Lyrical Ballads,: With Pastoral and Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Issue 356, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, By R. Taylor and Company, 1805 - 248 pages |
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... ' ! VOL . I. FOURTH EDITION LONDON : FRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , AND ORME , By R. Taylor and Co. 38 , Shoe - Lane . 1805 . 288. n . 356 . Page 1 Expostulation and Reply The Tables turned ; an LYRICAL BALLADS ,
... ' ! VOL . I. FOURTH EDITION LONDON : FRINTED FOR LONGMAN , HURST , REES , AND ORME , By R. Taylor and Co. 38 , Shoe - Lane . 1805 . 288. n . 356 . Page 1 Expostulation and Reply The Tables turned ; an LYRICAL BALLADS ,
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... turned ; an Evening Scene , on the same subject Animal Tranquillity and Decay , a Sketch Goody Blake and Harry Gill The Last of the Flock Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew - tree which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite The Foster ...
... turned ; an Evening Scene , on the same subject Animal Tranquillity and Decay , a Sketch Goody Blake and Harry Gill The Last of the Flock Lines left upon a Seat in a Yew - tree which stands near the Lake of Esthwaite The Foster ...
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... nothing of itself will come , " But we must still be seeking ? " Then ask not wherefore , here , alone , " Conversing as I may , " I sit upon this old gray stone , " And dream my time away . " THE TABLES TURNED ; An EVENING SCENE , on the ...
... nothing of itself will come , " But we must still be seeking ? " Then ask not wherefore , here , alone , " Conversing as I may , " I sit upon this old gray stone , " And dream my time away . " THE TABLES TURNED ; An EVENING SCENE , on the ...
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... head , A freshening lustre mellow Through all the long green fields has spread , His first sweet evening yellow . Books ! ' tis a dull and endless strife : The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject 4798.
... head , A freshening lustre mellow Through all the long green fields has spread , His first sweet evening yellow . Books ! ' tis a dull and endless strife : The Tables turned; an Evening Scene, on the same subject 4798.
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... elder , Till she had filled her apron full . When with her load she turned about , The bye - road back again to take , He started forward with a shout , And sprang upon poor Goody Blake . And fiercely by the arm he took her , And 14.
... elder , Till she had filled her apron full . When with her load she turned about , The bye - road back again to take , He started forward with a shout , And sprang upon poor Goody Blake . And fiercely by the arm he took her , And 14.
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Albatross Babe Beneath Betty Foy Betty's birds black lips breath breeze chatter cold composition dead dear endeavoured excitement fair fear feelings Friend Goody Blake green happy Harry Gill hath head hear heard heart high crag Hill of moss hope Idiot Boy idle Johnny Johnny's Kilve land of mist language limbs Liswyn farm live look Martha Ray metre metrical mind mist moon moonlight mountain nature never night numbers o'er objects oh misery old Susan Gale Owlets pain passion pleasure Poems Poet Poet's poetic diction Poetry Pond Pony poor old poor Susan porringer pray produced prose Quoth Reader round sails senses fail Ship silent Simon Lee song soul spirit Stephen Hill stood sweet tale tears tell thee There's things Thorn thou thought tion truth Twas verse voice wedding-guest wherefore wild wind wood words Young Harry
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Page 147 - The Sun came up upon the left, Out of the sea came he! And he shone bright, and on the right Went down into the sea. Higher and higher every day, Till over the mast at noon -' The Wedding-Guest here beat his breast, For he heard the loud bassoon.
Page 154 - Nor any drop to drink. The very deep did rot; O Christ! That ever this should be! Yea, slimy things did crawl with legs Upon the slimy sea! About, about, in reel and rout, The death-fires danced at night: The water, like a witch's oils, Burnt green, and blue, and white.
Page 198 - Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 171 - Under the keel nine fathom deep, From the land of mist and snow, The spirit slid ; a'nd it was he That made the ship to go.
Page 168 - They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved their eyes; It had been strange, even in a dream, To have seen those dead men rise. The helmsman steered, the ship moved on; Yet never a breeze...
Page 179 - Christ! what saw I there! Each corse lay flat, lifeless, and flat, And, by the holy rood! A man all light, a seraph-man, On every corse there stood. This seraph-band, each waved his hand: It was a heavenly sight! They stood as signals to the land, Each one a lovely light; This seraph-band, each waved his hand, No voice did they impart — No voice; but oh!
Page 170 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Page 171 - gan stir, With a short uneasy motion Backwards and forwards half her length With a short uneasy motion. Then, like a pawing horse let go, She made a sudden bound: It flung the blood into my head, And I fell down in a swound.
Page xv - For a multitude of causes, unknown to former times, are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and, unfitting it for all voluntary exertion, to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor. The most effective of these causes are the great national events which are daily taking place, and the increasing accumulation of men in cities, where the uniformity of their occupations produces a craving for extraordinary incident, which the rapid communication of intelligence...
Page 54 - And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side.