PoemsEdward Moxon & Company, 1864 - 379 pages |
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... brows Of him that utter'd nothing base ; And should your greatness , and the care That yokes with empire , yield you time To make demand of modern rhyme If aught of ancient worth be there ; Then - while a sweeter music wakes , And thro.
... brows Of him that utter'd nothing base ; And should your greatness , and the care That yokes with empire , yield you time To make demand of modern rhyme If aught of ancient worth be there ; Then - while a sweeter music wakes , And thro.
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... brow . She only said , " The night is dreary , He cometh not , " she said ; She said , " I am aweary , aweary , I would that I were dead ! " All day within the dreamy house , The doors upon their hinges creak'd ; The blue fly sung in ...
... brow . She only said , " The night is dreary , He cometh not , " she said ; She said , " I am aweary , aweary , I would that I were dead ! " All day within the dreamy house , The doors upon their hinges creak'd ; The blue fly sung in ...
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... brow : Fair - fronted Truth shall droop not now With shrilling shafts of subtle wit . Nor martyr - flames , nor trenchant swords Can do away that ancient lie ; A gentler death shall Falsehood die , Shot thro ' and thro ' with cunning ...
... brow : Fair - fronted Truth shall droop not now With shrilling shafts of subtle wit . Nor martyr - flames , nor trenchant swords Can do away that ancient lie ; A gentler death shall Falsehood die , Shot thro ' and thro ' with cunning ...
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... brow Light - glooming over eyes divine , Like little clouds sun - fringed , are thine , Ever varying Madeline . Thy smile and frown are not aloof From one another , Each to each is dearest brother ; Hues of the silken sheeny woof ...
... brow Light - glooming over eyes divine , Like little clouds sun - fringed , are thine , Ever varying Madeline . Thy smile and frown are not aloof From one another , Each to each is dearest brother ; Hues of the silken sheeny woof ...
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... brows drops down A sudden - curved frown : But when I turn away , Thou , willing me to stay , Wooest not , nor vainly wranglest ; But , looking fixedly the while , All my bounding heart entanglest In a golden - netted smile ; Then in ...
... brows drops down A sudden - curved frown : But when I turn away , Thou , willing me to stay , Wooest not , nor vainly wranglest ; But , looking fixedly the while , All my bounding heart entanglest In a golden - netted smile ; Then in ...
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Ajalon answer'd beneath blow breast breath brow Camelot cheek cloud dark dead Dear mother Ida death deep dipt door Dora dream earth EDWIN MORRIS Enone evermore Excalibur eyes face fair fall floating flowers folds golden prime grave gray green hand happy harken ere Haroun Alraschid hath hear heard heart Heaven hills hour King King Arthur kiss kiss'd Lady Clare Lady of Shalott land last embrace Let them rave light lips live Locksley Hall look look'd Lord measured words mind moon morn never night o'er Oriana Queen roll'd rose round saw thro seem'd shadow SIMEON STYLITES sing Sir Bedivere sleep slowly smile song soul sound spake speak spirit stars stept summer sweet Sweet Emma tears thee thine things thou art thought thro turn'd unto Vere de Vere voice weary weep wild wind words yonder
Popular passages
Page 200 - If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore, let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day.
Page 267 - Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note may yet be done, Not unbecoming men that strove with Gods.
Page 265 - Thro' scudding drifts the rainy Hyades Vext the dim sea: I am become a name; For always roaming with a hungry heart Much have I seen and known ; cities of men And manners, climates, councils, governments, Myself not least, but...
Page 145 - Lo ! in the middle of the wood, The folded leaf is woo'd from out the bud With winds upon the branch, and there Grows green and broad, and takes no care, Sun-steep'd at noon, and in the moon Nightly dew-fed ; and turning yellow Falls, and floats adown the air.
Page 269 - Pleiads, rising thro' the mellow shade, Glitter like a swarm of fire-flies tangled in a silver braid. Here about the beach I wander' d, nourishing a youth sublime With the fairy tales of science, and the long result of Time...
Page 194 - What harm, undone? deep harm to disobey, Seeing obedience is the bond of rule. Were it well to obey then, if a king demand An act unprofitable, against himself ? The King is sick, and knows not what he does.
Page 193 - And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere: "I heard the ripple washing in the reeds, And the wild water lapping on the crag.
Page 146 - Let us alone. Time driveth onward fast, And in a little while our lips are dumb. Let us alone. What is it that will last ? All things are taken from us, and become Portions and parcels of the dreadful Past.
Page 281 - There the passions cramp'd no longer shall have scope and breathingspace; I will take some savage woman, she shall rear my dusky race. Iron-jointed, supple-sinew'd, they shall dive, and they shall run, Catch the wild goat by the hair, and hurl their lances in the sun; Whistle back the parrot's call, and leap the rainbows of the brooks, Not with blinded eyesight poring over miserable books Fool, again the dream, the fancy!
Page 331 - My good blade carves the casques of men, My tough lance thrusteth sure, My strength is as the strength of ten, Because my heart is pure.