Flosculi Literarum; Or, Gems from the Poetry of All Time. Faithfully Rendered Into English Verse |
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... Adown his chin in hoary whiteness flows A beard immense : like flame each eye - ball glows . * His shoulders broad with squalid garb are draped , By sails and pole the boat's dark course is shaped . Godlike , tho ' old , he braves the ...
... Adown his chin in hoary whiteness flows A beard immense : like flame each eye - ball glows . * His shoulders broad with squalid garb are draped , By sails and pole the boat's dark course is shaped . Godlike , tho ' old , he braves the ...
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... adown the dale , As angels - mild appear . Then joyfully he laid him down , Consoled he closed his eyes , Still glad when morn's recurring blush Illum'd the pallid skies . And so sat he for many a day , — And many a year - course ran ...
... adown the dale , As angels - mild appear . Then joyfully he laid him down , Consoled he closed his eyes , Still glad when morn's recurring blush Illum'd the pallid skies . And so sat he for many a day , — And many a year - course ran ...
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... adown the dale , · As angels - mild appear : — And thus one morning dawn a corse Sat by the window - sill ; But tow'rds her window yet were turned Those features pale and still . IN THE WOODS : A LIFE'S DREAMLAND . " Nel 23.
... adown the dale , · As angels - mild appear : — And thus one morning dawn a corse Sat by the window - sill ; But tow'rds her window yet were turned Those features pale and still . IN THE WOODS : A LIFE'S DREAMLAND . " Nel 23.
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... fact that " sparrows " will not live in confinement ; when schoolboys catch and cage them , they invariably die . Gone now adown that darksome way , Whence egress all 60 GRIEF AT THE DEATH OF "BIRDIE YE LOVES, ye CUPIDS, weep amain.
... fact that " sparrows " will not live in confinement ; when schoolboys catch and cage them , they invariably die . Gone now adown that darksome way , Whence egress all 60 GRIEF AT THE DEATH OF "BIRDIE YE LOVES, ye CUPIDS, weep amain.
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Flosculi, John George Harding. Gone now adown that darksome way , Whence egress all , the gods gainsay , Accurs'd be all the shades of Hell , Devouring Loves we love so well ! From me you've reft a birdie fair : Ill fate ! Wee ...
Flosculi, John George Harding. Gone now adown that darksome way , Whence egress all , the gods gainsay , Accurs'd be all the shades of Hell , Devouring Loves we love so well ! From me you've reft a birdie fair : Ill fate ! Wee ...
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Flosculi Literarum: Or Gems from the Poetry of All Time, Faithfully Rendered ... John George Harding No preview available - 2009 |
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Adieu adown Albeit arms beauteous Beelzebub birdie blind blooming blush Bove breast bright brooklet Canto casualidad CHARON cheek CHILDE HAROLD CHILDE HAROLD'S Pilgrimage clay COCYTUS cruel CURIOSITIES OF LITERATURE Dante death DIDO doth dread E'en earth EFFINGHAM EFFINGHAM WILSON evermore EXEGI eyes fair fame fate fear Fenster flauta FLOSCULI LITERARUM flowing fond fore FRANCESCA'S Galeotto gaze GEMS grave grief hath hear heart heav'n Hector HELL HORACE horrors ILIAD illume immortal JUNO L'INFERNO Lichte Liebliche Life's living lustrous luxurioso meæ puellæ Meco Methought mistress mortal mother's neath o'er occhi OVID perque pilgrim poets pride proof gainst round Ruhig Sass scorn shades Siendo sighs skies sorrow soul STOOPS TO CONQUER tears tempo thee THEOCRITUS thine thou TIBULLUS tide TOGGENBURG tow'rds Translations unto Virgil volto wave weep wept WESTON-SUPER-MARE Whilst δὲ δὴ ἐν καὶ μὲν Οἱ τε
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Page 72 - They that go down to the sea in ships, and occupy their business in great waters ; These men see the works of the LORD, and his wonders in the deep.
Page 76 - Noi leggevamo un giorno per diletto di Lancilotto, come amor lo strinse; soli eravamo e senza alcun sospetto. Per più fiate gli occhi ci sospinse quella lettura, e scolorocci il viso: ma solo un punto fu quel che ci vinse. Quando leggemmo il disiato riso esser baciato da cotanto amante...
Page 90 - My hopes of being remember'd in my line With my land's language: if too fond and far These aspirations in their scope incline, — If my fame should be, as my fortunes are, Of hasty growth; and blight, and dull oblivion bar...
Page 94 - Quaut' egli ha più di buon vigor terrestro. Alcun tempo il sostenni col mio volto; Mostrando gli occhi giovinetti a lui, Meco il menava in dritta parte volto. Sì tosto come in su la soglia fui . Di mia seconda etade e mutai vita, Questi si tolse a me, e diessi altrui. Quando di carne a spirto era salita, E bellezza e virtù cresciuta m...
Page 76 - Francesca, i tuoi martiri a lagrimar mi fanno tristo e pio. Ma dimmi: al tempo de' dolci sospiri, a che e come concedette Amore che conosceste i dubbiosi desiri?
Page 48 - O, eine edle Himmelsgabe ist das Licht des Auges - alle Wesen leben vom Lichte, jedes glückliche Geschöpf - die Pflanze selbst kehrt freudig sich zum Lichte. Und er muß sitzen, fühlend, in der Nacht, im ewig Finstern - ihn erquickt nicht mehr der Matten warmes Grün, der Blumen Schmelz, die roten Firnen kann er nicht mehr schauen - Sterben ist nichts - doch leben und nicht sehen, das ist ein Unglück - Warum seht ihr mich so jammernd an? Ich hab...
Page 98 - Borne immortal far beyond the lofty stars', the poet shall live in everlasting fame: lamque opus exegi, quod nee lovis ira nee ignis nee poterit ferrum nee edax abolere vetustas. cum volet, ilia dies, quae nil nisi corporis huius ius habet, incerti spatium mihi finiat aevi: parte tamen meliore mei super alta perennis astra ferar, nomenque erit indelebile nostrum, quaque patet domitis Romana potentia terris, ore legar populi, perque omnia saecula fama, siquid habent veri vatum praesagia, vivam.
Page 72 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths; their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end.
Page 58 - Esta fabulita, salga bien o mal, me ha ocurrido ahora por casualidad. Cerca de unos prados que hay en mi lugar, pasaba un borrico por casualidad. Una flauta en ellos halló, que un zagal se dejó olvidada por casualidad. Acercóse a olería el dicho animal, y dio un resoplido por casualidad.
Page 14 - TOGGENBURG .Ritter, treue Schwesterliebe Widmet Euch dies Herz, Fordert keine andre Liebe, Denn es macht mir Schmerz, Ruhig mag ich Euch erscheinen, Ruhig gehen sehn; Eurer Augen stilles Weinen Kann ich nicht verstehn...