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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... rivers of Europe , Asia , Africa , and America . Pre - eminence of the Thames . Gene- ral character of the river . The port of London . The naval dominion of Britain , and extent of her commerce and navigation . Tradition that an ...
... rivers of Europe , Asia , Africa , and America . Pre - eminence of the Thames . Gene- ral character of the river . The port of London . The naval dominion of Britain , and extent of her commerce and navigation . Tradition that an ...
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... river wandering wide , From tardy Lena's frozen shore To vast La Plata's sea - like tide .. Where Oby's barrier - billows freeze , And Dwina's waves in snow - chains rest : Where the rough blast from Arctic seas Congeals on Volga's ice ...
... river wandering wide , From tardy Lena's frozen shore To vast La Plata's sea - like tide .. Where Oby's barrier - billows freeze , And Dwina's waves in snow - chains rest : Where the rough blast from Arctic seas Congeals on Volga's ice ...
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... river Rolls through fruitful realms afar : Where the sounding Guadalquiver Wakes the thought of Moorish war ; Down whose blood - empurpled water Mightiest chiefs , in death - cold sleep ; Victims stern of mutual slaughter , Rolled ...
... river Rolls through fruitful realms afar : Where the sounding Guadalquiver Wakes the thought of Moorish war ; Down whose blood - empurpled water Mightiest chiefs , in death - cold sleep ; Victims stern of mutual slaughter , Rolled ...
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... river . The tranquil beauty of the vallies of the Thames contrasted with the sublimity of more open and elevated regions . Allusion to the • war on the Danube . Ancient wars on the Thames . Its present universal peace . peace . View of ...
... river . The tranquil beauty of the vallies of the Thames contrasted with the sublimity of more open and elevated regions . Allusion to the • war on the Danube . Ancient wars on the Thames . Its present universal peace . peace . View of ...
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... river at Richmond . Comparative adversion to the an- cient state of the Euphrates and Araxes , at Babylon and Persepolis . Present desolation of • those scenes . Reflections on the fall of nations . Conclusion . THE GENIUS OF THE THAMES ...
... river at Richmond . Comparative adversion to the an- cient state of the Euphrates and Araxes , at Babylon and Persepolis . Present desolation of • those scenes . Reflections on the fall of nations . Conclusion . THE GENIUS OF THE THAMES ...
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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.