Favourite English Poems: Thomson to Tennyson, 1700-1860Sampson Low, Son & Company, 1863 |
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Сторінка 72
... soon became apparent , he resigned his appointment , and was placed in a private madhouse kept by Dr. Cotton , where the kind attention of his physician gradually restored his shattered mind . On his recovery he retired to Hun- tingdon ...
... soon became apparent , he resigned his appointment , and was placed in a private madhouse kept by Dr. Cotton , where the kind attention of his physician gradually restored his shattered mind . On his recovery he retired to Hun- tingdon ...
Сторінка 73
... soon replied , " I do admire Of womankind but one ; And you are she , my dearest dear ; Therefore it shall be done . " I am a linen - draper bold , As all the world doth know ; And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go ...
... soon replied , " I do admire Of womankind but one ; And you are she , my dearest dear ; Therefore it shall be done . " I am a linen - draper bold , As all the world doth know ; And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go ...
Сторінка 74
... haste to ride , But soon came down again ; For saddle - tree scarce reach'd had he , His journey to begin , When , turning round his head , he saw Three customers come in . GILRIN So down he came ; for loss of time 74 JOHN GILPIN .
... haste to ride , But soon came down again ; For saddle - tree scarce reach'd had he , His journey to begin , When , turning round his head , he saw Three customers come in . GILRIN So down he came ; for loss of time 74 JOHN GILPIN .
Сторінка 76
... well brush'd and neat , He manfully did throw . Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed , Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed . But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well - 76 JOHN GILPIN .
... well brush'd and neat , He manfully did throw . Now see him mounted once again Upon his nimble steed , Full slowly pacing o'er the stones With caution and good heed . But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well - 76 JOHN GILPIN .
Сторінка 77
But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well - shod feet , The snorting beast began to trot , Which gall'd him in his seat . So , " Fair and softly , " John he cried , But John he cried in vain ; The trot became a gallop soon , In ...
But finding soon a smoother road Beneath his well - shod feet , The snorting beast began to trot , Which gall'd him in his seat . So , " Fair and softly , " John he cried , But John he cried in vain ; The trot became a gallop soon , In ...
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beneath bird BIRKET FOSTER bless blest bliss breast breath bright brow C. W. COPE CHARLES DIBDIN charm cheerful child clouds cold CRESWICK dead dear deep door dread dream E. H. WEHNERT e'en earth father fear fields flowers GEORGE THOMAS Giles Gilpin glow green hand HARRISON WEIR hath head hear heard heart Heaven hill Hope hour John Gilpin labour land land of mist light living looks LORD BYRON loud Loxian Luke midnight moon morn mother murmurs Nature's never night o'er peace PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY pleasure poem poor poor Jack Porphyro pow'r praise pride Queen rapture rise round sails shade ship shore sigh sleep smile song soul sound spirit storm sweet Sweet Auburn tears tell thee thine thou thought toil trembling twas vale village voice warm wave weary wild wind wing wretched youth
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Сторінка 19 - Th' applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes...
Сторінка 258 - I pass, like night, from land to land; I have strange power of speech; That moment that his face I see, I know the man that must hear me: To him my tale I teach.
Сторінка 64 - But, hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, Tells how a neebor lad cam o'er the moor, To do some errands, and convoy her hame. The wily Mother sees the conscious flame Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek, With heart-struck anxious care, inquires his name, While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak ; Weel pleas'd the Mother hears, it's nae wild, worthless rake. Wi...
Сторінка 30 - Dear lovely bowers of innocence and ease, Seats of my youth, when every sport could please, How often have I loiter'd o'er thy green, Where humble happiness endear'd each scene!
Сторінка 241 - My lips were wet, my throat was cold, My garments all were dank; Sure I had drunken in my dreams, And still my body drank. I moved, and could not feel my limbs: I was so light — almost I thought that I had died in sleep, And was a blessed ghost.
Сторінка 72 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair. My sister, and my sister's child, Myself, and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we.
Сторінка 1 - THESE, as they change, Almighty Father, these Are but the varied God. The rolling year Is full of Thee. Forth in the pleasing Spring Thy beauty walks, Thy tenderness and love. Wide flush the fields ; the softening air is balm ; Echo the mountains round ; the forest smiles ; And every sense, and every heart is joy.
Сторінка 110 - The blisses of her dream so pure and deep At which fair Madeline began to weep, And moan forth witless words with many a sigh; While still her gaze on Porphyro would keep; Who knelt, with joined hands and piteous eye, Fearing to move or speak, she look'd so dreamingly. XXXV 'Ah, Porphyro!
Сторінка 89 - St. Agnes' Eve* — Ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold; The hare limped trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold...
Сторінка 265 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by : And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "'Tis some poor fellow's skull," said he, "Who fell in the great victory.