Contemplation: A Poem : with Tales, and Other Poetical CompositionsLongman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1807 - 217 من الصفحات |
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... Nature sleeps , explore the haunted tow'r And now pursue , My lonely way along the craggy steep That frowns upon the wildering world of waves , And feasting on the luxury of thought , Best pleas'd at this still hour , I meditate On him ...
... Nature sleeps , explore the haunted tow'r And now pursue , My lonely way along the craggy steep That frowns upon the wildering world of waves , And feasting on the luxury of thought , Best pleas'd at this still hour , I meditate On him ...
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... NATURE withdraws her adamantine bars . For lo , to thy attenuated form , ( If form thou hast ) all grosser matter yields Resistance none - and thou canst cleave with ease To the dark centre of the solid earth , 5 And ope its hidden ...
... NATURE withdraws her adamantine bars . For lo , to thy attenuated form , ( If form thou hast ) all grosser matter yields Resistance none - and thou canst cleave with ease To the dark centre of the solid earth , 5 And ope its hidden ...
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... , and sheds 35 On nature's sleeping face her yellow light . Cradle of BRITISH COMMERCE ! here her eyes ( B ) First saw the day , here beam'd her infant smiles ; ' Twas here she grew on OCEAN's bosom nurs'd , B 3 CONTEMPLATION . 5.
... , and sheds 35 On nature's sleeping face her yellow light . Cradle of BRITISH COMMERCE ! here her eyes ( B ) First saw the day , here beam'd her infant smiles ; ' Twas here she grew on OCEAN's bosom nurs'd , B 3 CONTEMPLATION . 5.
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... nature slept , Except the never sleeping , restless sea , Which flows in murmurs on the pebbled beach . Behold where yon tall bark at anchor rides , Her canvass idly flagging to the mast ; Proudly she towers above the level deep : Now ...
... nature slept , Except the never sleeping , restless sea , Which flows in murmurs on the pebbled beach . Behold where yon tall bark at anchor rides , Her canvass idly flagging to the mast ; Proudly she towers above the level deep : Now ...
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... family retires . 90 95 Now cowering NATURE waits the dread event In awful expectation - from the hills Its distant voice is heard - like the shrill cries Of tortured FIENDS it meets the startled'ear ; Or as B 5 CONTEMPLATION . 9.
... family retires . 90 95 Now cowering NATURE waits the dread event In awful expectation - from the hills Its distant voice is heard - like the shrill cries Of tortured FIENDS it meets the startled'ear ; Or as B 5 CONTEMPLATION . 9.
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awaye beams beautiful Bellerus beneath blaste bosom CANTO Cassiterides cheer clouds CONTEMPLATION Corineus Cornish Cornwall corse country of Liones courser cried Cup of Sorrow Damsels dark daughter dear deep dews DOZMARÊ dreade earth fable fair fame fear fleete foolscap 8vo forreste frome GILES glorious GOONHYLDA grave Guarded Mount hand head heart Heav'n heave hill howling hys castle KNYGHTE labour Launceston light lodes Logris Maid manye MARY MATCHLESS midnight midst moon morn mournful MUSE mysts ne'er NEDDY night numbers o'er ocean Penryn pleas'd POEMS PYRITES rise round sail scene seem'd shore sigh Sir Tristram smiles song soul SPRYTE storm Strabo stylle sweep sweet syghte sylver SYR TREGEAGLE TALE tear thee thou thro toil TRICKS UPON TRAVELLERS Tristram Twas view'd village maids vols waves weene Whilst Whych Whyle wild winds wing wynde wyth
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الصفحة 73 - Whether beyond the stormy Hebrides, Where thou perhaps under the whelming tide Visit'st the bottom of the monstrous world; Or whether thou to our moist vows denied, Sleep'st by the fable of Bellerus...
الصفحة 96 - Dozmare' Pool. But having in his lifetime, in order to enjoy the good things of this world, disposed of his soul and body to the devil, his infernal majesty takes great pleasure in tormenting him, by imposing on him difficult tasks ; such as spinning a rope of sand, dipping out the pool with a...
الصفحة 95 - It is about a mile in circumference, ''and the formation of such a body of water on high ground is considered singular and curious. There is a popular legend attached to this pool, which is this : — that a person named Tregeagle, rich and powerful, but very wicked, guilty of murder and other heinous crimes, lived near this place, and that after his death his spirit haunted the neighbourhood, but was at length exorcised and laid to rest in Dozmare...
الصفحة 97 - In Cornwaile's famed land, bye the poole on the moore, Tregeagle the wickede did dwelle ; He once was a Shepherde, contented and poore, But growing ambitious, and wishing for more, Sad fortune the shepherde befelle.— OLD COKNISH POEM.