Poems, Volume 2Ticknor and Fields, 1850 |
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... light of noon , and br A low and ceaseless sigh ; This memory brightens o'er the p As when the sun , concealed Behind some cloud that near us ha Shines on a distant field . im , changed ; THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD . y. 22 POEMS .
... light of noon , and br A low and ceaseless sigh ; This memory brightens o'er the p As when the sun , concealed Behind some cloud that near us ha Shines on a distant field . im , changed ; THE ARSENAL AT SPRINGFIELD . y. 22 POEMS .
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... footstep falls . The sound of thy merry voice Makes the old walls Jubilant , and they rejoice With the joy of thy young heart , O'er the light of whose gladness No shadows of sadness From the sombre background of memory 48 POEMS .
... footstep falls . The sound of thy merry voice Makes the old walls Jubilant , and they rejoice With the joy of thy young heart , O'er the light of whose gladness No shadows of sadness From the sombre background of memory 48 POEMS .
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... light of dews , Shall for a season be our place of rest . Beneath us , like an oriole's pendent nest , From which the laughing birds have taken wing , By thee abandoned , hangs thy vacant swing . Dream - like the waters of the river ...
... light of dews , Shall for a season be our place of rest . Beneath us , like an oriole's pendent nest , From which the laughing birds have taken wing , By thee abandoned , hangs thy vacant swing . Dream - like the waters of the river ...
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... light , appears ; And widening outward into night The shadowy disk of future years ; And yet upon its outer rim , A luminous circle , faint and dim , And scarcely visible to us here , Rounds and completes the perfect sphere ; A prophecy ...
... light , appears ; And widening outward into night The shadowy disk of future years ; And yet upon its outer rim , A luminous circle , faint and dim , And scarcely visible to us here , Rounds and completes the perfect sphere ; A prophecy ...
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... light , Was slowly sinking out of sight , While , opposite , the scale of night Silently with the stars ascended . Like the astrologers of eld , In that bright vision I beheld THE OCCULTATION OF ORION . 57 Greater and deeper mysteries. 56 ...
... light , Was slowly sinking out of sight , While , opposite , the scale of night Silently with the stars ascended . Like the astrologers of eld , In that bright vision I beheld THE OCCULTATION OF ORION . 57 Greater and deeper mysteries. 56 ...
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Page 22 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Page 343 - She is not dead, — the child of our affection, — But gone unto that school Where she no longer needs our poor protection, And Christ himself doth rule. In that great cloister's stillness and seclusion, By guardian angels led, Safe from temptation, safe from sin's pollution, She lives, whom we call dead.
Page 126 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Page 73 - Read from some humbler poet, Whose songs gushed from his heart, As showers from the clouds of summer, Or tears from the eyelids start; Who, through long days of labor, And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies.
Page 138 - This is the forest primeval; but where are the hearts that beneath it Leaped like the roe, when he hears in the woodland the voice of the huntsman?
Page 342 - Let us be patient ! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapors ; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Page 304 - Standing before Her father's door, He saw the form of his promised bride. The sun shone on her golden hair, And her cheek was glowing fresh and fair, With the breath of morn and the soft sea air.
Page 137 - THIS is the forest primeval. The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 141 - Dikes, that the hands of the farmers had raised with labor incessant, Shut out the turbulent tides ; but at stated seasons the flood-gates Opened, and welcomed the sea to wander at will o'er the meadows.
Page 189 - This is the house of the Prince of Peace, and would you profane it Thus with violent deeds and hearts overflowing with hatred? Lo! where the crucified Christ from his cross is gazing upon you! See! in those sorrowful eyes what meekness and holy compassion! Hark! how those lips still repeat the prayer, 'O Father, forgive them!