Poems, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1815 |
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... Land Such woes I knew could never be ; And yet a boon I gave her ; for the Creature Was beautiful to see ; " a Weed of glorious feature ! " I left her , and pursued my way ; And soon before me did espy A pair of little Boys at play ...
... Land Such woes I knew could never be ; And yet a boon I gave her ; for the Creature Was beautiful to see ; " a Weed of glorious feature ! " I left her , and pursued my way ; And soon before me did espy A pair of little Boys at play ...
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... land " Made blithe with plough and harrow : " Why throw away a needful day " To go in search of Yarrow ? What's Yarrow but a River bare " That glides the dark hills under ? " There are a thousand such elsewhere " As worthy of your ...
... land " Made blithe with plough and harrow : " Why throw away a needful day " To go in search of Yarrow ? What's Yarrow but a River bare " That glides the dark hills under ? " There are a thousand such elsewhere " As worthy of your ...
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... of blood : St. George was for us , and the might Of blessed Angels crown'd the right . Loud voice the Land hath uttered forth , We loudest in the faithful North : Our Fields rejoice , our Mountains ring , Our Streams 59.
... of blood : St. George was for us , and the might Of blessed Angels crown'd the right . Loud voice the Land hath uttered forth , We loudest in the faithful North : Our Fields rejoice , our Mountains ring , Our Streams 59.
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... and rested without fear ; The Eagle , Lord of land and sea , Stooped down to pay him fealty ; And both the undying Fish that swim Through Bowscale - Tarn did wait on him , The pair were Servants of his In their immortality ; 63.
... and rested without fear ; The Eagle , Lord of land and sea , Stooped down to pay him fealty ; And both the undying Fish that swim Through Bowscale - Tarn did wait on him , The pair were Servants of his In their immortality ; 63.
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... land to land through half the earth ! Judge thou of law and fact ! " " Tis fit that we should do our part ; 66 Becoming , that mankind should learn " That we are not to be surpassed " In fatherly concern . " Of old things all are over ...
... land to land through half the earth ! Judge thou of law and fact ! " " Tis fit that we should do our part ; 66 Becoming , that mankind should learn " That we are not to be surpassed " In fatherly concern . " Of old things all are over ...
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Page 212 - MILTON ! thou should'st be living at this hour ; .England hath need of thee : she is a fen Of stagnant waters : altar, sword and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men ; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 355 - To live beneath your more habitual sway. I love the Brooks, which down their channels fret, Even more than when I tripped lightly as they...
Page 191 - IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration...
Page 338 - Ah ! then if mine had been the painter's hand To express what then I saw, and add the gleam, The light that never was on sea or land, The consecration, and the poet's dream...
Page 381 - In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs: in spite of things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed; the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time.
Page 105 - One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. Sweet is the lore which Nature brings; Our meddling intellect Mis-shapes the beauteous forms of things: — We murder to dissect.
Page 80 - Unwearied in that service : rather say With warmer love — oh ! with far deeper zeal Of holier love. Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs, And this green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake ! LINES WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING.
Page 30 - As a huge stone is sometimes seen to lie Couched on the bald top of an eminence ; Wonder to all who do the same espy, By what means it could thither come, and whence; So that it seems a thing endued with sense : Like a sea-beast crawled forth, that on a shelf Of rock or sand reposeth, there to sun itself...
Page 354 - Hence, in a season of calm weather Though inland far we be, Our Souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the Children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 352 - Thou best Philosopher, who yet dost keep Thy heritage; thou Eye among the blind, That, deaf and silent, read'st the eternal deep, Haunted for ever by the eternal mind, — Mighty Prophet! Seer blest! On whom those truths do rest Which we are toiling all our lives to find...