Memoirs of Eminent Etonians: With Notices of the Early History of Eton CollegeR. Bentley, 1850 - 504 стор. |
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Сторінка 310 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the Zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm, In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm ; Regardless of the sweeping Whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Сторінка 307 - the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing lingering look behind 1 On some fond breast the parting soul relies, Some pious drops the closing eye requires ; E'en from the tomb the voice of Nature cries, E'en
Сторінка 482 - No more let Life divide what Death can join together. That Light whose smile kindles the Universe, That Beauty in which all things work and move, That Benediction which the eclipsing Curse Of birth can quench not, that sustaining Love Which through the web of being blindly wove By man and beast and earth and air and
Сторінка 307 - Yet e'en these bones from insult to protect, Some frail memorial still erected nigh, With uncouth rhymes and shapeless sculpture deck'd Implores the passing tribute of a sigh. Their name, their years, spelt by th
Сторінка 307 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply : And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey This pleasing anxious being o'er
Сторінка 488 - STANZAS, WRITTEN IN DEJECTION, NEAR NAPLES. The sun is warm, the sky is clear. The waves are dancing fast and bright, Blue isles and snowy mountains wear The purple noon's transparent light: The breath of the moist air is light, Around its unexpanded buds ; Like many a voice of one delight, The winds,
Сторінка 302 - show them where in ambush stand, To seize their prey, the murderous band ! Ah, tell them, they are men ! These shall the fury passions tear, The vultures of the mind, Disdainful Anger, pallid Fear, And Shame that skulks behind ; Or pining Love shall waste their youth. Or Jealousy, with rankling tooth, That inly
Сторінка 302 - the secret heart; And Envy wan, and faded Care, Grim-visaged comfortless Despair, And Sorrow's piercing dart. Ambition this shall tempt to rise, Then whirl the wretch from high, To bitter Scorn a sacrifice, And grinning Infamy. The stings of Falsehood those shall try, And hard Unkindness
Сторінка 481 - Thine own well full, if thou returnest home, Of tears and gall. From the world's bitter wind Seek shelter in the shadow of the tomb. , What Adonais is, why fear we to become i The One remains, the many change and pass ; Heaven's light for ever shines, Earth's shadows fly ; Life, like a dome of
Сторінка 115 - Go, lovely rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time aud me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet, and fair, she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her