Selections from the Poets ...: For the Use of SchoolsC. Sherman, 1852 - 183 páginas |
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... breast th ' untroubled springs Of hope make melody where'er ye tread , And o'er your sleep bright shadows , from the wings Of spirits visiting but youth , be spread ; Yet in those flute - like voices , mingling low , Is woman's ...
... breast th ' untroubled springs Of hope make melody where'er ye tread , And o'er your sleep bright shadows , from the wings Of spirits visiting but youth , be spread ; Yet in those flute - like voices , mingling low , Is woman's ...
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... breast Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail , that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear , That he hung on its margin , far and near , Where a rock could rear its head . He went to the windows of those who slept ...
... breast Of the quivering lake he spread A coat of mail , that it need not fear The downward point of many a spear , That he hung on its margin , far and near , Where a rock could rear its head . He went to the windows of those who slept ...
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... whose offering is blest ! More precious by far than the gold of the rest ; For they , from their careless abundance cast in , Their breasts coldly heaving with pride and with sin . PRIDE . 37 " But she this small pittance , Pride,
... whose offering is blest ! More precious by far than the gold of the rest ; For they , from their careless abundance cast in , Their breasts coldly heaving with pride and with sin . PRIDE . 37 " But she this small pittance , Pride,
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... breast so unfeeling , But some gentle thoughts of affection there live ; And the best of us all require something concealing , Some heart that with smiles can forget and for- give ! Then away with the cloud from those beautiful eyes ...
... breast so unfeeling , But some gentle thoughts of affection there live ; And the best of us all require something concealing , Some heart that with smiles can forget and for- give ! Then away with the cloud from those beautiful eyes ...
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... ! We may * * * have seen some loved one pass To the land of hallowed rest ; We may miss the glow of an honest brow , And the warmth of a friendly breast ; 60 SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR . But if we 59 Song of the New Year Cook,
... ! We may * * * have seen some loved one pass To the land of hallowed rest ; We may miss the glow of an honest brow , And the warmth of a friendly breast ; 60 SONG FOR THE NEW YEAR . But if we 59 Song of the New Year Cook,
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Términos y frases comunes
away-I am passing beams beautiful belfry bell BERNARD BARTON bless bloom breast breath bright brow bucket CHARLES SWAIN clouds cold cold heaven dark death decay deep doth e'en earth ELIZA COOK fade fear feeling flowers gather the fragments Give not thy glory glowing guiding ray Hark ye hath hear me tell heart heaven holy hope hour household Human watch kind to thy knitting-work Learn to labour life's light lips look Lord will provide MARY HOWITT meadows brown mingled morning Murillo N. P. WILLIS ne'er Never give Never mind nigh night November rain o'er Ocean old arm chair old oaken bucket PAINTER OF SEVILLE passing away-I prayer round sigh silent smile song sorrow soul Speak gently spirit storm sweet tears tempests thine things Thou art Thou hast thought thy hand trees trust truth has taught Try-try Twas voice weary wild wind youth
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Página 108 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane— as I do here.
Página 129 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set — but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death ! THE LOST PLEIAD.
Página 107 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they ? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: not so thou; Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Página 40 - With me but roughly since I heard thee last. Those lips are thine — thy own sweet smile I see, The same that oft in childhood solaced me ; Voice only fails, else how distinct they say, " Grieve not, my child, chase all thy fears away!
Página 41 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long, 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief. Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Página 65 - But on the hill the golden-rod, and the aster in the wood, And the yellow sunflower by the brook in autumn beauty stood, Till fell the frost from the clear cold heaven, as falls the plague on men, And the brightness of their smile was gone from upland, glade, and glen, And now, when comes the calm mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home ; When the sound of dropping nuts is heard, though all the trees are still, And twinkle in the smoky light...
Página 44 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.
Página 74 - And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Página 85 - Prayer is the simplest form of speech That infant lips can try : Prayer the sublimest strains that reach The Majesty on high.
Página 75 - Nor rural sights alone, but rural sounds Exhilarate the spirit, and restore The tone of languid nature. Mighty winds, That sweep the skirt of some far-spreading wood Of ancient growth, make music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore...