Affection: With Other Poemsauthor, 1807 - 210 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 10
... wings his way Through every sea that laves this nether globe , To seek his wealth ' mid elemental strife ? What but the hope that fortune once attain'd ; At home delighted he may rest at last ? This strong desire in joyous youth is felt ...
... wings his way Through every sea that laves this nether globe , To seek his wealth ' mid elemental strife ? What but the hope that fortune once attain'd ; At home delighted he may rest at last ? This strong desire in joyous youth is felt ...
Σελίδα 14
... wing'd inhabitant of air : From infancy my heart was taught to love And venerate the cause of liberty ; And since she hath become of power to choose , Reason hath well confirm'd , what precept taught . I love the feather'd race , and ...
... wing'd inhabitant of air : From infancy my heart was taught to love And venerate the cause of liberty ; And since she hath become of power to choose , Reason hath well confirm'd , what precept taught . I love the feather'd race , and ...
Σελίδα 46
... wing the air , that float along the stream , Or tread the verdant mead : Creation all Then teem'd with life , with cheerful happy life , And man supremely blest , he nobly lived To triumph in existence , free to sport And revel as ...
... wing the air , that float along the stream , Or tread the verdant mead : Creation all Then teem'd with life , with cheerful happy life , And man supremely blest , he nobly lived To triumph in existence , free to sport And revel as ...
Σελίδα 47
... mariner through untried seas , Or lead the soul , on contemplation's wing , In holy musings to the mercy seat ; Ye tell distinctively of love divine . The Elements their share of bounties yield ; The Air VESTIGES OF PARADISE . 47.
... mariner through untried seas , Or lead the soul , on contemplation's wing , In holy musings to the mercy seat ; Ye tell distinctively of love divine . The Elements their share of bounties yield ; The Air VESTIGES OF PARADISE . 47.
Σελίδα 49
... on safety's wing Through untrack'd ways to new discover'd lands . Ev'n the portentous and destructive flame By man directed serves for noblest ends ; E Condensing steam he gains a powerful force : By science THE ELEMENTS . 49.
... on safety's wing Through untrack'd ways to new discover'd lands . Ev'n the portentous and destructive flame By man directed serves for noblest ends ; E Condensing steam he gains a powerful force : By science THE ELEMENTS . 49.
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Abba Thulle affection Affection's ALEXANDER POPE altars animal arms attachment beneath benevolence bless'd blessings blest bloom bosom breast bright Britain Britons burst Captain Wilson charm cheer Christian cornac creation dare dark dear death deep delight desart dreadful e'en earth elephant endear'd faithful fate feel female filial flame fond form'd Gelert Gregory Page hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hath heart heaven honour honour'd hope hour human inclosure Isle land Lee Boo Llewellyn's lofty Lord Lord Nelson Lysippe Macedon midst mind mother muse nature nature's never nursled o'er observed parent Petrarch plains plant pleasure QUADRUPEDS Queen Queen of Denmark race rapture reign religion rich sacred savage scene shores sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit storm strong Struensee sweet tear tender thee Theodosius Theophrastus thou throne tion tomb Twas virtue voice whilst wing wretched yield youth Zaleucus
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Σελίδα 206 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Σελίδα 137 - Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Σελίδα 113 - Nor scathe had he, nor harm, nor dread, But, the same couch beneath, Lay a gaunt wolf, all torn and dead, Tremendous still in death ! Ah, what was then...
Σελίδα 186 - For him, the milk or corn prepare. The storm is o'er; the tempest past; And Mercy's voice has hush'd the blast. The wind is heard in whispers low, The White Man, far away must go; — But ever in his heart will bear Remembrance of the Negro's care.
Σελίδα 137 - Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.
Σελίδα 187 - With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Σελίδα 136 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Σελίδα 184 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.
Σελίδα 164 - Do not strike him into that most dreadful of all human conditions, the orphanage that springs not from the grave, that falls not from the hand of Providence or the stroke of death ; but comes before its time, anticipated and inflicted by the remorseless cruelty of parental guilt.
Σελίδα 183 - About sunset, however, as I was preparing to pass the night in this manner, and had turned my horse loose that he might graze at liberty, a woman, returning from the labours of the field, stopped to observe me, and perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle, and told me to follow her.