Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry: From Caedmon and King Alfred's Boethius to Browning and Tennyson, Volume 2Ward, 1873 - American poetry |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 78
Page
... sweet sensations they perceive Indulged in vain . Sweet to the holly hedge Nestling repair , and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring ; the cleft tree Offers its kind concealment ...
... sweet sensations they perceive Indulged in vain . Sweet to the holly hedge Nestling repair , and to the thicket some ; Some to the rude protection of the thorn Commit their feeble offspring ; the cleft tree Offers its kind concealment ...
Page
... sweet nightingale , to me ! ' Tis mine , alas ! to mourn my wretched fate : I love a maid who all my bosom charms , Yet lose my days without this lovely mate ; Inhuman Fortune keeps her from my arms . You , happy birds ! by nature's ...
... sweet nightingale , to me ! ' Tis mine , alas ! to mourn my wretched fate : I love a maid who all my bosom charms , Yet lose my days without this lovely mate ; Inhuman Fortune keeps her from my arms . You , happy birds ! by nature's ...
Page
... Sweet smells the birk , green grows , green grows the grass , Yellow on Yarrow bank the gowan , Fair hangs the apple frae the rock , Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowan . Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet , as sweet flows Tweed , As green its ...
... Sweet smells the birk , green grows , green grows the grass , Yellow on Yarrow bank the gowan , Fair hangs the apple frae the rock , Sweet the wave of Yarrow flowan . Flows Yarrow sweet ? as sweet , as sweet flows Tweed , As green its ...
Page
... sweet of earliest bloom , And rifle all the breathing Spring . No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here , And melting virgins own their love . No wither'd witch shall here ...
... sweet of earliest bloom , And rifle all the breathing Spring . No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here , And melting virgins own their love . No wither'd witch shall here ...
Page
... sweet - brier entwines it around . Not my fields , in the prime of the year , More charms than my cattle unfold ... sweet ; Then , suiting the wreath to his lays , He throws it at Phyllis's feet . " O Phyllis , " he whispers , " more ...
... sweet - brier entwines it around . Not my fields , in the prime of the year , More charms than my cattle unfold ... sweet ; Then , suiting the wreath to his lays , He throws it at Phyllis's feet . " O Phyllis , " he whispers , " more ...
Other editions - View all
Encyclopaedia of English and American Poetry, from Caedmon and ..., Volume 1 Samuel Orchart Beeton No preview available - 2012 |
Common terms and phrases
art thou beauty beneath bird bloom born bosom breast breath bright brow busk charms cheek clouds Colonsay dark dead dear death deep delight Dict Died dream earth Edwin Atherstone eyes fair fear flowers fond frae gaze gentle glory grace grave green Grongar Hill hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heaven hill hope hour king land lassie light live lonely look look'd Lord Lord Byron lyre maid mind morn Muse ne'er never night nymph o'er pale poem poet pride rill Rodmond rose round Samian wine scene Scotland seem'd shade shine shore sigh silent sing Sir Walter Scott sleep smile soft song sorrow soul sound spirit star stream sweet tears tempest thee thine thou thought Twas vale voice wandering wave ween weep wild wind wings youth