Representative Poems of Living Poets: American and EnglishJeannette Leonard Gilder Cassell, 1886 - 683 pages |
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... earth , which is almost entirely covered and commanded by the Scientific Investigator's microscope . Happy , if he should not find himself glued to a strip of glass and placed under the scrutiny of that dread instrument of vision ! For ...
... earth , which is almost entirely covered and commanded by the Scientific Investigator's microscope . Happy , if he should not find himself glued to a strip of glass and placed under the scrutiny of that dread instrument of vision ! For ...
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... earth and cloud and sky , is the source of all those poems in which some sight or sound of nature prompts and sustains a piercing glimpse into the depths of mystery surrounding our lives . The overpowering sense of mere earth - beauty ...
... earth and cloud and sky , is the source of all those poems in which some sight or sound of nature prompts and sustains a piercing glimpse into the depths of mystery surrounding our lives . The overpowering sense of mere earth - beauty ...
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... earth is ceasing never ; " and he was right . We may criticise , theorize , vaporize at will ; but the symphony of ... earth's substance . Inconsistencies occur in poetic utterance , no doubt , as they do in all other human utterance ...
... earth is ceasing never ; " and he was right . We may criticise , theorize , vaporize at will ; but the symphony of ... earth's substance . Inconsistencies occur in poetic utterance , no doubt , as they do in all other human utterance ...
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... Earth a Cry , 489 Galatea , 497 Gale , The Lord's - Day , 559 Garden , Thy , 473 Glass , The Witch in the , 507 Gloucester Harbor , 307 Going to Sleep , 15 Good Knight , A , 606 Good Night , Babette ! Grandmother , To My , Grass World ...
... Earth a Cry , 489 Galatea , 497 Gale , The Lord's - Day , 559 Garden , Thy , 473 Glass , The Witch in the , 507 Gloucester Harbor , 307 Going to Sleep , 15 Good Knight , A , 606 Good Night , Babette ! Grandmother , To My , Grass World ...
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... earth , She loved this leafy dell , and knew by name All things of sylvan birth ; Squirrel and bird chirped welcome , when she came ; Yet now , in careless mirth , They frisk , and build , and warble all the same . From the great city ...
... earth , She loved this leafy dell , and knew by name All things of sylvan birth ; Squirrel and bird chirped welcome , when she came ; Yet now , in careless mirth , They frisk , and build , and warble all the same . From the great city ...
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Page 423 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 327 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom; And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 424 - The little bird sits at his door in the sun, Atilt like a blossom among the leaves, And lets his illumined being o'errun With the deluge of summer it receives ; His mate feels the eggs beneath her wings, And the heart in her dumb breast flutters and sings. He sings to the wide world, and she to her nest, — In the nice ear of Nature which song is the best?
Page 325 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main; The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming Lair.
Page 119 - And the sultriness showing the lion is couched in his lair. And the meal, the rich dates yellowed over with gold dust divine, And the...
Page 91 - Therefore to whom turn I but to thee, the ineffable Name? Builder and maker, thou, of houses not made with hands! What, have fear of change from thee who art ever the same? Doubt that thy power can fill the heart that thy power expands? There shall never be one lost good! What was, shall live as before...
Page 423 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 28 - And anon there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded eye, And a heart sorrow-laden, A long, long sigh; For the cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden And the gleam of her golden hair. Come away, away children; Come children, come down! The hoarse wind blows coldly; Lights shine in the town.
Page 417 - Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These all are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame, The kindly- earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American.
Page 425 - Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.