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He that has already left the precincts of day , will cast no “ lingering look , " either
behind or before : he has no look to casto Visibility and illumination reciprocate ;
and , from a place to which ! Paradise Lost , iii . 87 . 14 the rays from the object ...
He that has already left the precincts of day , will cast no “ lingering look , " either
behind or before : he has no look to casto Visibility and illumination reciprocate ;
and , from a place to which ! Paradise Lost , iii . 87 . 14 the rays from the object ...
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Of “ longing lingering look , ” the construction , in respect to sound , is in his usual
style . “ High - born Hoel ' s harp . ” " · Light Llewellyn ' s lay . " What is acquired to
the description by the three l ' s in " longing lingering look , " it is not easy , to ...
Of “ longing lingering look , ” the construction , in respect to sound , is in his usual
style . “ High - born Hoel ' s harp . ” " · Light Llewellyn ' s lay . " What is acquired to
the description by the three l ' s in " longing lingering look , " it is not easy , to ...
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... conversation in the Lord of the Isles , when Edith of Lorn , attended by her
nurse , is watching for her tardy bridegroom : « « Think ' st thou . . . to cheat the
heart , That , bound in strong affection ' s chain , Looks for return , and looks in
vain ?
... conversation in the Lord of the Isles , when Edith of Lorn , attended by her
nurse , is watching for her tardy bridegroom : « « Think ' st thou . . . to cheat the
heart , That , bound in strong affection ' s chain , Looks for return , and looks in
vain ?
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The Douglas had endured , that morn , The King ' s cold look , the nobles ' scorn ,
And last , and worst to spirit proud , Had borne the pity of the crowd : But Lufra
had been fondly bred , To share his board , to watch his bed ; And oft would Ellen
...
The Douglas had endured , that morn , The King ' s cold look , the nobles ' scorn ,
And last , and worst to spirit proud , Had borne the pity of the crowd : But Lufra
had been fondly bred , To share his board , to watch his bed ; And oft would Ellen
...
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... worthy your notice , but are so miscellaneous in their nature , that I will not
attempt to classify , but cite them indiscriminately as they occur : “ I claimed of him
my only child As he disowned the theft , he smiled ! That very calm and callous
look ...
... worthy your notice , but are so miscellaneous in their nature , that I will not
attempt to classify , but cite them indiscriminately as they occur : “ I claimed of him
my only child As he disowned the theft , he smiled ! That very calm and callous
look ...
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Página 54 - Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault, The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Página 3 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care : No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Página 9 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 4 - Can storied urn or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or flattery soothe the dull cold ear of death?
Página 8 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Página 1 - ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD / THE CURFEW tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.
Página 104 - Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace. With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost.
Página 2 - The breezy call of incense-breathing Morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed...
Página 7 - E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of th' unhonour'd dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away, To meet the sun upon the upland lawn...
Página 5 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...