The Three Days of Wensleydale: The Valley of the YoreC. Dolman, 1854 - 296 pages |
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... mountain gale ? Content to rear his whiten'd wall Beside the dank and dull canal , He'll say from youth he lov'd to see The white sail gliding by the tree . ” MARMION : Intr . to Canto III . But the bosoms of mountaineers are still more ...
... mountain gale ? Content to rear his whiten'd wall Beside the dank and dull canal , He'll say from youth he lov'd to see The white sail gliding by the tree . ” MARMION : Intr . to Canto III . But the bosoms of mountaineers are still more ...
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... mountain scenery , we may descend from the bleak hill's crest , where , amongst the heather , only the grouse and the curlew dwell ; to old woods , where the linnet and the cushat breed ; and fair meadows where the butterfly sleeps upon ...
... mountain scenery , we may descend from the bleak hill's crest , where , amongst the heather , only the grouse and the curlew dwell ; to old woods , where the linnet and the cushat breed ; and fair meadows where the butterfly sleeps upon ...
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... mountain clouds and solitudes ; By rivers broad , that rush into the sea ; By little brooks , that with a lisping sound , Like playful children , run by copse and lea ! Each in its little plot of holy ground . How beautiful they stand ...
... mountain clouds and solitudes ; By rivers broad , that rush into the sea ; By little brooks , that with a lisping sound , Like playful children , run by copse and lea ! Each in its little plot of holy ground . How beautiful they stand ...
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... mountain and the fell ; And rosy dawn , and closing twilight grey , But hear the distant sheepwalk's tinkling bell . " Other spots there are , I would have you likewise visit ; those deep wild glens among the mountains , whose very ...
... mountain and the fell ; And rosy dawn , and closing twilight grey , But hear the distant sheepwalk's tinkling bell . " Other spots there are , I would have you likewise visit ; those deep wild glens among the mountains , whose very ...
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... mountain stream is driven . How like a prostrate giant - not in sleep , But list'ning to his beating heart — ye lie ! With winds and clouds dread harmony ye keep , Ye seem alone beneath the boundless sky : Ye speak , are mute , and ...
... mountain stream is driven . How like a prostrate giant - not in sleep , But list'ning to his beating heart — ye lie ! With winds and clouds dread harmony ye keep , Ye seem alone beneath the boundless sky : Ye speak , are mute , and ...
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The Three Days of Wensleydale: The Valley of the Yore William Gideon Michael Jones Barker No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 86 - Or the unseen genius of the wood. But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high-embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 129 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace whom all commend.
Page ix - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Page 59 - A great number of them which purchased those superstitious mansions, reserved of those library books, some to serve their jakes, some to scour their candlesticks, and some to rub their boots. Some they sold to the grocers and soap sellers, and some they sent over sea to the bookbinders, not in small number, but at times whole ships full, to the wondering of the foreign nations.
Page 178 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again.
Page 95 - The proudest royal houses are but of yesterday, when compared with the line of the Supreme Pontiffs.* That line we trace back in an unbroken series from the Pope who crowned Napoleon in the nineteenth century to the Pope who crowned Pepin in the eighth ; and far beyond the time of Pepin the august dynasty extends, till it is lost in the twilight of fable.
Page 154 - Bidding the crop-headed Parliament swing: And, pressing a troop unable to stoop And see the rogues flourish and honest folk droop, Marched them along, fifty-score strong, Great-hearted gendemen, singing this song: God for King Charles!
Page xxxi - First, Moloch, horrid king, besmear'd with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard, that pass'd through fire To his grim idol.
Page xxiii - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly ! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the...
Page 96 - She saw the commencement of all the governments and of all the ecclesiastical establishments that now exist in the world ; and we feel no assurance that she is not destined to see the end of them all. She was great and respected before the Saxon had set foot on Britain, before the Frank had passed the Rhine, when Grecian eloquence still flourished in Antioch, when idols were still worshipped in the temple of Mecca.