The Star-seer: A Poem, in Five CantosLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837 - 173 pages |
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... spell Of troubled thought came o'er him then ; And towards the east , with steadfast ken , He wildly looked adown the glen , Above whose rocky verge afar , Struggled to view a ruddy star . He started ; and , with hurrying tread , Paced ...
... spell Of troubled thought came o'er him then ; And towards the east , with steadfast ken , He wildly looked adown the glen , Above whose rocky verge afar , Struggled to view a ruddy star . He started ; and , with hurrying tread , Paced ...
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... spells , By which not only power is thine To read the stars , but to divine , Despite the specious veils of art , The secrets of the human heart , I pray thee now , unfold to me That fearful , mighty mystery , Which has .... whate'er ...
... spells , By which not only power is thine To read the stars , but to divine , Despite the specious veils of art , The secrets of the human heart , I pray thee now , unfold to me That fearful , mighty mystery , Which has .... whate'er ...
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... spell ! -Come welcome cloud , And mantle the mirror within thy shroud . Seal , Writer , seal ! and do thou bestow On that Son of Earth thy record now . Enough , enough ! Is not for him Woe's vial filled to the very brim ? Thirsts he for ...
... spell ! -Come welcome cloud , And mantle the mirror within thy shroud . Seal , Writer , seal ! and do thou bestow On that Son of Earth thy record now . Enough , enough ! Is not for him Woe's vial filled to the very brim ? Thirsts he for ...
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... spells of power , Communing deep ? Why now doth he Direct , with such earnest scrutiny , His gaze to yon beautiful orb that shines , Like a radiant god , ' mid the silver shrines Of the congregated Sisters Seven , Those lilies of light ...
... spells of power , Communing deep ? Why now doth he Direct , with such earnest scrutiny , His gaze to yon beautiful orb that shines , Like a radiant god , ' mid the silver shrines Of the congregated Sisters Seven , Those lilies of light ...
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... spell , The SEER o'er his horoscope pondereth well ; be And list ! now he speaks , as he turns his keen glance With rapturous awe , to yon starry expanse : X. " " Sublime , illimitable hyaline ! Eternal Sea ! in whose dark blue depths ...
... spell , The SEER o'er his horoscope pondereth well ; be And list ! now he speaks , as he turns his keen glance With rapturous awe , to yon starry expanse : X. " " Sublime , illimitable hyaline ! Eternal Sea ! in whose dark blue depths ...
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Page 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...
Page 159 - And thou the accuser. Thus it shall befall Him who, to worth in woman overtrusting, Lets her will rule : restraint she will not brook; And, left to herself, if evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
Page 159 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace ; Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Page 103 - gin to fear that thou art past all aid From me and from my calling; yet so young, I still would— Man. Look on me! there is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become Old in their youth, and die ere middle age, Without the violence of warlike death...
Page 165 - My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are...
Page 73 - Twas his own voice — she could not err — Throughout the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil, * Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one...
Page v - And if this be the science of the stars, I too, with glad and zealous industry, Will learn acquaintance with this cheerful faith. It is a gentle and affectionate thought, That in immeasurable heights above us, At our first birth, the wreath of love was woven, With sparkling stars for flowers.
Page 166 - ... valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, she laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the second stroke, cut off her head, which, falling out of its attire, discovered her hair already grown quite gray with cares and sorrows. The executioner held it up still streaming with blood, and the dean crying out, " So perish all Queen Elizabeth's enemies," the earl of Kent alone answered, Amen.
Page 132 - Stock immediately fell to five per cent, and the India to eleven ; and the Captain of a Dutch ship threw all his) powder into the river, that the ship might not be endangered. The next morning, however, the comet appeared according to the prediction, and before noon the belief was universal, that the day of judgment was at hand. About this time...
Page 132 - W. had long maintained, both as a divine and a philosopher, left little or no doubt with the populace of the truth of his prediction. Several ludicrous events now took place. A number of persons in and about London, seized all the barges and...