The British Poets, Volume 1Little, Brown & Company, 1865 |
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... O'er thy mountains , sunk in blood , Are the waves of ruin hurl'd ; Like the waters of the flood Rolling round a buried world . ” " Yet will Time the deluge stop : Then may SWITZERLAND be blest : On St. Gothard's hoary top * Shall the ...
... O'er thy mountains , sunk in blood , Are the waves of ruin hurl'd ; Like the waters of the flood Rolling round a buried world . ” " Yet will Time the deluge stop : Then may SWITZERLAND be blest : On St. Gothard's hoary top * Shall the ...
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... death , * More properly the AVALANCHES ; immense accumulations of ice and snow , balanced on the verge of the mountains in Hang o'er precipices wild , Hang- suspended by a breath 14 THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND . PART I.
... death , * More properly the AVALANCHES ; immense accumulations of ice and snow , balanced on the verge of the mountains in Hang o'er precipices wild , Hang- suspended by a breath 14 THE WANDERER OF SWITZERLAND . PART I.
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Hang o'er precipices wild , Hang- suspended by a breath : If a pulse but throb alarm , Headlong down the steeps they fall ; For a pulse will break the charm , — Bounding , bursting , burying all . Struck with horror , stiff and pale ...
Hang o'er precipices wild , Hang- suspended by a breath : If a pulse but throb alarm , Headlong down the steeps they fall ; For a pulse will break the charm , — Bounding , bursting , burying all . Struck with horror , stiff and pale ...
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... o'er height stupendous hurl'd ; Like the pillars of the skies , Like the ramparts of the world : Born in Freedom's eagle nest , Rock'd by whirlwinds in their rage , Nursed at Freedom's stormy breast , Lived my sires from age to age ...
... o'er height stupendous hurl'd ; Like the pillars of the skies , Like the ramparts of the world : Born in Freedom's eagle nest , Rock'd by whirlwinds in their rage , Nursed at Freedom's stormy breast , Lived my sires from age to age ...
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High o'er UNDERWALDEN'S vale , Where the forest fronts the morn ; Whence the boundless eye might sail O'er a sea of mountains borne ; There my little native cot Peep'd upon my father's farm : Oh ! it was a happy spot , Rich in every ...
High o'er UNDERWALDEN'S vale , Where the forest fronts the morn ; Whence the boundless eye might sail O'er a sea of mountains borne ; There my little native cot Peep'd upon my father's farm : Oh ! it was a happy spot , Rich in every ...
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ALBERT amidst arms battle of SEMPACH beauty beneath blest blood brave breast breath Brethren canton of URI charms clouds cold dark dead dear death delightful bands despair earth Edinburgh Review eternal Fairy-Queen fathers feeling fell fire fled flood flowers foes Fulneck gloom glory grave grief head heart heaven hoary hope Iris land liberty light live Lyre magnificent possessions MEMNON Moravian Brethren morn mother mountains mournful Nature's Negro never night numbers o'er ocean pale peace plain poem poet prison PUBLIUS SYRUS rest rise rocks roll'd rose round scene seem'd shade Sheffield Shep shine shore skies slain slaves smile song sorrows soul spirit star stood storm streams of passion sweet sweetly tears thee thine thou tomb Tremble UNDERWALDEN vale valley vengeance verse voice Wand Wanderer of Switzerland waves weep West Indies wild wind York Castle youth
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Página 49 - There is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found: And while the mouldering ashes sleep Low in the ground...
Página 117 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew. The annals of the human race, Their ruins, since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this, — THERE LIVED A MAN ! November 4, 1805.
Página 146 - A land of beauty, virtue, valor, truth, Time-tutored age and love-exalted youth: The wandering mariner, whose eye explores The wealthiest isles, the most enchanting shores, Views not a realm so bountiful and fair, Nor breathes the spirit of a purer air ; In every clime the...
Página 116 - Once, in the flight of ages past, There lived a man — and who was he ? Mortal, howe'er thy lot be cast, That man resembled thee.
Página 53 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found, They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground.
Página 119 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord?
Página 148 - THERE is a land of every land the pride, Beloved by Heaven o'er all the world beside ; Where brighter suns dispense serener light, And milder moons emparadise the night ; A land of beauty, virtue...
Página 50 - I long to lay this painful head And aching heart beneath the soil, To slumber in that dreamless bed From all my toil.
Página 102 - THERE is a flower, a little flower, With silver crest and golden eye, That welcomes every changing hour, And weathers every sky. The prouder beauties of the field In gay but quick succession shine, Race after race their honours yield, They flourish and decline. But this small flower, to Nature dear, While moons and stars their courses run, Wreathes the whole circle of the year, Companion of the Sun. It smiles upon the lap of May, To sultry August spreads its charms, Lights pale October on...
Página 147 - Strew with fresh flowers the narrow way of life ! In the clear heaven of her delightful eye, An angel-guard of loves and graces lie ; Around her knees domestic duties meet, And fire-side pleasures gambol at her feet. Where shall that land, that spot of earth be found? " Art thou a man — a patriot ? look around, O thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam, That land thy country, and that spot thy home.