Time's TelescopeSherwood, Gilbert, and Piper., 1824 - Almanacs, English |
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... poets , living as well as dead ; a feature in the work which stamps it with a lively and endearing interest , and ... poet or a man , may be correctly said to reflect honour , not only on the sect to which he more pecu- liarly belongs ...
... poets , living as well as dead ; a feature in the work which stamps it with a lively and endearing interest , and ... poet or a man , may be correctly said to reflect honour , not only on the sect to which he more pecu- liarly belongs ...
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... poets . One thing more must be said of Time's Telescope , -it is a safe book ; it may be put into the hands of youth , without the fear of its exciting an improper idea ; and this is a quality of which the value must be felt by every ...
... poets . One thing more must be said of Time's Telescope , -it is a safe book ; it may be put into the hands of youth , without the fear of its exciting an improper idea ; and this is a quality of which the value must be felt by every ...
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... poets , will increase the delight afforded by contemplating the works of nature , and raise the mind to a devout admiration of the Divine Author .'- New Monthly Magazine , Jan. 1815 . ' The work before us supplies accurate , though ...
... poets , will increase the delight afforded by contemplating the works of nature , and raise the mind to a devout admiration of the Divine Author .'- New Monthly Magazine , Jan. 1815 . ' The work before us supplies accurate , though ...
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... poets get mightyly that day ( new year's day ) by their pam- phlets , for a hundred elaborate lines shall be lesse esteemed then in London than a hundred of Wansfleet oysters at Cambridge . ' The English nobility for- merly sent the ...
... poets get mightyly that day ( new year's day ) by their pam- phlets , for a hundred elaborate lines shall be lesse esteemed then in London than a hundred of Wansfleet oysters at Cambridge . ' The English nobility for- merly sent the ...
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... of the Emperor Constantius , in 356 , where he remained for three years . After various travels in different parts , and many sufferings , Hilary died at Poictiers in 368. He was an excellent orator and poet IN JANUARY 1823 . 9.
... of the Emperor Constantius , in 356 , where he remained for three years . After various travels in different parts , and many sufferings , Hilary died at Poictiers in 368. He was an excellent orator and poet IN JANUARY 1823 . 9.
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Page 160 - And Ardennes waves above them her green leaves, Dewy with nature's tear-drops as they pass, Grieving, if aught inanimate e'er grieves, Over the unre turning brave — alas ! Ere evening to be trodden like the grass, Which now beneath them, but above shall grow In its next verdure ; when this fiery mass Of living valour, rolling on the foe And burning with high hope, shall moulder cold and low...
Page 160 - Cameron's gathering' rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain-pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Page 115 - Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 92 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 205 - Then the pied wind-flowers and the tulip tall, And narcissi, the fairest among them all, Who gaze on their eyes in the stream's recess, Till they die of their own dear loveliness...
Page 115 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 160 - And there was mounting in hot haste ; the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed And swiftly forming in the ranks of war ; And the deep thunder peal on peal afar ; And near, the beat of the alarming drum Roused up the soldier ere the morning star ; While thronged the citizens with terror dumb, Or whispering with white lips — " The foe ! They come ! they come ! " And wild and high the "Cameron's gathering...
Page 159 - The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell ; But hush ! hark ! a deep sound strikes like a rising knell. Did ye not hear it ? No ; 'twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street.
Page 115 - And soon that toil shall end ; Soon shalt thou find a summer home and rest, And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend, Soon, o'er thy sheltered nest. Thou'rt gone, the abyss of heaven Hath swallowed up thy form ; yet, on my heart Deeply hath sunk the lesson thou hast given, And shall not soon depart. He who, from zone to zone, Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight, In the long way that I must tread alone, Will lead my steps aright.
Page 83 - Higher still and higher From the earth thou springest Like a cloud of fire; The blue deep thou wingest, And singing still dost soar, and soaring ever singest. In the golden lightning Of the sunken sun, O'er which clouds are brightning, Thou dost float and run; Like an unbodied joy whose race is just begun.