Lyrical PoemsMacmillan and Company, 1885 - 270 pages |
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Page 111
... weänt saäy men be loiars , thaw summun said it in ' aäste : But ' e reads wonn sarmin a weeäk , an ' I ' a stubb'd Thurnaby waäste . VIII D'ya moind the waäste , my lass ? naw , naw , tha was not born then ; Theer wur a boggle in it , I ...
... weänt saäy men be loiars , thaw summun said it in ' aäste : But ' e reads wonn sarmin a weeäk , an ' I ' a stubb'd Thurnaby waäste . VIII D'ya moind the waäste , my lass ? naw , naw , tha was not born then ; Theer wur a boggle in it , I ...
Page 113
... weänt niver give it to Joänes , Naw , nor a moänt to Robins - a niver rembles the stoäns . XVI But summun ' ull come ater meä mayhap wi ' ' is kittle o ' steäm Huzzin ' an ' maäzin ' the blessed feälds wi ' the Divil's oän teäm . Sin ...
... weänt niver give it to Joänes , Naw , nor a moänt to Robins - a niver rembles the stoäns . XVI But summun ' ull come ater meä mayhap wi ' ' is kittle o ' steäm Huzzin ' an ' maäzin ' the blessed feälds wi ' the Divil's oän teäm . Sin ...
Page 115
... weänt ' a nowt when ' e's dead , Mun be a guvness , lad , or summut , and addle 2 her bread : Why ? fur ' e's nobbut a curate , an ' weänt niver git naw ' igher ; An ' ' e maade the bed as ' e ligs on afoor ' e coom'd to the shire ...
... weänt ' a nowt when ' e's dead , Mun be a guvness , lad , or summut , and addle 2 her bread : Why ? fur ' e's nobbut a curate , an ' weänt niver git naw ' igher ; An ' ' e maade the bed as ' e ligs on afoor ' e coom'd to the shire ...
Page 119
... weänt gaäinsaäy it , my lad , thaw I be hafe shaämed on it now , We could sing a good song at the Plow , we could sing a good song at the Plow ; Thaw once of a frosty night I slither'd an ' hurted my huck , 1 An ' I coom'd neck - an ...
... weänt gaäinsaäy it , my lad , thaw I be hafe shaämed on it now , We could sing a good song at the Plow , we could sing a good song at the Plow ; Thaw once of a frosty night I slither'd an ' hurted my huck , 1 An ' I coom'd neck - an ...
Page 121
... Weänt niver do it naw moor ; ' an ' Sally looökt up an ' she said , ' I'll upowd it1 tha weänt ; thou'rt like the rest o ' the men , Thou'll goä sniffin ' about the tap till tha does it agëan . Theer's thy hennemy , man , an ' I knaws ...
... Weänt niver do it naw moor ; ' an ' Sally looökt up an ' she said , ' I'll upowd it1 tha weänt ; thou'rt like the rest o ' the men , Thou'll goä sniffin ' about the tap till tha does it agëan . Theer's thy hennemy , man , an ' I knaws ...
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ALFRED AINGER Arthur Hallam beat beneath blood blow breast breath Camelot dark dead dear death deep dream dying earth Edition evermore eyes F. T. PALGRAVE fair fall Fcap fire flower FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE glory golden hand happy hath hear heard heart Heaven honour Isle kiss kiss'd Lady of Shalott land Lariano light lips little birdie live Locksley Hall look look'd Lord Lucknow Lyrical MATTHEW ARNOLD Maud mind moon morn mother mysen never night o'er pain Poems proputty Queen R. W. CHURCH rest Ring Rizpah roll'd rose round sail'd Sally seem'd shadow shame shine silent sing sleep smile song soul sound spirit star summer sweet tears thee theer thine things thou thought thro turn'd unto Vere de Vere voice weänt weary weep wild wind yonder
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Page 157 - Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Page 227 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Page 145 - What does little birdie say In her nest at peep of day ? Let me fly, says little birdie, Mother, let me fly away. Birdie, rest a little longer, Till the little wings are stronger. So she rests a little longer, Then she flies away. What does little baby say, In her bed at peep of day ? Baby says, like little birdie, Let me rise and fly away.
Page 103 - I COME from haunts of coot and hern, I make a sudden sally, And sparkle out among the fern, To bicker down a valley. By thirty hills I hurry down, Or slip between the ridges, By twenty thorps, a little town, And half a hundred bridges.
Page 103 - The splendor falls on castle walls And snowy summits old in story : The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle ; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 207 - HALF a league, half a league, Half a league onward, All in the valley of Death Rode the six hundred. " Forward, the Light Brigade! Charge for the guns," he said: Into the valley of Death Rode the six hundred.
Page 150 - The slender acacia would not shake One long milk-bloom on the tree ; The white lake-blossom fell into the lake, As the pimpernel dozed on the lea ; But the rose was awake all night for your sake, Knowing your promise to me : - The lilies and roses were all awake, They sigh'd for the dawn and thee.
Page 230 - The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid, the night is still; A single church below the hill Is pealing, folded in the mist. A single peal of bells below, That wakens at this hour of rest A single murmur in the breast, That these are not the bells I know. Like strangers...
Page 158 - In love, if love be love, if love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers : Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. ' " It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.