Poems for Youth, Partes 1-2Baldwin, Cradock, & Company, 1821 - 78 páginas |
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... rose That lingers late in bloom ; And while the north wind on its bosom blows , Upon the chill and misty air bestows A cherishing perfume ! Sweet is life's setting ray , While Hope stands smiling near ; When the soul muses on the future ...
... rose That lingers late in bloom ; And while the north wind on its bosom blows , Upon the chill and misty air bestows A cherishing perfume ! Sweet is life's setting ray , While Hope stands smiling near ; When the soul muses on the future ...
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... mortal frame Returns again from whence it came , I shall but slumber in the ground , Till heaven's awakening trumpet sound ; Then wing my spirit's happy flight To regions of eternal light ! LINES . O THOU , upon whose cheek the rose 48.
... mortal frame Returns again from whence it came , I shall but slumber in the ground , Till heaven's awakening trumpet sound ; Then wing my spirit's happy flight To regions of eternal light ! LINES . O THOU , upon whose cheek the rose 48.
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William Roscoe. LINES . O THOU , upon whose cheek the rose Of stainless purity still glows ; Upon whose lip still dwells the smile Of innocence , that knows no guile : Whose uncontaminated youth Still listens to the voice of truth ; Who ...
William Roscoe. LINES . O THOU , upon whose cheek the rose Of stainless purity still glows ; Upon whose lip still dwells the smile Of innocence , that knows no guile : Whose uncontaminated youth Still listens to the voice of truth ; Who ...
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... roses crown the glade , And zephyrs waft their sweets away ; Secluded from the feather'd throng , Two warbling linnets form'd their nest ; ' Twas love inspir'd the morning song , And glow'd serene in either breast . When fraught with ...
... roses crown the glade , And zephyrs waft their sweets away ; Secluded from the feather'd throng , Two warbling linnets form'd their nest ; ' Twas love inspir'd the morning song , And glow'd serene in either breast . When fraught with ...
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... rose at the sight of a foe , When with wide - spreading pinions , and high swel- ling chest , He chas'd the intruder who troubled his rest ! But gone is his spirit , and sunk is his pride , And vanish'd my pleasure , since Cressida died ...
... rose at the sight of a foe , When with wide - spreading pinions , and high swel- ling chest , He chas'd the intruder who troubled his rest ! But gone is his spirit , and sunk is his pride , And vanish'd my pleasure , since Cressida died ...
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.