Poems for Youth, Partes 1-2Baldwin, Cradock, & Company, 1821 - 78 páginas |
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William Roscoe. But yonder comes a raging storm , And ruffled is thy crimson breast ; Then spread thy pinions , haste away , And shelter in thy little nest . But come again to - morrow morn , And sing another song to me ; And at my ...
William Roscoe. But yonder comes a raging storm , And ruffled is thy crimson breast ; Then spread thy pinions , haste away , And shelter in thy little nest . But come again to - morrow morn , And sing another song to me ; And at my ...
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... , And Summer suns shall smile again . Thus would I soothe Misfortune's child , And gently calm his troubled breast ; And when life's pelting storms arise , Here bid the wretched wanderer rest . THE SPIDER AND THE BEE . A TRUE STORY . 8.
... , And Summer suns shall smile again . Thus would I soothe Misfortune's child , And gently calm his troubled breast ; And when life's pelting storms arise , Here bid the wretched wanderer rest . THE SPIDER AND THE BEE . A TRUE STORY . 8.
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... breast , The thousand fowls of heaven shall rest , And the rude roamers of the field Dwell in the shade its branches yield . Go , offspring of a lordly brood , Thou rising sovereign of the wood ! Go , and , in patriarchal prime , Fulfil ...
... breast , The thousand fowls of heaven shall rest , And the rude roamers of the field Dwell in the shade its branches yield . Go , offspring of a lordly brood , Thou rising sovereign of the wood ! Go , and , in patriarchal prime , Fulfil ...
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... . Then will I calmly bear my pain , The piercing pain that wrings my breast ; Nor any sorrow think in vain , That ends in everlasting rest . ON ELEGY , THE DEATH OF A SMALL BUT BEAUTIFUL C 2 27 Lines written during Sickness.
... . Then will I calmly bear my pain , The piercing pain that wrings my breast ; Nor any sorrow think in vain , That ends in everlasting rest . ON ELEGY , THE DEATH OF A SMALL BUT BEAUTIFUL C 2 27 Lines written during Sickness.
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... breast ! And a spring , more elastic than steel , Into thy little form was comprest . Agility , beauty , and grace , Strove which in thy shape should prevail ; And the features of each we might trace , In the line from thy head to thy ...
... breast ! And a spring , more elastic than steel , Into thy little form was comprest . Agility , beauty , and grace , Strove which in thy shape should prevail ; And the features of each we might trace , In the line from thy head to thy ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Amaryllis amid Arcadian beam beauty beneath birds bless blest bliss bloom bowers breast breathe bright Chancery Lane charm cheek cheer CHORUS Corydon CRADOCK Daisy delight dewy distant Dryads earth fade fair fairy gale gentle glow grace green grove happy Harebells hast hath haunts hear heart heaven HESIOD hills hope and feare hopes humble HYMN infant Lady life's light lov'd LYCIDAS maid may'st MENALCAS morning mortal mountain mournful murmur musing Naiad natal day Nature's neath nymphs o'er peace pipe plain POEMS pour'd praise pride rapture rest roses round rustic sacred scene shade shady grove shalt shed shepherds sigh silent sing skies smile song SONNET sorrow soul spider spirit spring stranger stream summer swain sweet tear Tender flowers thee thine thou thro throne THYRSIS tree verse wander wild winds wings wintry woods young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 66 - But they all laughed so loud that he pulled in his head, And went in his own little chamber to bed. Then as evening gave way to the shadows of night, Their watchman, the glowworm, came out with a light. " Then home let us hasten, while yet we can see, For no watchman is waiting for you and for me.
Página 64 - And the sly little Dormouse Crept out of his hole, And led to the feast His blind brother the Mole ; And the Snail with his horns Peeping out from his shell, Came from a great distance, The length of an ell.
Página 65 - Harlequin fell ; Yet he touched not the ground, but with talons outspread, Hung suspended in air at the end of a thread. Then the grasshopper came with a jerk and a spring, Very long was his leg, though but short was his wing ; He took but three leaps, and was soon out of sight, Then chirped his own praises the rest of the night. With step so majestic the snail did advance, And promised the gazers a minuet...
Página 64 - Snail, with his horns peeping out from his shell, Came from a great distance — the length of an ell. A mushroom their table, and on it was laid A water-dock leaf, which a table-cloth made ; The viands were various, to each of their taste, And the Bee brought his honey to crown the repast. There, close on his haunches, so solemn and wise, The Frog from a corner looked up to the skies ; And the Squirrel, well pleased such diversion to see, Sat cracking his nuts overhead in a tree.
Página 1 - How sweet the birds sing in the skies ! 2 How fresh appear the hills and trees ! And oh ! how pure the morning breeze ! I bless Thy love in all I see, For, were not these things made for me ? 3 .Not me alone — for Thou hast given Thy good to all beneath the heaven ; And I rejoice that others share The gift, the blessing, and the prayer.
Página 99 - THE shades of night were scarcely fled; The air was mild, the winds were still; And slow the slanting sun-beams spread O'er wood and lawn, o'er heath and hill: From fleecy clouds of pearly hue Had...
Página 100 - Unconscious of a mother's care, No infant wretchedness she knew; But as she felt the vernal air, At once to full perfection grew. Her slender form, ethereal light, Her velvet-textured wings infold ; With all the rainbow's colours bright, And dropt with spots of burnish'd gold.
Página 63 - COME, take up your hats, and away let us haste To the Butterfly's ball, and the Grasshopper's feast; The trumpeter Gadfly has summoned the crew, And the revels are now only waiting for you.
Página 63 - Saw the Children of Earth and the Tenants of Air For an Evening's Amusement together repair. And there came the Beetle, so blind and so black, Who carried the Emmet, his friend, on his back. And there was the Gnat and the Dragon-fly too, With all their Relations, green, orange and blue. And there came the Moth, with...
Página 102 - Another day shall still unfold; "A sun of milder radiance rise, "A happier age of joys untold. ' ' Shall the poor worm that shocks thy sight, "The humblest form in Nature's train, "Thus rise in newborn lustre bright, " And yet the emblem teach in vain.