The Female Poets of Great Britain: Chronologically Arranged: with Copious Selections and Critical RemarksCarey and Hart, 1854 - 509 Seiten |
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AMELIA OPIE beams beauty beneath bird bless blest bliss bloom breast breath bright brow charms cheek cheerful dark daughter dear death delight die prepare doth dream earth eternal eyes fair fame fate fear feeling Female Poets flowers genius gentle gloom grace grave green grief hand hast hath hear heart heaven HELEN MARIA WILLIAMS HENRY CAREY HESTER LYNCH PIOZZI hope hour Jane Elliot JOANNA BAILLIE lady life's light lips look Mary Howitt mind Miss morning morocco mournful night o'er pain pale passion Patrick Cockburn poem poetess praise Queen rich page Rienzi Robin Gray round shade sigh silent sleep smile soft song SONNET sorrow soul spirit Spring storm Strew sweet swell tears tempest storming thee thine thou art thought trembling verses vext voice Volume wandering wave weary weep Whilst wild wind woman writer youth
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Seite 354 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free! The ocean eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam; And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home ! There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band: Why had they come to wither there.
Seite 358 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Seite 353 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Seite 273 - And no great wonder," Death replies ; " However, you still keep your eyes ; And sure to see one's loves and friends For legs and arms would make amends.
Seite 220 - In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer.
Seite 353 - When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore. Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came: Not with the roll of the stirring drums, And the trumpet that sings of fame; Not as the flying come, In silence and in fear — They shook the depths of the desert's gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free!
Seite 473 - He shall be strong to sanctify the poet's high vocation, And bow the meekest Christian down in meeker adoration ; Nor ever shall he be, in praise, by wise or good forsaken, Named softly as the household name of one whom God hath taken.
Seite 502 - Visits to Remarkable Places : Old Halls, Battle-Fields, and Scenes illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and Poetry. By WILLIAM HOWITT. 2 vols. square crown 8vo. with Wood Engravings, 25s. The Rural Life of England.
Seite 356 - I come not here to talk. Ye know too well The story of our thraldom. We are slaves ! The bright sun rises to his course, and lights A race of slaves ! He sets, and his last beam Falls on a slave : not such as, swept along By the full tide of power, the conqueror leads To crimson glory and undying fame, — But base, ignoble slaves ! — slaves to a horde Of petty tyrants, feudal despots ; lords, Rich...
Seite 366 - How pleasant the life of a bird must be, Flitting about in each leafy tree; — In the leafy trees so broad and tall, Like a green and beautiful palace hall, With Its airy chambers, light and boon, That open to sun, and stars, and moon ; That open unto the bright blue sky, And the frolicsome winds, as they wander by...