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Сторінка 40
To thee , of all things upon earth , Life ' s no longer than thy mirth . Happy insect !
happy thou , Dost neither age nor winter know . But when thou ' st drunk , and
danced , and sung Thy fill , the flow ' ry leaves among , Sated with thy summer ...
To thee , of all things upon earth , Life ' s no longer than thy mirth . Happy insect !
happy thou , Dost neither age nor winter know . But when thou ' st drunk , and
danced , and sung Thy fill , the flow ' ry leaves among , Sated with thy summer ...
Сторінка 69
That threaten ' d an eternity , depart , Amid the dying change , or lapse of things :
Enthroned o ' er all , a desolation frowns , Save mind , - omnipotent , surpassing
mind ! One scintillation of a soul inspired , Though kindled in an atmosphere of ...
That threaten ' d an eternity , depart , Amid the dying change , or lapse of things :
Enthroned o ' er all , a desolation frowns , Save mind , - omnipotent , surpassing
mind ! One scintillation of a soul inspired , Though kindled in an atmosphere of ...
Сторінка 71
With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide ; And many a
childing mother then And new - born infant died ; But things like that , you know ,
must be At every famous victory . “ They say it was a shocking sight , After.
With fire and sword the country round Was wasted far and wide ; And many a
childing mother then And new - born infant died ; But things like that , you know ,
must be At every famous victory . “ They say it was a shocking sight , After.
Сторінка 72
They say it was a shocking sight , After the field was won , For many thousand
bodies here Lay rotting in the sun ; But things like that , you know , must be After a
famous victory . “ Great praise the Duke of Marlbro ' won , And our good Prince ...
They say it was a shocking sight , After the field was won , For many thousand
bodies here Lay rotting in the sun ; But things like that , you know , must be After a
famous victory . “ Great praise the Duke of Marlbro ' won , And our good Prince ...
Сторінка 73
THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows , not substantial things ; There is
no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown
Must tumble down , And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe
...
THE glories of our birth and state Are shadows , not substantial things ; There is
no armour against fate : Death lays his icy hands on kings ; Sceptre and crown
Must tumble down , And in the dust be equal made With the poor crooked scythe
...
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Сторінка 22 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake, And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Сторінка 39 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Сторінка 13 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Сторінка 56 - That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay? How shall he meet that dreadful day?
Сторінка 79 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks He shall attend, . And all my midnight hours defend.
Сторінка 17 - Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of — say, I taught thee...
Сторінка 198 - MY heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk...
Сторінка 76 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day: The...
Сторінка 194 - Heav'n from all creatures hides the book of fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state : From brutes what men, from men what spirits know : • Or who could suffer being here below ? The lamb thy riot dooms to bleed to-day, Had he thy reason, would he skip and play ? Pleas'd to the last, he crops the flow'ry food, And licks the hand just rais'd to shed his blood.
Сторінка 47 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee In a flood of day...