Household VersesGeorge Virtue, 1845 - 240 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 7
... simple of old . For ' twas said , and believed — in the silence of night It was mute as the landscape around it that lay ; But awoke at the first touch of morning's glad light , And with harmony greeted the herald of day . Be it fiction ...
... simple of old . For ' twas said , and believed — in the silence of night It was mute as the landscape around it that lay ; But awoke at the first touch of morning's glad light , And with harmony greeted the herald of day . Be it fiction ...
Σελίδα 15
... simple lore Perchance might hold his heart in thrall . For , even in that iron age , Unless old bards have told us wrong , To warrior , knight , or statesman sage , Dear was the minstrel's harp and song ; 16 TO A PROFESSIONAL FRIEND ...
... simple lore Perchance might hold his heart in thrall . For , even in that iron age , Unless old bards have told us wrong , To warrior , knight , or statesman sage , Dear was the minstrel's harp and song ; 16 TO A PROFESSIONAL FRIEND ...
Σελίδα 21
... simple rule Seeking to walk ; and in delight , or dool , Tread duty's path , with thoughts which rarely roved Beyond that narrow way : by scorn unmoved , And willing , for Christ's sake , to be a fool ! I knew thee well ; thy daily walk ...
... simple rule Seeking to walk ; and in delight , or dool , Tread duty's path , with thoughts which rarely roved Beyond that narrow way : by scorn unmoved , And willing , for Christ's sake , to be a fool ! I knew thee well ; thy daily walk ...
Σελίδα 60
... simple scenery round her loved to trace ; And tune her Doric reed , or artless lyre , To AMWELL'S tufted groves and modest spire ; Or , mindles show the world's vain glory frowned , Denounced the martial drum's discordant sound ; Or ...
... simple scenery round her loved to trace ; And tune her Doric reed , or artless lyre , To AMWELL'S tufted groves and modest spire ; Or , mindles show the world's vain glory frowned , Denounced the martial drum's discordant sound ; Or ...
Σελίδα 65
... simple , natural , and serene : Not the less meet to be admired , Because by such a home inspired . Nor , as I oftentimes have thought , Since there to be a guest was mine , Could ever poet's fame be fraught With sweeter recompence than ...
... simple , natural , and serene : Not the less meet to be admired , Because by such a home inspired . Nor , as I oftentimes have thought , Since there to be a guest was mine , Could ever poet's fame be fraught With sweeter recompence than ...
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Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
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...