PoemsEdward Moxon & Company, 1864 - 379 pages |
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... shadows of thy fixed mood , Revered Isabel , the crown and head , The stately flower of female fortitude , Of perfect wifehood and pure lowlihead . 2 . The intuitive decision of a bright And thorough - edged intellect to part Error from ...
... shadows of thy fixed mood , Revered Isabel , the crown and head , The stately flower of female fortitude , Of perfect wifehood and pure lowlihead . 2 . The intuitive decision of a bright And thorough - edged intellect to part Error from ...
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... Shadow forth thee : -the world hath not another ( Tho ' all her fairest forms are types of thee , And thou of God in thy great charity ) Of such a finish'd chasten'd purity . MARIANA . " Mariana in the moated grange . " 8 ISABEL .
... Shadow forth thee : -the world hath not another ( Tho ' all her fairest forms are types of thee , And thou of God in thy great charity ) Of such a finish'd chasten'd purity . MARIANA . " Mariana in the moated grange . " 8 ISABEL .
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... shadow sway . But when the moon was very low , And wild winds bound within their cell , The shadow of the poplar fell Upon her bed , across her brow . She only said , " The night is dreary , He cometh not , " she said ; She said , " I ...
... shadow sway . But when the moon was very low , And wild winds bound within their cell , The shadow of the poplar fell Upon her bed , across her brow . She only said , " The night is dreary , He cometh not , " she said ; She said , " I ...
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... shadow thou dost range , Sudden glances , sweet and strange , Delicious spites and darling angers , And airy forms of flitting change . 2 . Smiling , frowning , evermore , Thou art perfect in love - lore . Revealings deep and clear are ...
... shadow thou dost range , Sudden glances , sweet and strange , Delicious spites and darling angers , And airy forms of flitting change . 2 . Smiling , frowning , evermore , Thou art perfect in love - lore . Revealings deep and clear are ...
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... , rustling thro ' The low and bloomed foliage , drove The fragrant , glistening deeps , and clove The citron - shadows in the blue : By garden porches on the brim , The costly doors C 2 19 RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
... , rustling thro ' The low and bloomed foliage , drove The fragrant , glistening deeps , and clove The citron - shadows in the blue : By garden porches on the brim , The costly doors C 2 19 RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS.
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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.