The village curate, and other poems1810 |
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Էջ xvi
... look upon her in the hour of death , without shedding tears at her dissolution . Indeed her departure was a relief to me . She had suffered extremely , and , for nearly a week before her death , had only short intervals of sense , in ...
... look upon her in the hour of death , without shedding tears at her dissolution . Indeed her departure was a relief to me . She had suffered extremely , and , for nearly a week before her death , had only short intervals of sense , in ...
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... looks into a valley wood - besprent , That winds along below . Beyond the brook , Where the high coppice intercepts it not , Or social elms , or with his ample waist The venerable oak , up the steep side Of yon aspiring hill full ...
... looks into a valley wood - besprent , That winds along below . Beyond the brook , Where the high coppice intercepts it not , Or social elms , or with his ample waist The venerable oak , up the steep side Of yon aspiring hill full ...
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... Look in and see ; for there no treason lurks , And he who lives as in the face of Heav'n Shuns not the eye of man . On either side The door , that opens with a touch , a room ; The kitchen one , and what you will the other . There now ...
... Look in and see ; for there no treason lurks , And he who lives as in the face of Heav'n Shuns not the eye of man . On either side The door , that opens with a touch , a room ; The kitchen one , and what you will the other . There now ...
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... Look within ; and learn , That on the mind internal she bestows What she denies the face . Yes , she is kind , And gives to ev'ry man his proper gift , To make him needful to his native soil . There is not inequality so strange ' Twixt ...
... Look within ; and learn , That on the mind internal she bestows What she denies the face . Yes , she is kind , And gives to ev'ry man his proper gift , To make him needful to his native soil . There is not inequality so strange ' Twixt ...
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... Look abroad , And tell me , shall we to blind chance ascribe The scene so wonderful , so fair , and good ? Shall we no farther search than sense will lead , To find the glorious cause which so delights The eye and ear , and scatters ev ...
... Look abroad , And tell me , shall we to blind chance ascribe The scene so wonderful , so fair , and good ? Shall we no farther search than sense will lead , To find the glorious cause which so delights The eye and ear , and scatters ev ...
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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'.