Selections from the American Poets, Issue 111Harper, 1840 - 316 pages |
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... gaze on heaven , could trace The soul's vast features , that shall tread The stars , when earth is nothingness ? Where he who struck old Albyn's lyre , § Till round the world its echoes roll , And swept , with all a prophet's fire , The ...
... gaze on heaven , could trace The soul's vast features , that shall tread The stars , when earth is nothingness ? Where he who struck old Albyn's lyre , § Till round the world its echoes roll , And swept , with all a prophet's fire , The ...
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... the assembled world , Evening her crimson tint for ever drew . But while at gaze , in solemn silence , men And angels stood , and many a quaking heart With expectation throbbed ; about the throne And glittering hill 42 JAMES A. HILLHOUSE .
... the assembled world , Evening her crimson tint for ever drew . But while at gaze , in solemn silence , men And angels stood , and many a quaking heart With expectation throbbed ; about the throne And glittering hill 42 JAMES A. HILLHOUSE .
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... gazing wistful on that peerless light Thereafter to be seen no more ( as oft In dreams strange images will mix ) , sad thoughts Passed o'er my soul . Sorrowing I cried , " Farewell , Pale , beauteous planet , that displayest so soft ...
... gazing wistful on that peerless light Thereafter to be seen no more ( as oft In dreams strange images will mix ) , sad thoughts Passed o'er my soul . Sorrowing I cried , " Farewell , Pale , beauteous planet , that displayest so soft ...
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... gaze upon the stars of bliss , That through the cloud - rifts radiantly stream ; Bird - like , the prisoned soul will lift its eye , And pine till it is hooded from the sky . H 2 APRIL . " A violet by a mossy stone Half NATHANIEL P ...
... gaze upon the stars of bliss , That through the cloud - rifts radiantly stream ; Bird - like , the prisoned soul will lift its eye , And pine till it is hooded from the sky . H 2 APRIL . " A violet by a mossy stone Half NATHANIEL P ...
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... gaze , like eyes of a young maiden Shining beneath dropp'd lids the evening of her wedding . The breeze fresh springing from the lips of morn , Kissing the leaves , and sighing so to lose ' em , The winding of the merry locust's horn ...
... gaze , like eyes of a young maiden Shining beneath dropp'd lids the evening of her wedding . The breeze fresh springing from the lips of morn , Kissing the leaves , and sighing so to lose ' em , The winding of the merry locust's horn ...
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Page 282 - He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle , But I heard him exclaim,...
Page 202 - No, they are all unchained again: The clouds Sweep over with their shadows, and, beneath, The surface rolls and fluctuates to the eye; Dark hollows seem to glide along and chase The sunny ridges.
Page 159 - Deep in the wave is a Coral Grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove, Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine.
Page 281 - Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
Page 282 - He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot; A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
Page 86 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 134 - Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlour wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door ; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Page 97 - From war's vain trumpet, by thy thundering side ! Yea, what is all the riot man can make In his short life, to thy unceasing roar ! And yet, bold Babbler 1 what art thou to Him, Who drowned a world, and heaped the waters far Above its loftiest mountains ? — a light wave, That breaks and whispers of its Maker's might 1 BRAINARD.
Page 185 - And he cried unto the Lord ; and the Lord showed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet...
Page 90 - The elfin cast a glance around, As he lighted down from his courser toad, Then round his breast his wings he wound, And close to the river's brink he strode ; He sprang on a rock, he breathed a prayer...