Poems of sorrow, death and immortalityHolt, 1912 |
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... born . I love snow , and all the forms Of the radiant frost ; I love waves , and winds , and storms— Everything almost Which is Nature's , and may be Untainted by man's misery . I love tranquil solitude , And such society As is quiet ...
... born . I love snow , and all the forms Of the radiant frost ; I love waves , and winds , and storms— Everything almost Which is Nature's , and may be Untainted by man's misery . I love tranquil solitude , And such society As is quiet ...
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... born ; And like a soul belated , In hell and heaven unmated , By cloud and mist abated Comes out of darkness morn . Though one were strong as seven , He too with death shall dwell , Nor wake with wings in heaven , Nor weep for pains in ...
... born ; And like a soul belated , In hell and heaven unmated , By cloud and mist abated Comes out of darkness morn . Though one were strong as seven , He too with death shall dwell , Nor wake with wings in heaven , Nor weep for pains in ...
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... born , The world which lasts when I am dead ; Which never was the friend of one , Nor promised love it could not give , But lit for all its generous sun , And lived itself , and made us live . There let me gaze , till I become In soul ...
... born , The world which lasts when I am dead ; Which never was the friend of one , Nor promised love it could not give , But lit for all its generous sun , And lived itself , and made us live . There let me gaze , till I become In soul ...
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... born , Will soar away ! One pang - and I shall rend the thrall Where grief abides , And generous Death will show me all That now he hides ; And , lucid in that second birth , I shall discern What all the sages of the earth Have died to ...
... born , Will soar away ! One pang - and I shall rend the thrall Where grief abides , And generous Death will show me all That now he hides ; And , lucid in that second birth , I shall discern What all the sages of the earth Have died to ...
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... born as she , Reading this , like Niobe Shall turn marble , and become Both her mourner and her tomb . William Browne [ 1591-1643 ? ] AN EPITAPH INTENDED FOR HIMSELF LIKE thee I once have stemmed the sea of life , Like thee have ...
... born as she , Reading this , like Niobe Shall turn marble , and become Both her mourner and her tomb . William Browne [ 1591-1643 ? ] AN EPITAPH INTENDED FOR HIMSELF LIKE thee I once have stemmed the sea of life , Like thee have ...
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Page 3185 - With fingers weary and worn, With eyelids heavy and red, A woman sat in unwomanly rags Plying her needle and thread — Stitch ! stitch ! stitch ! In poverty, hunger and dirt, And still with a voice of dolorous pitch, Would that its tone could reach the rich ! She sang this "Song of the Shirt.
Page 3450 - I saw eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm as it was bright; And round beneath it, time in hours, days, years, Driv'n by the spheres, Like a vast shadow moved, in which the world And all her train were hurled...
Page 3552 - Abide with me ; fast falls the even-tide ; The darkness deepens ; Lord, with me abide ; When other helpers fail, and comforts flee, Help of the helpless, O abide with me.
Page 3541 - Thou, O Christ, art all I want; More than all in thee I find. Raise the fallen, cheer the faint, Heal the sick, and lead the blind. Just and holy is thy name; I am all unrighteousness: 30 False and full of sin I am, Thou art full of truth and grace.
Page 3265 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence: live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self, In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Page 3193 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill: But their strong nerves at last must yield; They tame but one another still: Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath, When they, pale captives, creep to death. The garlands wither on your brow, Then boast no more your mighty deeds; Upon Death's purple altar now See, where the victor-victim bleeds: Your heads must come To the cold tomb; Only the actions of the just Smell sweet, and blossom...
Page 3288 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead ; The heart of Rachel, for her children crying, Will not be comforted...
Page 3298 - And all their echoes mourn. The Willows, and the Hazel Copses green, Shall now no more be seen, Fanning their joyous Leaves to thy soft lays.
Page 3468 - He that is down needs fear no fall, He that is low, no pride; He that is humble, ever shall Have God to be his guide.
Page 3301 - Where the great Vision of the guarded mount Looks toward Namancos and Bayona's hold, — Look homeward, Angel, now, and melt with ruth ; And, O ye dolphins, waft the hapless youth.