The book of poetry [ed. by B.G. Johns].James Burns, 1841 - 139 стор. |
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... , and what denies . Perhaps , what goodness gives to - day , To - morrow goodness takes away . You say that troubles intervene , That sorrow darkens half the scene : True - - and this consequence you see , This 22 CONTENTMENT . Contentment.
... , and what denies . Perhaps , what goodness gives to - day , To - morrow goodness takes away . You say that troubles intervene , That sorrow darkens half the scene : True - - and this consequence you see , This 22 CONTENTMENT . Contentment.
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... to heav'n ! -the industrious sun Already half his race has run ; He cannot halt or go astray But our immortal spirits may . Lord , since his rising in the east , If 26 NOON - DAY HYMN . Noon-day Hymn (the Labourer's)
... to heav'n ! -the industrious sun Already half his race has run ; He cannot halt or go astray But our immortal spirits may . Lord , since his rising in the east , If 26 NOON - DAY HYMN . Noon-day Hymn (the Labourer's)
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... half my time alive : Thy faithful lovers , Lord , are griev'd , To lie so long of thee bereav'd . But though sleep o'er my frailty reigns , Let it not hold me long in chains ; And now and then let loose my heart , Till it an hallelujah ...
... half my time alive : Thy faithful lovers , Lord , are griev'd , To lie so long of thee bereav'd . But though sleep o'er my frailty reigns , Let it not hold me long in chains ; And now and then let loose my heart , Till it an hallelujah ...
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... Half - rais'd her rusty shield . Nor could avail The sword of Dacia , nor the Parthian dart ; Nor yet the car of that fam'd British chief , Which sev'n brave years , beneath the doubtless wing Of THE RUINS OF ROME . 45.
... Half - rais'd her rusty shield . Nor could avail The sword of Dacia , nor the Parthian dart ; Nor yet the car of that fam'd British chief , Which sev'n brave years , beneath the doubtless wing Of THE RUINS OF ROME . 45.
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... ! Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king , He would not , in mine age , Have left me naked to mine enemies . SHAKSPEARE . Nelson and Pitt . DEEP grav'd in ev'ry British heart 58 WOLSEY'S FAREWELL .
... ! Had I but serv'd my God with half the zeal I serv'd my king , He would not , in mine age , Have left me naked to mine enemies . SHAKSPEARE . Nelson and Pitt . DEEP grav'd in ev'ry British heart 58 WOLSEY'S FAREWELL .
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ADAM AND EVE beauty beneath bird blessings blest BRAMBLE breast breath bright Charity charms cheerful Church churchyard clouds Communion of Saint cricket cried Cumnor Hall dead dear death doth dreadful E'en earth Edmonton ev'ry eyes fair fall Father William feel Field-Mouse flow'rs Gelert Gilpin glory grace Grongar Hill grove hand happy hast hath hear heard heart heav'n heav'nly holy human Hymn John Gilpin light Llewellyn Lord Lycidas mind morn murmur nature's ne'er never night o'er pain peace Pleas'd pleasure poor blind pow'r praise pray pride proud rill rise SALISBURY CATHEDRAL shade SHAKSPEARE shew shine sight sing Sir John Moore skies sleep smile soft song soon sorrow soul sound spirit sun shines bright sweet thee thine thing thou thought thyself toil tow'r truth Twas voice wand'ring wild wind wings wond'rous wyll youth
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Сторінка 31 - And, when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, Goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan loves, Of pine, or monumental oak, Where the rude axe with heaved stroke Was never heard the Nymphs to daunt, Or fright them from their hallowed haunt.
Сторінка 114 - 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 51 - Await alike the inevitable hour : — The paths of glory lead but to the grave. Nor you, ye proud, impute to these the fault, If Memory o'er their tomb no trophies raise, Where through the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault The pealing anthem swells the note of praise.
Сторінка 56 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not. Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Сторінка 55 - The next with dirges due in sad array Slow thro' the church-way path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou can'st read) the lay, Grav'd on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Сторінка 92 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Сторінка 18 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer of vigour born; The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light, That fly the approach of morn.
Сторінка 52 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands, that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre.
Сторінка 17 - Say, Father Thames, for thou hast seen Full many a sprightly race Disporting on thy margent green The paths of pleasure trace, Who foremost now delight to cleave With pliant arm thy glassy wave?
Сторінка 76 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.