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... hills be and valleys , that is not but only of Noah's flood , that wasted the soft ground and the tender , and fell down into valleys , and the hard earth and the rocks abides mountains , when the soft earth and tender waxed nesh ...
... hills be and valleys , that is not but only of Noah's flood , that wasted the soft ground and the tender , and fell down into valleys , and the hard earth and the rocks abides mountains , when the soft earth and tender waxed nesh ...
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... hill To dings the dun deer doun . ' 3 Johnie's mother has gotten word o that , And care - bed she has taen5 : ' O Johnie , for my benisone , I beg you'l stay at hame ; For the wine so red , and the well - baken bread , My Johnie shall ...
... hill To dings the dun deer doun . ' 3 Johnie's mother has gotten word o that , And care - bed she has taen5 : ' O Johnie , for my benisone , I beg you'l stay at hame ; For the wine so red , and the well - baken bread , My Johnie shall ...
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... hill , in fashion almost four square . For the breadth of it beginneth a lit- tle beneath the top of the hill , and still con- tinueth by the space of two miles , until it come to the river of Anyder.12 The length of it , which lieth by ...
... hill , in fashion almost four square . For the breadth of it beginneth a lit- tle beneath the top of the hill , and still con- tinueth by the space of two miles , until it come to the river of Anyder.12 The length of it , which lieth by ...
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... hill and eke the vale ; The nightingale with feathers new she sings ; The turtle to her make2 hath told her tale : Summer is come , for every spray now springs ; The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter ...
... hill and eke the vale ; The nightingale with feathers new she sings ; The turtle to her make2 hath told her tale : Summer is come , for every spray now springs ; The hart hath hung his old head on the pale ; The buck in brake his winter ...
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... hill , that still did flit And fall away , it mounted was full hie , 1 lepers As envying her selfe , that too exceeding shone . 9 Exceeding shone , like Phœbus fairest childe , + That did presume his fathers firie wayne , And flaming ...
... hill , that still did flit And fall away , it mounted was full hie , 1 lepers As envying her selfe , that too exceeding shone . 9 Exceeding shone , like Phœbus fairest childe , + That did presume his fathers firie wayne , And flaming ...
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Page 144 - That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire, That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed, whereon it must expire, Consumed with that...
Page 457 - 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 577 - Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats That nourish a blind life within the brain, If, knowing God, they lift not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friend? For so the whole round earth is every way Bound by gold chains about the feet of God.
Page 463 - 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.
Page 427 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour : England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 416 - These beauteous forms Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye : But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart...
Page 357 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 417 - As have no slight or trivial influence On that best portion of a good man's life, — His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love. Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift.
Page 426 - O joy! that in our embers Is something that doth live, That nature yet remembers What was so fugitive! The thought of our past years in me doth breed Perpetual benediction: not indeed For that which is most worthy to be blest — Delight and liberty, the simple creed Of Childhood, whether busy or at rest, With new-fledged hope still fluttering...
Page 578 - Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho' We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.