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... clouds obscure our brightest hopes , nor sorrow , want , nor care ; But brightness such as this may fade , -the storm may come at last , And all that seem'd so fair at first will then be overcast . 3 . We tread a path where flowers and ...
... clouds obscure our brightest hopes , nor sorrow , want , nor care ; But brightness such as this may fade , -the storm may come at last , And all that seem'd so fair at first will then be overcast . 3 . We tread a path where flowers and ...
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... cloud , As the clanging wild swans spring ; As homeward the screaming ravens crowd , Like squadrons on the wing . There's music in the depth of night , When the world is still and dim , And the stars flame out in their pomp Like thrones ...
... cloud , As the clanging wild swans spring ; As homeward the screaming ravens crowd , Like squadrons on the wing . There's music in the depth of night , When the world is still and dim , And the stars flame out in their pomp Like thrones ...
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... clouds , are contrasted by less ones , covered with fir - trees , whose gigantic branches seem formed to brave the storm . Rocks , huge and grotesque in their forms , appear ready to topple from their bases , and threaten destruction on ...
... clouds , are contrasted by less ones , covered with fir - trees , whose gigantic branches seem formed to brave the storm . Rocks , huge and grotesque in their forms , appear ready to topple from their bases , and threaten destruction on ...
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... clouds , which were so dense , that one of our carriages , which only pre- ceded mine by a short distance , became often invisible . We saw it close to us at one moment , and the next it dis- appeared as into a gulf , and all trace of ...
... clouds , which were so dense , that one of our carriages , which only pre- ceded mine by a short distance , became often invisible . We saw it close to us at one moment , and the next it dis- appeared as into a gulf , and all trace of ...
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... clouds their mantles fold Around the forest's russet gold ! Away ! away ! o'er earth and sea , This land is now no home for thee ! Arise ! and stretch thy soaring wing , And seek elsewhere the smiles of Spring . The wand'rer now with ...
... clouds their mantles fold Around the forest's russet gold ! Away ! away ! o'er earth and sea , This land is now no home for thee ! Arise ! and stretch thy soaring wing , And seek elsewhere the smiles of Spring . The wand'rer now with ...
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Page 53 - Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling Morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 53 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty ! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair : thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable ! who sitt'st above these Heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works ; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 21 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow ! Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him ; But little hell reck if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him...
Page 213 - Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep, and I perceive you feel The dint of pity; these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what! weep you when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd as you see, with traitors.
Page 156 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm...
Page 155 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 213 - And bid them speak for me: but were I Brutus, And Brutus Antony, there were an Antony Would ruffle up your spirits and put a tongue In every wound of Caesar that should move The stones of Rome to rise and mutiny.
Page 84 - I had thought myself in an ancient castle (a very natural dream for a head filled like mine with Gothic story) and that on the uppermost bannister of a great staircase I saw a gigantic hand in armour. In the evening I sat down and began to write, without knowing in the least what I intended to say or relate.
Page 364 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 462 - A fire devoureth before them; and behind them a flame burneth: the land is as the garden of Eden before them, and behind them a desolate wilderness; yea, and nothing shall escape them.