Poems: Now First CollectedEdward Moxon, 1839 - 402 páginas |
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... some lover of poetry and of old romance , or suggest a thought capable of prompting the energy of any labourer in the cause of humanity and freedom . LONDON , JUNE 24TH , 1839 . CONTENTS . SIX EPISTLES TO A FRIEND IN TOWN . PREFACE . ix.
... some lover of poetry and of old romance , or suggest a thought capable of prompting the energy of any labourer in the cause of humanity and freedom . LONDON , JUNE 24TH , 1839 . CONTENTS . SIX EPISTLES TO A FRIEND IN TOWN . PREFACE . ix.
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... human hearts - the cursed lust of gold ! You judge ( if rightly read in Nature's book ) Of beasts , by what in men deceives - the look : The fox's craft , the slyness of a cat , Are outwardly express'd by this and that . Crispus with ...
... human hearts - the cursed lust of gold ! You judge ( if rightly read in Nature's book ) Of beasts , by what in men deceives - the look : The fox's craft , the slyness of a cat , Are outwardly express'd by this and that . Crispus with ...
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... human Nature ! " bending over Pope , His friend exclaim'd - but where was St. John's hope ? He saw the poet ghastly , weak , and thin , But saw not the immortal soul within ! The soul , that like an eagle soars among The bright ...
... human Nature ! " bending over Pope , His friend exclaim'd - but where was St. John's hope ? He saw the poet ghastly , weak , and thin , But saw not the immortal soul within ! The soul , that like an eagle soars among The bright ...
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... now , one boundless present , shall endure . But what are works upraised by human skill ? Mere toys , Pride's splendid playthings , if you will.— Nature , more prodigal , has always been Most lavish TO A FRINED IN TOWN . 29.
... now , one boundless present , shall endure . But what are works upraised by human skill ? Mere toys , Pride's splendid playthings , if you will.— Nature , more prodigal , has always been Most lavish TO A FRINED IN TOWN . 29.
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... have sanction'd schemes they now deride ; Oh what a lesson this to human pride ! Bacon has said then take it in my rhyme- The slaves of custom are the sport of time ; How , as they strive to check his onward course 36 FOURTH EPISTLE.
... have sanction'd schemes they now deride ; Oh what a lesson this to human pride ! Bacon has said then take it in my rhyme- The slaves of custom are the sport of time ; How , as they strive to check his onward course 36 FOURTH EPISTLE.
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Palavras e frases frequentes
ADLESTROP adore ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE ambition Anapa avait bard beautiful beneath blest brave breathe bright c'est Catherine charms cheer Chenonceaux Chinon Circassia cloud colours Dæmon dear delight divine doth dreams e'en earth eloquence eternal fair fame fancy feel flowers gaze genius give glittering glorious glory glow grace grandeur happy heart Heaven hope Jeremy Taylor Kenilworth Castle king light live loveliness magnificence mighty mild mind Mont Blanc morn mountain muse nature Nature's ne'er noble nought o'er partition of Poland passion pleasure poet Poland Pologne praise pride principality of Capua proud Queen repose Russia Sarmatia scenes scorn seem'd shade Shakspeare shine shone sight Silistria smiles song soul spirits splendour stanza star storms of passion stream sublime sweet taste thee thou art thought throne truth Ussé vast verse virtue Warwickshire waves wealth whate'er youth zeal
Passagens conhecidas
Página 152 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Página 162 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : Methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Página 160 - Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart and the tongue of the dumb sing, for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Página 288 - Doth any man doubt, that if there were taken out of men's minds vain opinions, flattering hopes, false valuations, imaginations as one would, and the like, but it would leave the minds of a number of men poor shrunken things, full of melancholy and indisposition, and unpleasing to themselves...
Página 167 - For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their true incidence; nay, it is rather like an enchanted glass, full of superstition and imposture, if it be not delivered and reduced.
Página 86 - ... in the full blaze of his majesty up rose the sun, than which one object alone in this lower creation could be more glorious, and that Mr. Allworthy himself presented — a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator, by doing most good to his creatures.
Página 229 - BLANK LEAF OF DUGDALE's MONASTICON. DEEM not, devoid of elegance, the sage, By fancy's genuine feelings unbeguil'd, Of painful pedantry the poring child, Who turns, of these proud domes, th' historic page, Now sunk by time, and Henry's fiercer rage.
Página 164 - Then gin I thinke on that which Nature sayd, Of that same time when no more Change shall be, But stedfast rest of all things, firmely stayd Upon the pillours of Eternity, That is contrayr to Mutabilitie ; For all that moveth doth in Change delight : But thence-forth all shall rest eternally With Him that is the God of Sabaoth hight : O ! that great Sabaoth God, grant me that Sabaoths sight ! COMPLAINT OF THALIA (COMEDY).
Página 91 - Ev'n then industrious of the common good, And often have you brought the wily fox To suffer for the firstlings of the flocks, Chas'd ev'n amid the folds and made to bleed Like felons, where they did the murd'rous deed.
Página 161 - The blood of man should never be shed but to redeem the blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our friends, for our God, for our country, for our kind. The rest is vanity .. the rest is crime.