Household VersesGeorge Virtue, 1845 - 240 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα vii
... aught but courtesy and kindness . The Poems contained in the following pages will be found , I believe , very similar , in their tone and tend- ency , to those published in the seven volumes which have preceded them : and the ...
... aught but courtesy and kindness . The Poems contained in the following pages will be found , I believe , very similar , in their tone and tend- ency , to those published in the seven volumes which have preceded them : and the ...
Σελίδα 3
Bernard Barton. TO THE QUEEN . Nor can a loyal poet crave for thee Aught worthier of thy sex - or station's claims , Than that thy truth and worth in BOTH should be " Familiar in our mouths as household names ! " So in our hearts , not ...
Bernard Barton. TO THE QUEEN . Nor can a loyal poet crave for thee Aught worthier of thy sex - or station's claims , Than that thy truth and worth in BOTH should be " Familiar in our mouths as household names ! " So in our hearts , not ...
Σελίδα 5
... aught which earth can give , Or that finds in time its stay ; But in things which can outlive What these give , and take away . Yet , ' gainst hope itself - ro hope ; Meekly to endure , and strive With infirmities to cope : - These are ...
... aught which earth can give , Or that finds in time its stay ; But in things which can outlive What these give , and take away . Yet , ' gainst hope itself - ro hope ; Meekly to endure , and strive With infirmities to cope : - These are ...
Σελίδα 6
... and feelings to them cling , Linked with immortality : - Glory ! honour ! thanks ! and praise ! Aught of such should still survive : Soul ! thine Ebenezer raise , Reverently , at Fifty - five ! THE STATUE OF MEMNON . HAST thou heard of a.
... and feelings to them cling , Linked with immortality : - Glory ! honour ! thanks ! and praise ! Aught of such should still survive : Soul ! thine Ebenezer raise , Reverently , at Fifty - five ! THE STATUE OF MEMNON . HAST thou heard of a.
Σελίδα 18
... shall loudly plead ; And acts un - asked for , and un - fee'd , Unknown , unthought of , then shall live , And for thee win a richer meed Than aught this world could ever give . TO A PROFESSIONAL FRIEND . Then welcome to life's calm.
... shall loudly plead ; And acts un - asked for , and un - fee'd , Unknown , unthought of , then shall live , And for thee win a richer meed Than aught this world could ever give . TO A PROFESSIONAL FRIEND . Then welcome to life's calm.
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AMWELL angel-wings aught Bard beauty birth BIRTH-DAY blend blessing blest bliss boon breath bright brighter by-gone Catalogue of Publications charm childhood's dark dream dwell E'en earth EGYPT faith fame fancy FARNHAM CASTLE fear feel flowers FRAMLINGHAM CASTLE gentle give Glad songs gloom glorious glory gone grace grateful grief hallowed hath heart heaven heavenly HELMINGHAM HALL holier holy homage honoured hope hopes and fears household humble idlesse immortal impart JOHN BUNYAN LEISTON ABBEY life's light lingering live Lord loveliness Midian mourn Muse Nature's NILE o'er octavo peace POOL OF BETHESDA PORTRAIT praise prayer pure ROBINSON CRUSOE round sad yellow-hammer scene shine silent smile song SONNET sorrow soul spell spirits STANZAS STRANGER'S MEMORIAL stream sublime sweet sweetest tears thee thine thou hast thought thrall trod truth unto VERSES Virtue's Catalogue win my love word worth yore
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Σελίδα 143 - 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!
Σελίδα 93 - This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Σελίδα 49 - And he said unto him, Say now unto her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own people.
Σελίδα 125 - The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Σελίδα 228 - The dead are like the stars by day ; Withdrawn from mortal eye, But, not extinct, they hold their way In glory through the sky : Spirits from bondage thus set free Vanish amidst immensity, Where human thought, like human sight, Fails to pursue their trackless flight.
Σελίδα 51 - Not to the last \ Thy word hath said, Could we but read aright, "Poor pilgrim, lift in hope thy head, At eve it shall be light!
Σελίδα 224 - On its bosom bearing thee. What is Life ? A bubble floating On that silent, rapid stream ; Few, too few, its progress noting, Till it bursts, and ends the dream. What is Death, asunder rending Every tie we love so well ? But the gate to life unending, Joy, in heaven ! or woe, in hell...
Σελίδα 164 - Whose humorous vein; strong sense, and simple style, May teach the .gayest, make the gravest smile ; Witty, and well...
Σελίδα 198 - THE stately homes of England, How beautiful they stand ! Amidst their tall ancestral trees, O'er all the pleasant land. The deer across their greensward bound, Through shade and sunny gleam, And the swan glides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream.
Σελίδα 236 - To write a book of household song, Without one verse to thee, Whom I have known and loved so long, Were all unworthy me. Have I not seen thy needle plied With as much ready glee, As if it were thy greatest pride A sempstress famed to be ! Have I not ate pies...