Oxford Prize Poems: Being a Collection of Such English Poems as Have at Various Times Obtained Prizes in the University of OxfordJ. Parker, 1819 - 174 páginas |
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... hand . But while the British Chief his troops led on 9 ) To pluck those laurels which their arms had won , Some winged fate his mighty bosom tore , w And low to earth the gallant Warrior bore . His friends with pity mark his parting ...
... hand . But while the British Chief his troops led on 9 ) To pluck those laurels which their arms had won , Some winged fate his mighty bosom tore , w And low to earth the gallant Warrior bore . His friends with pity mark his parting ...
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... hand to hand ! ) A With piercing cries the hostile files invade , ut thi And shake aloft in air the massy blade : Where'er their falchions heap the slaughter round , Crowds roll'd on crowds bestrew the loaded ground ; While rushing to ...
... hand to hand ! ) A With piercing cries the hostile files invade , ut thi And shake aloft in air the massy blade : Where'er their falchions heap the slaughter round , Crowds roll'd on crowds bestrew the loaded ground ; While rushing to ...
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... hands like mine Could for an hero's urn the chaplet twine , The Muse for thee should cull each op'ning bloom , And with unfading garlands deck thy tomb : For oh ! what youth , whose rev'rent feet are 12 CONQUEST OF QUEBEC . Recited The ...
... hands like mine Could for an hero's urn the chaplet twine , The Muse for thee should cull each op'ning bloom , And with unfading garlands deck thy tomb : For oh ! what youth , whose rev'rent feet are 12 CONQUEST OF QUEBEC . Recited The ...
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... d veil , And shew the boldest sons of public zeal : Lo ! SYDNEY , bending o'er the block ! his mien , His voice , his hand , unshaken , clear , serene : Yet no diffuse harangue , declaim'd aloud , To gain 18 LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY .
... d veil , And shew the boldest sons of public zeal : Lo ! SYDNEY , bending o'er the block ! his mien , His voice , his hand , unshaken , clear , serene : Yet no diffuse harangue , declaim'd aloud , To gain 18 LOVE OF OUR COUNTRY .
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... hand that deals the fatal blow , Nor heaves one sigh for all he leaves below . Nor yet doth Glory , though her port be bold , Her aspect radiant , and her tresses gold , Guide through the walks of death alone her car , Attendant only on ...
... hand that deals the fatal blow , Nor heaves one sigh for all he leaves below . Nor yet doth Glory , though her port be bold , Her aspect radiant , and her tresses gold , Guide through the walks of death alone her car , Attendant only on ...
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ador'd Arabian mythology arms Bab-el-mandeb beam bending beneath blaze blest blood bloom blush'd bold bow'd breast breath bright Britannia's Briton brow burst Caractacus's cave of Thor conquest controul crown'd dar'd dark death deep desert dread E'en ev'ry falchion fame fane fate fierce fight fire flame flood foes fury gleam gloom glory glowing grove hallow'd hath head Heav'n heav'nly HENRY HART MILMAN holy hyænas Israel JOHN LEYCESTER ADOLPHUS land light limbs Love Mecca's Messiah mighty mortal Muse ne'er Nebaioth night o'er ORIEL COLLEGE pale Palestine Parthenon patriot plain pour'd pow'r pride Prophet proud rais'd reign rise roll'd rude sacred savage scene seem'd shade skies smile song sons soul stream swell sword tear Temple thee thou thro throne TIMANTHES toils tomb tow'rs trembling tyrant view'd virgin voice warq warrior waste wave wild WILLIAM LIPSCOMB wing woes Ye sung
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Página 83 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. 'And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it; for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Página 69 - And when all the children of Israel saw how the fire came down, and the glory of the Lord upon the house, they bowed themselves with their faces to the ground upon the pavement, and worshipped, and praised the Lord, saying, For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever.
Página 68 - And the house, when it was in building, was built of stone made ready before it was brought thither : so that there was neither hammer nor axe nor any tool of iron heard in the house, while it was in building.
Página 83 - Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones : Behold, I will cause breath to enter into you and ye shall live, and I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live, and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
Página 54 - Where now thy might which all those kings subdued? No martial myriads muster in thy gate; No suppliant nations in thy Temple wait; No...
Página 151 - For mild he seemed as in Elysian bowers Wasting in careless ease the joyous hours ; Haughty, as bards have sung, with princely sway Curbing the fierce flame-breathing steeds of day ; Beauteous as vision seen in dreamy sleep By holy maid, on Delphi's haunted steep, Mid the dim twilight of the laurel grove Too fair to worship, too divine to love.
Página 83 - To highest heaven he lifts his kingly hand, And treads at once the ocean and the land ; And hark ! his voice amid the thunder's roar, His dreadful voice ! that time shall be no more ! Lo ! cherub hands the golden courts prepare ; Lo ! thrones...
Página 81 - And I will multiply the fruit of the tree, and the increase of the field, that ye shall receive no more reproach of famine among the heathen.
Página 68 - No workman steel, no ponderous axes rung ! Like some tall palm the noiseless fabric sprung.
Página 57 - And as the seer on Pisgah's topmost brow With glistening eye beheld the plain below, With prescient ardour drank the scented gale, And bade the opening glades of Canaan hail ; Her eagle eye shall scan the prospect wide, From...