the age of eight years , first under the tuition of the Rev. Richard Tireman , an ...
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... leave we not the gentle Isabel Unsung , though nature on her cheek no rose Has planted , and the lily blossom there Without a rival . Look within ; and learn , That on the mind internal she bestows What she denies the face . Yes , she ...
... leave we not the gentle Isabel Unsung , though nature on her cheek no rose Has planted , and the lily blossom there Without a rival . Look within ; and learn , That on the mind internal she bestows What she denies the face . Yes , she ...
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... Leave only man to be the scorn of time And sport of death ? Shall only he one spring , One hasty summer , and one autumn see , And then to winter irredeemable Be doom'd , cast out , rejected , and despis'd ? Tell me not so , or by ...
... Leave only man to be the scorn of time And sport of death ? Shall only he one spring , One hasty summer , and one autumn see , And then to winter irredeemable Be doom'd , cast out , rejected , and despis'd ? Tell me not so , or by ...
Էջ 37
... than all the vacant noise Of pulpit rhetoric ; for vacant ' tis , And vacant must it be , by vacant heads Supported . Leave we them to mend , and mark The melancholy hyacinth , that weeps All night , and THE VILLAGE CURATE . 37.
... than all the vacant noise Of pulpit rhetoric ; for vacant ' tis , And vacant must it be , by vacant heads Supported . Leave we them to mend , and mark The melancholy hyacinth , that weeps All night , and THE VILLAGE CURATE . 37.
Էջ 40
... leaves : thither we turn our steps , And as we pass attend the cheerful sound Of woodland harmony , which ever fills The merry vale between . How sweet the song Day's harbinger performs ! I have not heard Such elegant divisions drawn ...
... leaves : thither we turn our steps , And as we pass attend the cheerful sound Of woodland harmony , which ever fills The merry vale between . How sweet the song Day's harbinger performs ! I have not heard Such elegant divisions drawn ...
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Adriano Alcanor Anna applaud bard beauty behold Bishopstone blossom blush bosom breeze brow CANZONET charms cheek cheerful child cloud dance dance with grace dear death deeds delight door E'en earth esteem ev'ning ev'ry feel fill'd flow'r Fred'ric gentle Gilbert give grace grave grief hand happy hast hear heard heart Heav'n Hebe honour hour Isabel JAMES HURDIS laugh live look loud lov'd Magdalen College maid Maria moon morning muse never night o'er pain peace pleas'd poison'd pow'r Ronsart rose round scarce shed shore silent sing sisters sleep smile song soon Sophia sorrow soul steal stood storm sweet taught tears thee thine thou thought thro toil tongue Twas UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD vale vex'd VILLAGE CURATE virtue wakeful eye walk weep William Cowper William Hayley wood ye fair youth
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Էջ 113 - Tunes her nocturnal note : thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine...
Էջ 43 - A bird's nest. Mark it well ! — within, without ; No tool had he that wrought — no knife to cut, No nail to fix — no bodkin to insert — No glue to join ; his little beak was all. And yet how neatly finished ! What nice hand. With every implement and means of art, And twenty years...
Էջ 33 - Not a tree, A plant, a leaf, a blossom, but contains A folio volume. We may read, and read, And read again, and still find something new, Something to please, and something to instruct, E'en in the noisome weed.
Էջ 113 - Yet not the more Cease I to wander where the Muses haunt Clear spring, or shady grove, or sunny hill, Smit with the love of sacred song...
Էջ xxiii - Shakspeare, occasioned by reading Mr. Malone's Essay on the chronological Order of those celebrated Pieces* Mr.
Էջ 18 - s destructive to the hue Of every flower that blows. Go to the field, And ask the humble daisy why it sleeps Soon as the sun departs : Why close the eyes Of blossoms infinite, ere the still moon Her oriental veil puts off?
Էջ 135 - Then to town Hies the gay spark, for futile purposes, And deeds my bashful muse disclaims to name ; From town to college, till a fresh supply Sends him again from college up to town. The tedious interval, the mace and cue, The tennis-court and racket, the slow lounge From street to street, the badger-hunt, the race, The raffle, the excursion, and the dance, Ices and soups, dice, and the bet at whist, Serve well enough to fill. Grievous...
Էջ 40 - But mark with how peculiar grace yon wood, That clothes the weary steep, waves in the breeze Her sea of leaves ; thither we turn our steps, And by the way attend the cheerful sound Of woodland harmony, that always fills The merry vale between.
Էջ xxvi - Poet and Divine ! A tender sanctity of thought was thine. To thee no sculptur'd tomb could prove so dear. As the fond tribute of a sister's tear ; For earth, who shelters in her vast embrace The sleeping myriads of the mortal race, No heart in all that multitude has known, Whose love fraternal could surpass thy own.
Էջ 19 - Oh ! there is a charm That morning has, that gives the brow of age A smack of youth, and makes the lip of youth Breathe per'fumes exquisite. Expect it not, Ye who till noon upon a down-bed lie, Indulging feverish sleep ; or wakeful, dream Of happiness no mortal heart has felt, But in the regions of romance'.