Poetical Works CompleteCarey & Hart, 1838 - 345 pages |
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... look'd the hero , or the king , More nobly than the youth who now , As if soul - centred in my song , Was leaning on a galley's prow . He spoke not when the others spoke , His heart was all too full for praise ; But his dark eyes kept ...
... look'd the hero , or the king , More nobly than the youth who now , As if soul - centred in my song , Was leaning on a galley's prow . He spoke not when the others spoke , His heart was all too full for praise ; But his dark eyes kept ...
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... look : Then from unholy herbs he took A drug , and said it would recover The lost heart of her faithless lover She trembled as she turn'd to see His demon sneer's malignity ; And every step was wing'd with dread , To hear the curse howl ...
... look : Then from unholy herbs he took A drug , and said it would recover The lost heart of her faithless lover She trembled as she turn'd to see His demon sneer's malignity ; And every step was wing'd with dread , To hear the curse howl ...
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... look on its father's crest . The pathway is lined , as the bands pass along , With maidens , who meet them with flowers and song . And ZAIDE hath forgotten in AZIм's arms All her so false lamp's falser alarms . This looks not a bridal ...
... look on its father's crest . The pathway is lined , as the bands pass along , With maidens , who meet them with flowers and song . And ZAIDE hath forgotten in AZIм's arms All her so false lamp's falser alarms . This looks not a bridal ...
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... look , a word , is then recall'd , And thought upon until it wears , What is , perhaps , a very shade , The tone and aspect of our fears . And this is what was withering now The radiance of CYDIPPE's brow . She watch'd until her check ...
... look , a word , is then recall'd , And thought upon until it wears , What is , perhaps , a very shade , The tone and aspect of our fears . And this is what was withering now The radiance of CYDIPPE's brow . She watch'd until her check ...
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... look'd upon the bride ; She was a pale and lovely girl ; - But , O God ! who was by her side ? — LORENZO ! -No , I did not speak ; My heart beat high , but could not break . I shriek'd not , wept not ; but stood there Motionless in my ...
... look'd upon the bride ; She was a pale and lovely girl ; - But , O God ! who was by her side ? — LORENZO ! -No , I did not speak ; My heart beat high , but could not break . I shriek'd not , wept not ; but stood there Motionless in my ...
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Page 251 - And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar out of heaven, and said unto her, What aileth thee, Hagar? fear not; for God hath heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Page 250 - My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name.
Page 250 - And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. 13 AND when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him.
Page 248 - Ye shall have a song, as in the night when a holy solemnity is kept; and gladness of heart, as when one goeth with a pipe to come into the mountain of the Lord, to the mighty One of Israel.
Page 256 - In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying ; Repent ye ; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Page 250 - When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt : and was there until the death of Herod : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
Page 252 - Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying ; I have sinned, in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said ; What is that to us ? See thou to that. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed ; and went and hanged himself.
Page 250 - And the angel came in unto her, and said, Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women.
Page 251 - And the water was spent in the bottle, and she cast the child under one of the shrubs. And she went, and sat her down over against him a good way off, as it were a bowshot : for she said, Let me not see the death of the child. And she sat over against him, and lift up her voice, and wept.
Page 229 - While daily, some mid those pale bands, Droop, sicken, pine, and die. Good God ! to think upon a child That has no childish days, No careless play, no frolics wild, No words of prayer and praise ! Man from the cradle — 'tis too soon To earn their daily bread, And heap the heat and toil of noon Upon an infant's head. To labour ere their strength be come, Or starve, — is such the doom That makes of many an English home One long and living tomb...