The Poetical Works of Hannah More: With a Memoir of the AuthorScott, Webster, & Geary, 1839 - 504 páginas |
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... fate , but not to shun it : Small gain ! which Wisdom with indifferent eye Beholds . Why wish to drink the bitter dregs Of life's exhausted chalice , whose last runnings Even at the best are vapid ? Why not die , ( If Heaven so will ) ...
... fate , but not to shun it : Small gain ! which Wisdom with indifferent eye Beholds . Why wish to drink the bitter dregs Of life's exhausted chalice , whose last runnings Even at the best are vapid ? Why not die , ( If Heaven so will ) ...
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... fate of living genius , which complains with reason that the stingy dispensers of literary laurels , by their tardy and parsimonious applause , can " Bestow a garland only on a bier . " Having already recorded our disapprobation of ...
... fate of living genius , which complains with reason that the stingy dispensers of literary laurels , by their tardy and parsimonious applause , can " Bestow a garland only on a bier . " Having already recorded our disapprobation of ...
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... fate On adverse shores successive , yield a theme More grateful to the eager appetite Of young impatience , than the wandering tribes The Hebrew leader through the desert led ? The beauteous maid , * ( though tender is the tale ...
... fate On adverse shores successive , yield a theme More grateful to the eager appetite Of young impatience , than the wandering tribes The Hebrew leader through the desert led ? The beauteous maid , * ( though tender is the tale ...
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... fate . [ She sits down on a bank , and sings . SONG . I. Thou who canst make the feeble strong , O God of Israel , hear my song ! Not mine such notes as Egypt's daughters raise : Tis Thee , O God of hosts , I strive to praise . II . Ye ...
... fate . [ She sits down on a bank , and sings . SONG . I. Thou who canst make the feeble strong , O God of Israel , hear my song ! Not mine such notes as Egypt's daughters raise : Tis Thee , O God of hosts , I strive to praise . II . Ye ...
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... fate . III . No anxious vigils here I keep , No dreams of gold distract my sleep , Nor lead my heart astray ; Nor blasting envy's tainted gale Pollutes the pleasures of the vale , To vex my harmless day . IV . Yon tower , which rears ...
... fate . III . No anxious vigils here I keep , No dreams of gold distract my sleep , Nor lead my heart astray ; Nor blasting envy's tainted gale Pollutes the pleasures of the vale , To vex my harmless day . IV . Yon tower , which rears ...
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The Poetical Works of Hannah More: With a Memoir of the Author Hannah More Visualização integral - 1836 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
Araspes arms art thou Attilia Babylon Barce beauty behold Belshazzar Bertrand Birtha bless blest bliss bosom breast bright Carthage Chaldea charm Charterhouse Square Daniel dare daughter death deeds delight Derry Doug Douglas dread E'en Elwina Emmelina ev'ry Exit fair faith fame fate father fear feel Florio fond friendship glory grace Guild GUILDFORD Hamilcar hand happy hear heart Heaven hero holy honour hope human Jochebed Julia king Licinius Lictors live lord lov'd maid Manlius mercy mighty mind ne'er never night o'er Orlando passion peace Percy Pharnaces Philistia pleasure pow'r praise Price Publius Raby Regulus Rivers Roman Rome sacred Saul soul spirit sweet tale taste tears tell tender thee thine thou hast thought Tim Jenkins trembling truth Twas twill virtue weep wretched young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 397 - Small slights, neglect, unmix'd perhaps with hate, Make up in number what they want in weight. These, and a thousand griefs minute as these, Corrode our comfort and destroy our ease.
Página 433 - My work is yet in bits, But still in every part it fits ; Besides, you reason like a lout ; Why, man, that carpet's inside out." Says John, " Thou sayst the thing I mean, And now I hope to cure thy spleen ; This world, which clouds thy soul with doubt, Is but a carpet inside out. " As, when we view these shreds and ends, We know not what the whole intends ; So, when on earth things look but odd, They're working still some scheme of God.
Página 432 - I'm almost tired of life ; So hard my work, so poor my fare, 'Tis more than mortal man can bear. " How glorious is the rich man's state ! His house so fine ! his wealth so great...
Página 102 - The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast : A spark, which upward tends by nature's force -. A stream, diverted from its parent source ; A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea ; A moment, parted from eternity ; A pilgrim, panting for the rest to come ; An exile, anxious for his native home.
Página 433 - But when we reach that world of light, And view those works of God aright. Then shall we see the whole design, And own the workman is divine. ' What now seems random strokes, will there All order and design appear ; Then shall we praise what here we spurn'd, For then the carpet shall be turn'd.
Página 386 - ... tastes impart Communion sweet from heart to heart ; You ne'er the cold gradations need Which vulgar souls to union lead; No dry discussion to unfold The meaning caught ere well 'tis told : In taste, in learning, wit or science, Still kindred souls demand alliance : Each in the other joys to find The image answering to his mind.
Página 139 - Honor is the religion of tragedy It is her moral and political law. Her dictates form its institutes. Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code. Against these, all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders, against these her penal statutes, pistol, sword, and poison, are in full force. Injured...