The task, and minor poems [ed.] by E. Lee1900 |
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... thine , but curiosity , perhaps , Or else vainglory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show ... thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art sad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , From ...
... thine , but curiosity , perhaps , Or else vainglory , prompted us to draw Forth from thy native bowers , to show ... thine are honest tears , A patriot's for his country : thou art sad At thought of her forlorn and abject state , From ...
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... thine escape , Far guiltier England ! lest He spare not thee . Happy the man who sees a God employed In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will 155 160 And ...
... thine escape , Far guiltier England ! lest He spare not thee . Happy the man who sees a God employed In all the good and ill that chequer life ! Resolving all events , with their effects And manifold results , into the will 155 160 And ...
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... thine eyes with eye - salve , ask of Him , Or ask of whomsoever He has taught , And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all . England , with all thy faults , I love thee still , My country ! and , while yet a nook is left 205 ...
... thine eyes with eye - salve , ask of Him , Or ask of whomsoever He has taught , And learn , though late , the genuine cause of all . England , with all thy faults , I love thee still , My country ! and , while yet a nook is left 205 ...
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... temper sheds into thy crystal cup . Thou art the nurse of Virtue . In thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth she is , 20 25 30 35 40 45 Heaven - born , and destined to the skies again BOOK III . 53 THE GARDEN .
... temper sheds into thy crystal cup . Thou art the nurse of Virtue . In thine arms She smiles , appearing , as in truth she is , 20 25 30 35 40 45 Heaven - born , and destined to the skies again BOOK III . 53 THE GARDEN .
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... thine own and if it be , What edge of subtlety canst thou suppose Keen enough , wise and skilful as thou art , To cut the link of brotherhood , by which One common Maker bound me to the kind ? True ; I am no proficient , I confess , In ...
... thine own and if it be , What edge of subtlety canst thou suppose Keen enough , wise and skilful as thou art , To cut the link of brotherhood , by which One common Maker bound me to the kind ? True ; I am no proficient , I confess , In ...
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Página 252 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Página 166 - I heard the bell tolled on thy burial day, I saw the hearse that bore thee slow away, And, turning from my nursery window, drew A long, long sigh, and wept a last adieu ! But was it such ? It was.
Página 80 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Página 175 - GOD moves in a mysterious way His wonders to perform ; He plants his footsteps in the sea, And rides upon the storm. Deep in unfathomable mines Of never-failing skill, He treasures up his bright designs, And works his sovereign will.
Página 194 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Página 176 - Ye fearful saints, fresh courage take: The clouds ye so much dread Are big with mercy, and shall break In blessings on your head. Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace ; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.
Página 271 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond...
Página 166 - Affectionate, a mother lost so long. 1 will obey, not willingly alone, But gladly, as the precept were her own : And, while that face renews my filial grief, Fancy shall weave a charm for my relief, Shall steep me in Elysian reverie, A momentary dream that thou art she.
Página 193 - I AM monarch of all I survey; My right there is none to dispute; From the centre all round to the sea, I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place.
Página 167 - Thy nightly visits to my chamber made, That thou might'st know me safe and warmly laid...