Pearls from the poets: specimens selected, with biogr. notes, by H.W. DulckenHenry William Dulcken 1860 |
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... " Aphorisms " ) Longfellow 105 MILITARY GLORY ( from " The Vanity of Human Johnson 106 Wishes " ) .... THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT Byron 108 Pope 111 CONTENTS . THE GRAVE MARLBOROUGH ( from " The Campaign.
... " Aphorisms " ) Longfellow 105 MILITARY GLORY ( from " The Vanity of Human Johnson 106 Wishes " ) .... THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT Byron 108 Pope 111 CONTENTS . THE GRAVE MARLBOROUGH ( from " The Campaign.
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Henry William Dulcken. CONTENTS . THE GRAVE MARLBOROUGH ( from " The Campaign " ) ...... ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD ... Gray .. SWEET MARY CHARACTER OF ADDISON ( from the " Epistle to to Pope Dr. Arbuthnot " ) A PSALM OF LIFE ...
Henry William Dulcken. CONTENTS . THE GRAVE MARLBOROUGH ( from " The Campaign " ) ...... ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD ... Gray .. SWEET MARY CHARACTER OF ADDISON ( from the " Epistle to to Pope Dr. Arbuthnot " ) A PSALM OF LIFE ...
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... grave with unperceived decay , While resignation gently slopes the way ; And , all his prospects brightening to the last , His heaven commences ere the world be past . Sweet was the sound , when oft , at evening's close , Up yonder hill ...
... grave with unperceived decay , While resignation gently slopes the way ; And , all his prospects brightening to the last , His heaven commences ere the world be past . Sweet was the sound , when oft , at evening's close , Up yonder hill ...
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... graves are green , they may be seen , " The little maid replied , " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door , And they are side by side . exquisite appreciation of natural beauty lies the chief charm of his poetry . His sonnets ...
... graves are green , they may be seen , " The little maid replied , " Twelve steps or more from my mother's door , And they are side by side . exquisite appreciation of natural beauty lies the chief charm of his poetry . His sonnets ...
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... grave we played , My brother John and I. 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 . " " How many are you , then , " said I , " If they two are in ...
... grave we played , My brother John and I. 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 . " " How many are you , then , " said I , " If they two are in ...
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ALEXANDER POPE battle BATTLE OF WATERLOO beauty behold beneath BERNARD BARTON Blest born bower breath bright Cam'rons CHARLES LAMB charm cheek cheerful child churchway clouds cold COUNTRY CHURCH-YARD dark dead death deep died dost doth e'en earth EDGAR ALLAN POE ELEGY WRITTEN Elizabethan era EPICEDIUM eyes fair fame fire flowers genius gilded lilies glory grace grave green hast hath hear heard heart heaven hills Honour hour light lonely look loud MILTON moon morn mother mother's love mouldering mournful ne'er never night numbers o'er old familiar faces poems poet praise pride reign round sigh silent sing SIR JOHN MOORE Skiddaw sleep smile soft song soothe sorrow soul sound SPANISH ARMADA spirit star stormy winds Sweet Mary tears thee THOMAS CAMPBELL THOMAS OTWAY thou art thou busy thought tower Twas voice waves weary weep wild winds do blow woods youth
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Page 55 - Like a poet hidden In the light of thought, Singing hymns unbidden, Till the world is wrought To sympathy with hopes and fears it heeded not : Like a high-born maiden In a palace tower, Soothing her love-laden Soul in secret hour With music sweet as love, which overflows her bower...
Page 137 - And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease, For Summer has o'er-brimmed their clammy cells — Who hath not seen thee oft amid thy store?
Page 14 - In all my wanderings round this world of care, In all my griefs - and God has given my share I still had hopes my latest hours to crown, Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose.
Page 156 - As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, So deep in luve am I, And I will luve thee still, my dear, Till a' the seas gang dry. Till a" the seas gang dry, my dear, And the rocks melt wi
Page 27 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 115 - Peace to all such ! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease; Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 138 - WHEN I consider how my light is spent, Ere half my days in this dark world and wide, And that one talent which is death to hide Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent To serve therewith my Maker, and present My true account, lest He returning chide; 'Doth God exact day-labour, light denied?' I fondly ask: but Patience, to prevent That murmur, soon replies, 'God doth not need Either man's work or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best: his state Is kingly: thousands...
Page 22 - She had a rustic, woodlai.d air, And she was wildly clad; Her eyes were fair, and very fair; — Her beauty made me glad. " Sisters and brothers, little maid, How many may you be? " " How many? Seven in all," she said, And wondering looked at me.
Page 121 - WHAT needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed reliques should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Page 56 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near. Better than all measures Of delightful sound, Better than all treasures That in books are found, Thy skill to poet were, thou scorner of the ground ! Teach me half the gladness That thy brain must know, Such harmonious madness From my lips would flow, The world should listen then, as I am listening now.