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... light came streaming in , and fell upon them , locked together . " How fast the river runs , between its green banks and the rushes , Floy ! But , it's very near the sea now . I hear the waves ! They always said so ! " Presently he told ...
... light came streaming in , and fell upon them , locked together . " How fast the river runs , between its green banks and the rushes , Floy ! But , it's very near the sea now . I hear the waves ! They always said so ! " Presently he told ...
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... to me the best . I once had a little brother , With eyes that were dark and deep ; In the lap of that old dim forest He lieth in peace asleep : Light as the down of the thistle , Free as 18 PICTURES OF MEMORY . Pictures of Memory.
... to me the best . I once had a little brother , With eyes that were dark and deep ; In the lap of that old dim forest He lieth in peace asleep : Light as the down of the thistle , Free as 18 PICTURES OF MEMORY . Pictures of Memory.
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... light of immortal beauty Silently covered his face ; And when the arrows of sunset Lodged in the tree - tops bright , He fell , in his saint - like beauty , Asleep by the gates of light . Therefore , of all the pictures That hang on ...
... light of immortal beauty Silently covered his face ; And when the arrows of sunset Lodged in the tree - tops bright , He fell , in his saint - like beauty , Asleep by the gates of light . Therefore , of all the pictures That hang on ...
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... quiver So far in the river , With many a light From window and casement , From garret to basement , She stood with amazement , Houseless by night . The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS . 23.
... quiver So far in the river , With many a light From window and casement , From garret to basement , She stood with amazement , Houseless by night . The bleak wind of March Made her tremble and shiver THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS . 23.
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... light used to shine , On the cottage wall at Bingen , -calm Bingen on the Rhine . " Tell my sister not to weep for me , and sob with drooping head , When the troops come marching home again with glad and gallant tread , But to look upon ...
... light used to shine , On the cottage wall at Bingen , -calm Bingen on the Rhine . " Tell my sister not to weep for me , and sob with drooping head , When the troops come marching home again with glad and gallant tread , But to look upon ...
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Page 299 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Page 51 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 232 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now.
Page 350 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold; Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" — The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, " The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 319 - I long wooed your daughter, my suit you denied; Love swells like the Solway, but ebbs like its tide; And now am I come with this lost love of mine To lead but one measure, drink one cup of wine. There are maidens in Scotland more lovely by far That would gladly be bride to the young Lochinvar.
Page 388 - O hark, O hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying: Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 361 - I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three; " Good speed ! " cried the watch as the gate-bolts undrew; "Speed!" echoed the wall to us galloping through; Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest, And into the midnight we galloped abreast.
Page 326 - Our toils obscure, and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that ! What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man, for a
Page 232 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean, roll! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain ; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore ; upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...