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... shore The plovers when to scatter o'er the heath , And sing their wild notes to the listening waste . At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun , And the bright Bull receives him . Then no more The expansive atmosphere is cramped with ...
... shore The plovers when to scatter o'er the heath , And sing their wild notes to the listening waste . At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun , And the bright Bull receives him . Then no more The expansive atmosphere is cramped with ...
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... shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports , So with superior boon may your rich soil , Exuberant , Nature's better blessings pour O'er every land , the naked nations clothe , And be the exhaustless granary of a world ! Nor only ...
... shores Wafts all the pomp of life into your ports , So with superior boon may your rich soil , Exuberant , Nature's better blessings pour O'er every land , the naked nations clothe , And be the exhaustless granary of a world ! Nor only ...
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... above the surface of the flood They wanton rise , or urged by hunger leap , Then fix , with gentle twitch , the barbed hook ; Some lightly tossing to the grassy bank , And to the shelving shore slow - dragging some , 16 SPRING .
... above the surface of the flood They wanton rise , or urged by hunger leap , Then fix , with gentle twitch , the barbed hook ; Some lightly tossing to the grassy bank , And to the shelving shore slow - dragging some , 16 SPRING .
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... shore You gaily drag your unresisting prize . Thus pass the temperate hours : but when the sun Shakes from his noon - day throne the scattering clouds , B Even shooting listless languor through the deeps , Then seek SPRING . 17.
... shore You gaily drag your unresisting prize . Thus pass the temperate hours : but when the sun Shakes from his noon - day throne the scattering clouds , B Even shooting listless languor through the deeps , Then seek SPRING . 17.
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... shore , whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds , The royal eagle draws his vigorous young ; Strong - pounced , and ardent with paternal fire . Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own , He drives them from his fort ...
... shore , whose lonely race Resign the setting sun to Indian worlds , The royal eagle draws his vigorous young ; Strong - pounced , and ardent with paternal fire . Now fit to raise a kingdom of their own , He drives them from his fort ...
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amid beam beauty behold beneath blaze blessed bliss bloom breast breath bright Britons Castle of Indolence charms cheerful cloth gilt clouds Commixed dark deep delight E'en earth Edition eternal ether exalted fair fame fancy Fcap fire flame flood gale genius gentle gilt edges gloom glory glow grace Greece groves GUSTAVE DORÉ happy heart heaven hills honour ingulphed JAMES THOMSON labour land Liberty light live mind mingled morocco mountains muse Musidora nature Nature's night nought o'er passions peace plain poem POETICAL pomp pours pride race rage rapture reign rise roll Rome round scene shade shine shore sigh sing smile soft song sons soul spirit spread Spring storm stream swain sweet swelling tempest tender thee thine THOMAS HOOD Thomson thou thought toil train tyrant vale virtue wave whence wild WILLIAM MICHAEL ROSSETTI winds wing wintry woods
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Page 88 - Heavens ! what a goodly prospect spreads around, Of hills, and dales, and woods, and lawns, and spires, And glittering towns, and gilded streams, till all The stretching landscape into smoke decays...
Page 319 - A pleasing land of drowsy -head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
Page 105 - Beyond the pomp of dress : for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is, when unadorned, adorned the most.
Page 42 - With quickened step, Brown night retires. Young day pours in apace, And opens all the lawny prospect wide. The dripping rock, the mountain's misty top, Swell on the sight, and brighten with the dawn. Blue, through the dust, the smoking currents shine ; And from the bladed field the fearful hare Limps, awkward ; while along the forest glade The wild deer trip, and often turning gaze At early passenger. Music awakes, The native voice of undissembled joy; And thick around the woodland hymns arise.
Page 319 - It was, I ween, a lovely spot of ground; And there a season atween June and May, Half...
Page 3 - To shake the sounding marsh; or from the shore The plovers when to scatter o'er the heath, And sing their wild notes to the listening waste. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. Then no more Th...
Page 365 - Ah! what avail the largest gifts of heaven, " When drooping health and spirits go amiss? " How tasteless then whatever can be given! " Health is the vital principle of bliss,
Page 155 - What water, of the still unfrozen spring, In the loose marsh or solitary lake, Where the fresh fountain from the bottom boils. These check his fearful steps; and down he sinks, Beneath the shelter of the shapeless drift, Thinking o'er all the bitterness of death; Mixed with the tender anguish Nature shoots Through the wrung bosom of the dying man, His wife, his children, and his friends unseen. In vain for him th...
Page 9 - Amid the glad creation, musing praise, And looking lively gratitude. At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields) And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshen'd world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the forest walks, Beneath the umbrageous multitude of leaves. But who can hold the shade, while Heaven descends In universal bounty, shedding herbs, And fruits, and flowers,...
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