The Lady of La GarayeMacmillan and Company, 1863 - 153 páginas |
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... dreams , So vain the hope my girlish fancy drew , So faint and far his vanished presence seems . To thee I dedicate this record brief Of foreign scenes and deeds too little known ; This tale of noble souls who conquered grief By dint of ...
... dreams , So vain the hope my girlish fancy drew , So faint and far his vanished presence seems . To thee I dedicate this record brief Of foreign scenes and deeds too little known ; This tale of noble souls who conquered grief By dint of ...
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... dreams the peasant frights ; And push them , till their rolling sound , Dull and heavy , beat the ground . Now a song , high up and clear , Like a lark's enchants the ear ; Or some happy face looks down , Looking , oh ! so fresh and ...
... dreams the peasant frights ; And push them , till their rolling sound , Dull and heavy , beat the ground . Now a song , high up and clear , Like a lark's enchants the ear ; Or some happy face looks down , Looking , oh ! so fresh and ...
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... dreams ; Queen of herself , and of the world ; sweet Queen ! Her crown the plume above her brow serene , Her jewelled whip a sceptre , and her dress The regal mantle worn by loveliness . And well she wears such mantle : swift her horse ...
... dreams ; Queen of herself , and of the world ; sweet Queen ! Her crown the plume above her brow serene , Her jewelled whip a sceptre , and her dress The regal mantle worn by loveliness . And well she wears such mantle : swift her horse ...
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... dream stand on the edge of death : Saw it and stared - and prayed - and held his breath . Bright shone the Autumn sun on wood and plain ; On the steed's glossy flanks and flowing mane ; On the wild silver of the rushing brook ; On his ...
... dream stand on the edge of death : Saw it and stared - and prayed - and held his breath . Bright shone the Autumn sun on wood and plain ; On the steed's glossy flanks and flowing mane ; On the wild silver of the rushing brook ; On his ...
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... ; Claud thinks not , dreams not , plans not her relief . Strengthen him but , oh God ! to reach the place , And let him look upon her dying face ! Let him but say farewell ! farewell , sweet love 48 THE LADY OF LA GARAYE .
... ; Claud thinks not , dreams not , plans not her relief . Strengthen him but , oh God ! to reach the place , And let him look upon her dying face ! Let him but say farewell ! farewell , sweet love 48 THE LADY OF LA GARAYE .
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beauty bitter bless bloom breast breath Bretagne Breton bright Brittany CHARLES KINGSLEY cheek cheer Claud cloth cold Crown 8vo dear death delight Dinan doom dream duc d'Orléans earth echo ENGLISH LANGUAGE evermore eyes fading faint Fcap feet flowers footsteps fresh Garaye Garaye's gaze Gertrude glad glimmering gloom God's golden gone grief gushing hand happy hath heart Heaven helpless HENRY KINGSLEY hope human La Garaye la Motte-Piquet Lady Lady of La leaps leaves Life's lifts light lingering lips lonely look Love's man's moan morning Morocco mournful neath never night noble o'er pain pale pity pleasant POEMS prison RAVENSHOE restless round Ruins SECOND EDITION seems shade shadow shining sigh sink smile song sorrow soul sound spirit stir suffering sunbeam sweet tears tender thee things thou thought thrill trembling Vignette voice walls weary weep WESTWARD HO wild words yearning young youth
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Página 150 - Honour to those whose words or deeds Thus help us in our daily needs, And by their overflow Raise us from what is low ! Thus thought I, as by night I read Of the great army of the dead, The trenches cold and damp, The starved and frozen camp, — The wounded from the battle-plain, In dreary hospitals of pain, The cheerless corridors, The cold and stony floors. Lo ! in that house of misery...
Página 150 - Thus thought I, as by night I read Of the great army of the dead, The trenches cold and damp, The starved and frozen camp, — The wounded from the battle-plain, In dreary hospitals of pain, The cheerless corridors, The cold and stony floors.
Página 151 - Lo ! in that house of misery A lady with a lamp I see Pass through the glimmering gloom, And flit from room to room. And slow, as in a dream of bliss, The speechless sufferer turns to kiss Her shadow, as it falls Upon the darkening walls. As if a door in heaven should be Opened and then closed suddenly, The vision came and went, The light shone and was spent. On England's annals, through the long Hereafter of her speech and song, That light its rays shall cast From portals of the past. A Lady with...
Página 144 - Servant of God, well done ! They serve God well, Who serve his creatures : when the funeral bell Tolls for the dead, there's nothing left of all That decks the scutcheon and the velvet pall Save this. The coronet is empty show : The strength and loveliness are hid below : The shifting wealth to others hath accrued...