The Standard authors reader, arranged and annotated by the editor of 'Poetry for the young'. Standard iii, v-vii |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 6
... Cloud , The Death of Socrates , Antony's Oration , The Death of John Knox , Brother Benedict , Explanatory Notes , Glossary ,. Biographical Notes , Lord Byron , J. A. Froude , W. Shakespeare , Lord Macaulay , John Wilson , Plato , W ...
... Cloud , The Death of Socrates , Antony's Oration , The Death of John Knox , Brother Benedict , Explanatory Notes , Glossary ,. Biographical Notes , Lord Byron , J. A. Froude , W. Shakespeare , Lord Macaulay , John Wilson , Plato , W ...
Page 21
... clouds above , and to the fresh fall of the passing sun- shine and pure rain . But above the brows of those scarped cliffs , all is in an instant changed . A few steps only beyond the firs that stretch their branches , angular , and ...
... clouds above , and to the fresh fall of the passing sun- shine and pure rain . But above the brows of those scarped cliffs , all is in an instant changed . A few steps only beyond the firs that stretch their branches , angular , and ...
Page 22
... clouds look of purer silver , and all the air seems filled with a whiter and more living sunshine , where they are pierced by the sable points of the pines ; and all the pastures look of more glowing green , where they run up between ...
... clouds look of purer silver , and all the air seems filled with a whiter and more living sunshine , where they are pierced by the sable points of the pines ; and all the pastures look of more glowing green , where they run up between ...
Page 23
... clouds . I believe , for general development of human intelligence and sensibility , country of this kind is about the most perfect that exists . A richer landscape , as that of Italy , enervates , or causes wantonness ; a poorer ...
... clouds . I believe , for general development of human intelligence and sensibility , country of this kind is about the most perfect that exists . A richer landscape , as that of Italy , enervates , or causes wantonness ; a poorer ...
Page 25
... cloud . Sweet views which in our world above Can never well be seen , Were imaged by the water's love Of that fair forest green . And all was interfused beneath With an Elysian glow , An atmosphere without a breath , A softer day below ...
... cloud . Sweet views which in our world above Can never well be seen , Were imaged by the water's love Of that fair forest green . And all was interfused beneath With an Elysian glow , An atmosphere without a breath , A softer day below ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Adour appear Arth banks beach beautiful bells beneath Benedicite birds Bracebridge breath Cæsar church clouds colour Crito dark death deep distance E. A. FREEMAN earth Enceladus England English eyes fall feet fire flowers foam French Geysir GILBERT WHITE green hand hath hear heard heart heaven Henry of Navarre hills honour horse Horseshoe Fall hour island king Lake land Latin ledge light look Lord LORD DUFFERIN miles morning mountains nest never night noble Normandy o'er once passed Pilgrim's Progress Pisc precipice prince rising river rock rolling round scarcely seemed seen ship shore side sight silent soul sound Spitzbergen stands stream swallow sweet thee thou towers town trees turned valley Varaville Viat village voice walls WASHINGTON IRVING waves Wetterhorn wild William wind wonderful word
Popular passages
Page 107 - Risest from forth thy silent sea of pines, How silently ! Around thee and above, Deep is the air and dark, substantial, black, An ebon mass : methinks thou piercest it, As with a wedge ! But when I look again, It is thine own calm home, thy crystal shrine, Thy habitation from eternity ! 0 dread and silent mount ! I gazed upon thee, Till thou, still present to the bodily sense, Didst vanish from my thought : entranced in prayer, I worshipped the Invisible alone.
Page 276 - A thousand spurs are striking deep, a thousand spears in rest, A thousand knights are pressing close behind the snow-white crest ; And in they burst, and on they rushed, while, like a guiding star, Amidst the thickest carnage blazed the helmet of Navarre.
Page 63 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 319 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 316 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Page 134 - Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away! This way, this way! Call her once before you go— Call once yet! In a voice that she will know:
Page 19 - tis my faith that every flower Enjoys the air it breathes. The birds around me hopped and played : Their thoughts I cannot measure : — But the least motion which they made, It seemed a thrill of pleasure. The budding twigs spread out their fan, To catch the breezy air ; And I must think, do all I can, That there was pleasure there.
Page 110 - Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo, God...
Page 49 - Thy hair soft-lifted by the winnowing wind; Or on a half-reap'd furrow sound asleep, Drowsed with the fume of poppies, while thy hook Spares the next swath and all its twined flowers; And sometimes like a gleaner thou dost keep Steady thy laden head across a brook; Or by a cider-press, with patient look, Thou watchest the last oozings, hours by hours.
Page 198 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathomed caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest. Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...