Poems of James MontgomeryRoutledge, Warne, & Routledge, 1860 - 379 páginas |
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... dream On the waking mother's breast . Till the storm that wreck'd the world , In its horrible career , Into hopeless ruin hurl'd All this aching heart held dear . On the princely towers of BERNE Fell the Gallic thunder - stroke : To the ...
... dream On the waking mother's breast . Till the storm that wreck'd the world , In its horrible career , Into hopeless ruin hurl'd All this aching heart held dear . On the princely towers of BERNE Fell the Gallic thunder - stroke : To the ...
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... heart . Sorrow - soothing sweet repose On your peaceful pillows light ; Angel - hands your eyelids close ; Dream of Paradise to - night . " PART V. The Wanderer , being left alone with the 19 THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND .
... heart . Sorrow - soothing sweet repose On your peaceful pillows light ; Angel - hands your eyelids close ; Dream of Paradise to - night . " PART V. The Wanderer , being left alone with the 19 THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND .
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... dream in the darkness of night ; My tomb she will build in the midst of the camp , That the hunter may hail the bright mark of my fame . -But draw forth the sword from my bosom , For cold is the blade , O Morna ! " Slowly and weeping ...
... dream in the darkness of night ; My tomb she will build in the midst of the camp , That the hunter may hail the bright mark of my fame . -But draw forth the sword from my bosom , For cold is the blade , O Morna ! " Slowly and weeping ...
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... dreaming strain Of all that e'er I sung , A lorn memorial may remain , When silent lies my tongue ; When shot the meteor of my fame , Lost the vain echo of my name , This leaf , this fallen leaf , may be The only trace of her and me ...
... dreaming strain Of all that e'er I sung , A lorn memorial may remain , When silent lies my tongue ; When shot the meteor of my fame , Lost the vain echo of my name , This leaf , this fallen leaf , may be The only trace of her and me ...
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... dreams of soothing languor flew , No parted joys , no future pains , they knew , The passing moment all their bliss or care ; Such as their sires had been the children were , From age to age ; as waves upon the tide Of stormless time ...
... dreams of soothing languor flew , No parted joys , no future pains , they knew , The passing moment all their bliss or care ; Such as their sires had been the children were , From age to age ; as waves upon the tide Of stormless time ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
age to age amidst appear'd arms art thou BATTLE OF ALEXANDRIA beauty behold beneath BIRKET FOSTER Black Death bliss blood bosom breast breath breeze CANTO clouds dark dead death dream earth Enoch eternal Euphrates father fear fell fire fix'd flame fled flood flowers foes Fulneck gazed glen gloom glory grace grave Greenland hand HARRISON WEIR hath heart heaven hope hyæna isle Javan JOHN GILBERT land light living look'd lyre moon morn Morna mountains Nature's night numbers o'er ocean open'd pale Paradise pass'd Patriarchs peace PELICAN ISLAND Pelicans prayer race rest rocks roll'd rose round scene seem'd shade shadow shore silent Sire slumber smile song soul spirit stars stood storm strange sweet SWITZERLAND tears tempest thee thine thou thought tide toil trees trembling turn'd Twas vale vanish'd voice WANDERER waves weary whence wild wind wings woods youth Zillah
Passagens conhecidas
Página 76 - There is a land, of every land the pride, Beloved by heaven o'er all the world beside...
Página 73 - Touched by remembrance, trembles to that pole ; For in this land of heaven's peculiar grace, The heritage of nature's noblest race, There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Página 106 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found, They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground.
Página 102 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found ; And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground...
Página 73 - A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time-tutored age and love-exalted youth: The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the...
Página 108 - Him midst shame and scorn ; My friendship's utmost zeal to try, He asked if I for Him would die ; The flesh was weak, my blood ran chill, But the free spirit cried,
Página 107 - I gave him all ; he blessed it, brake, And ate; but gave me part again; Mine was an angel's portion then; For, while I fed with eager haste, That crust was manna to my taste.
Página 370 - Night is the time for toil; To plough the classic field, Intent to find the buried spoil Its wealthy furrows yield; Till all is ours that sages taught, That poets sang, or heroes wrought.
Página 44 - The Goldfinch, in his mirth ; The Thrush, a spendthrift of his powers, Enrapturing heaven and earth ; The Swan, in majesty and grace, Contemplative and still ; But roused, — no Falcon, in the chase, Could like his satire kill. The Linnet in simplicity, In tenderness the Dove ; But more than all beside was he The Nightingale in love. Oh ! had he never stoop'd to shame, Nor lent a charm to vice, How had Devotion loved to name That Bird of Paradise ! Peace to the dead! — In Scotia's choir Of Minstrels...
Página 56 - The Dead are like the stars by day ; — Withdrawn from mortal eye, But not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky : Spirits, from bondage thus set free, Vanish amidst immensity, Where human thought, like human sight, Fails to pursue their trackless flight.