Representative Poems of Living Poets: American and EnglishJeannette Leonard Gilder Cassell, 1886 - 683 pages |
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... stood without in the cold blowing airs . We climb'd on the graves , on the stones worn with rains , And we gazed up the aisle through the small leaded panes . She sate by the pillar ; we saw her clear : " Margaret , hist ! come quick ...
... stood without in the cold blowing airs . We climb'd on the graves , on the stones worn with rains , And we gazed up the aisle through the small leaded panes . She sate by the pillar ; we saw her clear : " Margaret , hist ! come quick ...
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... stood , With Carlo , the Venetian , at their head , Studying the Masters by the dawning light Of his transcendent genius . Through the groups Of gayly vestured artists moved the Count , — As some lone clouds of thick and leaden hue ...
... stood , With Carlo , the Venetian , at their head , Studying the Masters by the dawning light Of his transcendent genius . Through the groups Of gayly vestured artists moved the Count , — As some lone clouds of thick and leaden hue ...
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... stood " Without the pale of thy half - royal rank- " When thou wast budding , and the streams of life " 6 16 Made eager struggles to maintain thy bloom , And gladdened heaven dropped down in gracious dews " On its transplanted darling ...
... stood " Without the pale of thy half - royal rank- " When thou wast budding , and the streams of life " 6 16 Made eager struggles to maintain thy bloom , And gladdened heaven dropped down in gracious dews " On its transplanted darling ...
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... stood Steadfast , for all the splendor , reaching up The outstretched palms of his untainted soul Towards heaven for strength . A moment thus ; With reverential wonder quivering through His sinking voice , " Who , spirit , and what art ...
... stood Steadfast , for all the splendor , reaching up The outstretched palms of his untainted soul Towards heaven for strength . A moment thus ; With reverential wonder quivering through His sinking voice , " Who , spirit , and what art ...
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... stood up , a growing thought . And all around him , unseen yet felt , A mystic presence forever dwelt , A formless spirit of subtle flame , The light of whose being went and came As the artist paused from work , or bent His whole heart ...
... stood up , a growing thought . And all around him , unseen yet felt , A mystic presence forever dwelt , A formless spirit of subtle flame , The light of whose being went and came As the artist paused from work , or bent His whole heart ...
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Page 421 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays: Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, grasping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Page 325 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main; The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming Lair.
Page 421 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Page 28 - And anon there breaks a sigh, And anon there drops a tear, From a sorrow-clouded eye, And a heart sorrow-laden, A long, long sigh; For the cold strange eyes of a little Mermaiden And the gleam of her golden hair. Come away, away children; Come children, come down! The hoarse wind blows coldly; Lights shine in the town.
Page 25 - Now the wild white horses play, Champ and chafe and toss in the spray. Children dear, let us away. This way, this way. Call her once before you go. Call once yet. In a voice that she will know : "Margaret! Margaret!
Page 423 - Zekle crep' up quite unbeknown An' peeked in thru' the winder, An' there sot Huldy all alone, 'Ith no one nigh to hender. A fireplace filled the room's one side With half a cord o' wood in — There warn't no stoves (tell comfort died) To bake ye to a puddin'.
Page 90 - And I know not if, save in this, such gift be allowed to man, That out of three sounds he frame, not a fourth sound, but a star.
Page 610 - And the masts and the rigging were lying over the side ; But Sir Richard cried in his English pride, ' We have fought such a fight for a day and a night As may never be fought again! We have won great glory, my men ! And a day less or more At sea or ashore, We die — does it matter when?
Page 328 - Ay, tear her tattered ensign down ! Long has it waved on high, And many an eye has danced to see That banner in the sky; Beneath it rung the battle shout, And burst the cannon's roar; — The meteor of the ocean air Shall sweep the clouds no more. Her deck, once red with heroes...
Page 326 - Thanks for the heavenly message brought by thee, Child of the wandering sea, Cast from her lap forlorn! From thy dead lips a clearer note is born Than ever Triton blew from wreathed horn! While on mine ear it rings, Through the deep caves of thought I hear a voice that sings: Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving...