The Genius of the Thames: A Lyrical Poem, in Two PartsT. Hookham, jun. and E.T. Hookham, ... and Manners and Miller, Edinburgh., 1810 - Poetry of places - 147 pages |
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... reign , And human tigers prowl for gain , And tyrants foul , and trembling slaves , Pollute their shores , and curse their waves ? Far other charms than these possess , Oh Thames ! thy verdant margin bless : Where peace , with freedom ...
... reign , And human tigers prowl for gain , And tyrants foul , and trembling slaves , Pollute their shores , and curse their waves ? Far other charms than these possess , Oh Thames ! thy verdant margin bless : Where peace , with freedom ...
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... reign , Where dismal trees , of giant - size , Entwined their tortuous boughs on high , Nor hailed the cheerful morn's uprise , Nor glowed beneath the evening sky . The dire religion of the scene The rustic's trembling mind alarmed ...
... reign , Where dismal trees , of giant - size , Entwined their tortuous boughs on high , Nor hailed the cheerful morn's uprise , Nor glowed beneath the evening sky . The dire religion of the scene The rustic's trembling mind alarmed ...
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... length his efforts passage gain ; And opened then a narrow plain , Which lowering oaks confine ; Oaks , that their infant buds unfurled , To greet the birth - day of the world , When night's long reign , to ruin hurled , Saw 43.
... length his efforts passage gain ; And opened then a narrow plain , Which lowering oaks confine ; Oaks , that their infant buds unfurled , To greet the birth - day of the world , When night's long reign , to ruin hurled , Saw 43.
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A Lyrical Poem, in Two Parts Thomas Love Peacock. When night's long reign , to ruin hurled , Saw the first morning shine . Embosomed in that lonely wood , Of massy stones a circle stood ; And , central in the sacred round , Andraste's ...
A Lyrical Poem, in Two Parts Thomas Love Peacock. When night's long reign , to ruin hurled , Saw the first morning shine . Embosomed in that lonely wood , Of massy stones a circle stood ; And , central in the sacred round , Andraste's ...
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... wrecks of Rome dissolve : Years of anarchy and crime In barbaric night revolve . But the morning breaks again : Peace resumes her ancient reign ; Wied the Flist 1 Science holds her sacred sway In the fields of orient. ido ebz'we's ...
... wrecks of Rome dissolve : Years of anarchy and crime In barbaric night revolve . But the morning breaks again : Peace resumes her ancient reign ; Wied the Flist 1 Science holds her sacred sway In the fields of orient. ido ebz'we's ...
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afar Amid ancient Andraste's Araxes bards beauteous beauty beneath blast blaze bloom breast breathe breeze bright charms Danube dark deep domes dread drear Druid dwells eternal Euphrates fair fancy fancy's flame flood flow flying forest gale GENII GENIUS LOCI glade glide gloom glow gods Godstow Godstow Nunnery grey groves Hadleigh hear hill HOOKHAM Lechlade light loci lonely lyre magic meads mortal murmurs muse mystic Naiad native ne'er Niger night nunc nunnery nymph o'er ocean Octavo oh Thames OLD BOND STREET peace Peneus plain pomp poured pride proudly rage reign river roam roar roll Roman Rome rove ruin sacred sails scene seas shade shore sinks Sir William Jones smile song soul spirit stern storms strains stream sublime sweet sweetly swell sylvan tempests thee THOMAS LOVE PEACOCK thou tide toil tomb towers trace Trimalchio vallies VIRG wake wandering waters waves wealth wild willow winds woods youth
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Page 116 - Genius, natale comes qui temperat astrum, Naturae deus humanae, mortalis in unumQuodque caput, vultu mutabilis, albus et ater.
Page 129 - Argileti 345 testaturque locum et letum docet hospitis Argi. hinc ad Tarpeiam sedem et Capitolia ducit aurea nunc, olim silvestribus horrida dumis. iam tum religio pavidos terrebat agrestis dira loci, iam tum silvam saxumque tremebant. 350
Page 147 - Muoiono le città, muoiono i regni, copre i fasti e le pompe arena ed erba, e l'uom d'esser mortal par che si sdegni: oh nostra mente cupida e superba!
Page 131 - Ma quando parte il sol, qui tosto adombra ' notte, nube, caligine ed orrore che rassembra infernal, che gli occhi ingombra di cecità, ch'empie di tema il core; né qui gregge od armenti a...
Page 142 - Rosamond, the fair daughter of Walter Lord Clifford, concubine to Henry II. (poisoned by Queen Eleanor, as some thought) died at Woodstock (AD 1 177), 141 where king Henry had made for her a house of wonderful working ; so that no man or woman might come to her, but he that was instructed by the king, or such as were right secret with him touching the matter.
Page 141 - A hazel grows near the chapel, the fruit of which is always apparently perfect, but is invariably found to be hollow. This nunnery derives its chief interest from having been the burial-place of the beautiful Rosamond, who appears, after her death^ to have been regarded as a saint.
Page 3 - 1 terren ch'i' toccai pria? non è questo il mio nido, ove nudrito fui sì dolcemente? non è questa la patria in ch'io mi fido, madre benigna e pia, che copre l'un e l'altro mio parente? Per Dio, questo la mente talor vi mova, e con pietà guardate le lagrime del popol doloroso, che sol da voi riposo dopo Dio spera; e pur che voi mostriate segno alcun di pietate...
Page 116 - Quod non plura datis invenerit. et tamen idem Scire volam, quantum fimplex hilarifque nepoti Difcrepet, et quantum difcordet parcus avaro.
Page 142 - Henry had made for her a house of wonderfull working ; so that no man or woman might come to her, but he that was instructed by the king, or such as were right secret with him touching the matter. This house after some was named Labyrinthus, or Dedalus worke, which was wrought like unto a knot in a garden, called a Maze...
Page 120 - Lucus erat, quern medium ex opaco specu fons perenni rigabat aqua : quo quia se persaepe Numa sine arbitris , velut ad congressum Deae , inferebat , Camenis eum lucum sacravit; quod earum ibi concilia cum conjuge sua Egeria essent.