The village curate, and other poems1810 |
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Էջ xvi
... sound sleep , breathing without difficulty . I sat beside her , looking in her face ; and the ease with which she slept soon inclined me to nod . I almost fell from my chair more than once ; and being apprehensive that I might disturb ...
... sound sleep , breathing without difficulty . I sat beside her , looking in her face ; and the ease with which she slept soon inclined me to nod . I almost fell from my chair more than once ; and being apprehensive that I might disturb ...
Էջ xxv
... sound sleep , on the Wednesday evening , in his thirty - eighth year , at the house of his affectionate friend , the Rev. Dr. Rathbone . His body , by his own desire , was conveyed to Bishopstone , and placed in the family vault , close ...
... sound sleep , on the Wednesday evening , in his thirty - eighth year , at the house of his affectionate friend , the Rev. Dr. Rathbone . His body , by his own desire , was conveyed to Bishopstone , and placed in the family vault , close ...
Էջ xxviii
James Hurdis. Shall feel , when dust on dust is thrown , the sound Strike deep on each warm fibre of the heart , And tell with solemn voice to all around , ' That hour must come , when love from love must part . ' Yet shall thy muse ...
James Hurdis. Shall feel , when dust on dust is thrown , the sound Strike deep on each warm fibre of the heart , And tell with solemn voice to all around , ' That hour must come , when love from love must part . ' Yet shall thy muse ...
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... sound , And still more awful sight to him , that treads The public street with hat and stick , or wants That grave appendage of the chin , a band . Above behold the venerable pile Some pious Founder rais'd ; but stay we not where he ...
... sound , And still more awful sight to him , that treads The public street with hat and stick , or wants That grave appendage of the chin , a band . Above behold the venerable pile Some pious Founder rais'd ; but stay we not where he ...
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... sound and safe , Though tumbled ringing oft upon the floor With proud disdain , and ruin musical . Such is Alcanor's household , such his state , Save what might yet be sung in higher strains , Of broom , and stool , of table , chair ...
... sound and safe , Though tumbled ringing oft upon the floor With proud disdain , and ruin musical . Such is Alcanor's household , such his state , Save what might yet be sung in higher strains , Of broom , and stool , of table , chair ...
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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'.