Heath Readings in the Literature of EnglandTom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode |
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... mind we thine own lord , Healfdene's son , seeking are come , The people's protector . Be thou our in- formant . We have to the mighty a mickle errand , 270 To the lord of the Danes : nor shall aught be hidden Of this , as I think ...
... mind we thine own lord , Healfdene's son , seeking are come , The people's protector . Be thou our in- formant . We have to the mighty a mickle errand , 270 To the lord of the Danes : nor shall aught be hidden Of this , as I think ...
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... mind Warrior on bed . Him reached out against The fiend with his hand : quickly he seized The cunning - in - mind and on his arm sat . Soon this perceived the worker of evil , 750 That he never found in this mid - earth , In the regions ...
... mind Warrior on bed . Him reached out against The fiend with his hand : quickly he seized The cunning - in - mind and on his arm sat . Soon this perceived the worker of evil , 750 That he never found in this mid - earth , In the regions ...
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... mind heroes of battle , And on each side they thought to hew , To seek his soul , that the fiendish demon Not any on earth choicest of weapons , No one of war - swords , was able to touch , But he had forsworn victorious weapons , Each ...
... mind heroes of battle , And on each side they thought to hew , To seek his soul , that the fiendish demon Not any on earth choicest of weapons , No one of war - swords , was able to touch , But he had forsworn victorious weapons , Each ...
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... mind . I shall to thee grant My friendship , as we before spoke : thou shalt be for comfort , All long - assured , to thine own people , To heroes for help . Not so was Heremod To the children of Ecgwela , the Honor- Scyldings ; 1710 He ...
... mind . I shall to thee grant My friendship , as we before spoke : thou shalt be for comfort , All long - assured , to thine own people , To heroes for help . Not so was Heremod To the children of Ecgwela , the Honor- Scyldings ; 1710 He ...
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... mind . Thanks to the Cre- ator , The Lord eternal , whilst in life I remained , That I on this head drenched with ... mind : ne'er heard I more wisely In so youthful age any man speak : Thou art in might strong and in mind old , A ...
... mind . Thanks to the Cre- ator , The Lord eternal , whilst in life I remained , That I on this head drenched with ... mind : ne'er heard I more wisely In so youthful age any man speak : Thou art in might strong and in mind old , A ...
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Page 582 - Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely Contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, 'Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 676 - Is lightened ; that serene and blessed mood In which the affections gently lead us on, Until the breath of this corporeal frame, And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul; While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Page 581 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 280 - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought I summon up remembrance of things past, I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought, And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste: Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow, For precious friends hid in death's dateless night...
Page 283 - Coral is far more red than her lips' red: If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she...
Page 569 - Far, far away, thy children leave the land. 50 111 fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 677 - Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns, And the round ocean and the living air, And the blue sky, and in the mind of man A motion and a spirit, that impels All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things.
Page 690 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet ; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food : For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 281 - Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea, But sad mortality o'ersways their power, How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea, Whose action is no stronger than a flower?
Page 342 - That to the faithful herdsman's art belongs! What recks it them ? What need they ? They are sped ; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw ; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread ; Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said. But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.