The Boston Lyceum, Volúmenes1-2True and Greene, 1827 |
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... thee and worships , though betray'd . Thy days like summer rivers run , and summer friends are thine , And hearts that never bow'd before are bending at thy shrine ; Thou glidest through the festal hall unmindful of his fate Whose soul ...
... thee and worships , though betray'd . Thy days like summer rivers run , and summer friends are thine , And hearts that never bow'd before are bending at thy shrine ; Thou glidest through the festal hall unmindful of his fate Whose soul ...
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... thee , Child of the sunny brow- Bright as the dream flung over thee By all that meets thee now . Thy heart is beating joyously , Thy voice is like a bird's- And sweetly breaks the melody Of thy imperfect words . I know no fount that ...
... thee , Child of the sunny brow- Bright as the dream flung over thee By all that meets thee now . Thy heart is beating joyously , Thy voice is like a bird's- And sweetly breaks the melody Of thy imperfect words . I know no fount that ...
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... thee , beautiful child ? — Keep thee - as thou art , now ? Bring thee , a spirit undefil'd , At God's pure throne to bow ? - The world is but a broken reed , And life grows early dim- To lead thee up - to Him ? Who shall be near thee in ...
... thee , beautiful child ? — Keep thee - as thou art , now ? Bring thee , a spirit undefil'd , At God's pure throne to bow ? - The world is but a broken reed , And life grows early dim- To lead thee up - to Him ? Who shall be near thee in ...
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... thee . They come , they come -- he heeds no cry . Save the soft childlike wail , " O father save ! " " My children , fly ! " Were mingled on the gale . And firmer still he drew his breath , And sterner flashed his eye , As fast he hurls ...
... thee . They come , they come -- he heeds no cry . Save the soft childlike wail , " O father save ! " " My children , fly ! " Were mingled on the gale . And firmer still he drew his breath , And sterner flashed his eye , As fast he hurls ...
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... thee ! The vale and woods are hidden , and the purple mountain head Where we sported in our youth beside the torrent's yellow bed , And gaily chas'd the roving bee , and birds of golden wing And listen'd to the silvery hymn the winds ...
... thee ! The vale and woods are hidden , and the purple mountain head Where we sported in our youth beside the torrent's yellow bed , And gaily chas'd the roving bee , and birds of golden wing And listen'd to the silvery hymn the winds ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 276 - But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection, While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which...
Página 275 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Página 7 - A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for a while, and then expiring, giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass of human mind; so that when it glimmers, in its own decay, and finally goes out in death, no night follows, but it leaves the world all light, all on fire, from the potent contact of its own...
Página 274 - He ceased, and drew forth an MS.; and no Persuasion on the part of devils, or saints, Or angels, now could stop the torrent; so He read the first three lines of the contents; But at the fourth, the whole spiritual show Had vanish'd, with variety of scents, Ambrosial and sulphureous, as they sprang, Like lightning, off from his 'melodious twang'.
Página 276 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Página 47 - On Christmas eve the mass was sung: * That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dressed with holly green ; Forth to the wood did merrymen go, To gather in the mistletoe.
Página 47 - Ceremony doff'd his pride, The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village partner choose; The Lord, underogating, share The vulgar game of 'post and pair...
Página 47 - Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
Página 9 - ... objects of science and taste, so classed and arranged as to produce their finest effect. On one side, specimens of sculpture set out, in such order, as to exhibit at a coup...
Página 178 - To aid thy mind's development, to watch Thy dawn of little joys, to sit and see Almost thy very growth, to view thee catch Knowledge of objects, — wonders yet to thee ! To hold thee lightly on a gentle knee, And print on thy soft cheek a parent's kiss, — This, it should seem, was not reserved for me ; Yet this was in my nature : as it is, I know not what is there, yet something like to this.