The Star-seer: A Poem, in Five CantosLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837 - 173 pages |
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... bright , For leagues on leagues , far scattering through the night , Like some ensanguined chariot - steed of war , His fiery foam o'er many a frighted star ! VIII . What is thine errand , Wanderer sublime ? Art thou commissioned , on ...
... bright , For leagues on leagues , far scattering through the night , Like some ensanguined chariot - steed of war , His fiery foam o'er many a frighted star ! VIII . What is thine errand , Wanderer sublime ? Art thou commissioned , on ...
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... , Kneeling , as now , before that rustic bower , And heavenward looking , as she hoped that some Bright spirit thence , to glad her heart , would come ? C XI . List to those ripe lips ' warbled harmony CANTO I. 9 THE LADYE OF KIRKLEES .
... , Kneeling , as now , before that rustic bower , And heavenward looking , as she hoped that some Bright spirit thence , to glad her heart , would come ? C XI . List to those ripe lips ' warbled harmony CANTO I. 9 THE LADYE OF KIRKLEES .
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... bright - ah , no ! it is not bright , As it was wont to be , to - night . Some cloud , I ween , but o'er it swims , And its radiance for a moment dims . So thought the Ladye , and urged her steed Towards the spot from whence she heard ...
... bright - ah , no ! it is not bright , As it was wont to be , to - night . Some cloud , I ween , but o'er it swims , And its radiance for a moment dims . So thought the Ladye , and urged her steed Towards the spot from whence she heard ...
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... and seated in it , One Whose visage was too bright to gaze upon ! I fell upon my face , and hid mine eyes , That I might shun this vision of the skies ; G But e'en the rock , which trembled to its base CANTO III . 41 THE AERIAL VOYAGE .
... and seated in it , One Whose visage was too bright to gaze upon ! I fell upon my face , and hid mine eyes , That I might shun this vision of the skies ; G But e'en the rock , which trembled to its base CANTO III . 41 THE AERIAL VOYAGE .
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... bright boat lay tossing on a flood Of ambient clouds ; each pinion's glittering pride Folded at rest upon its silver side.— Mortal ! he cried , if thy heart's daring be Proud as thy wish , drink ! drink ! and haste with me To yon ...
... bright boat lay tossing on a flood Of ambient clouds ; each pinion's glittering pride Folded at rest upon its silver side.— Mortal ! he cried , if thy heart's daring be Proud as thy wish , drink ! drink ! and haste with me To yon ...
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aërial altar Astrologer beadsman beautiful beneath bliss bosom bower breast breath bride bright brow CALDENE CANTO charm Cistercian cloud comet cried damsels dark death destiny divine dost dread dream E'en e'er earth EDITHA eleventh house fear fell fiery fire flame flowers gaze gentle glare glory grey Halifax hallowed hand HAROLD hath head heard heart heaven Hebden Bridge hills honour horoscope hour influence Kirklees Kirklees Priory Ladye last eve Libra light lips LLADS-LOWE lone look Love's loveliness lover MAGIAN midnight Mirfield moon mortal mysterious mystic neath night o'er OSWALD TOWER planets Priory radiant rill rock rocky rose round sate scene SEER Seneschal shining shone smile soul sparkling sped spell spirit STAR-SEER stars steed stood strange sublime sweet thee thine thou thunder trees trembling veil Wanderer ween Wend wild wind wings Witch Doctor words young youth
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Page 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...
Page 159 - And thou the accuser. Thus it shall befall Him who, to worth in woman overtrusting, Lets her will rule : restraint she will not brook; And, left to herself, if evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
Page 159 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace ; Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Page 103 - gin to fear that thou art past all aid From me and from my calling; yet so young, I still would— Man. Look on me! there is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become Old in their youth, and die ere middle age, Without the violence of warlike death...
Page 165 - My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are...
Page 73 - Twas his own voice — she could not err — Throughout the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil, * Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one...
Page v - And if this be the science of the stars, I too, with glad and zealous industry, Will learn acquaintance with this cheerful faith. It is a gentle and affectionate thought, That in immeasurable heights above us, At our first birth, the wreath of love was woven, With sparkling stars for flowers.
Page 166 - ... valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, she laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the second stroke, cut off her head, which, falling out of its attire, discovered her hair already grown quite gray with cares and sorrows. The executioner held it up still streaming with blood, and the dean crying out, " So perish all Queen Elizabeth's enemies," the earl of Kent alone answered, Amen.
Page 132 - Stock immediately fell to five per cent, and the India to eleven ; and the Captain of a Dutch ship threw all his) powder into the river, that the ship might not be endangered. The next morning, however, the comet appeared according to the prediction, and before noon the belief was universal, that the day of judgment was at hand. About this time...
Page 132 - W. had long maintained, both as a divine and a philosopher, left little or no doubt with the populace of the truth of his prediction. Several ludicrous events now took place. A number of persons in and about London, seized all the barges and...