Guzman the Good, a Tragedy: The Secretary, a Play [and] Miscellaneous PoemsFaithfull, 1878 - 248 من الصفحات |
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ABEN JACOB arms art thou Aylmer bear beauty better blessing blood brave Bridal Chorus brother Carrares Cecil cheek dare dear death Derry didst dost thou doth e'en Exeunt Exit eyes fair faithful Farewell father fear Forgive fortress Frib friends gentleman give grace hand happy hath heard heart Heaven hither hold honor HUBERT FALCONER INEZ Juan king King of Fez kiss lady lips live look Lord love thee lover madam marriage Mistletoe Moorish ne'er neath never noble Pedro Phil Philippa pity PRAED STREET pray pretty priest proud Rachel SCENE scorn Sir E SIR EDWARD FALCONER smile sorrow speak sure sweet sword Sybilla Tarifa tears tell thine thing thou art thou dost thou hast thought thyself to-morrow tongue trust twas twill Vasquez weep wilt thou wonder would'st young Zora
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الصفحة x - But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover ; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
الصفحة xi - Who, whether praise of him must walk the earth For ever, and to noble deeds give birth, Or he must fall, to sleep without his fame, And leave a dead, unprofitable name, Finds comfort in himself and in his cause ; And, while the mortal mist is gathering, draws His breath in confidence of Heaven's applause : — This is the happy Warrior ; this is he That every Man in arms should wish to be.
الصفحة x - Who, doomed to go in company with Pain, And Fear, and Bloodshed, miserable train! Turns his necessity to glorious gain; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
الصفحة x - Come when it will, is equal to the need: —He who, though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes; Sweet images! which, wheresoe'er he be, Are at his heart; and such fidelity It is his darling passion to approve; More brave for this, that he hath much to love...
الصفحة xi - More skilful in self-knowledge, even more pure As tempted more; more able to endure, As more exposed to suffering and distress; Thence, also, more alive to tenderness.
الصفحة viii - that he should be employed against my country. On the contrary, I begat a son for my country, in order that he might act against her enemies. If Don Juan give him death, to me will he give glory, to my child eternal life; and to himself eternal infamy in this world, and condemnation in that to come. And, further, that it may be seen how far it is from my intention to surrender the place, and falter in my duty — I herewith fling my steel, if perchance a weapon should be wanting to complete this...
الصفحة viii - At sight of his boy in such a situation — upon hearing his piercing cries and the fierce threats of the assassin, tears of the most bitter anguish flowed fast down the fond father's cheeks. But his sworn faith to his king — the safety of his country — and the indignation naturally excited by so execrable a deed — struggled with his nature, and eventually triumphed : — thus constituting him a perfect hero against the iniquity of man and the severity of fortune. " I begat no son," exclaimed...
الصفحة 235 - In the eternal volume of the sky The stars displayed, are characters on high, Where man may read his fortune, and his fate ; If dim the tale seem 'tis his sunken state Unfit by sin, that bright page to descry, Writ by the finger of the Deity.
الصفحة 209 - Summer Friends : " *' Summer friends, away and leave me, Lightly held, we lightly part: There is one will not deceive me, Growing to my very heart! Fortune all her worst has wrought me, In that all how little smart; I can smile, for she has taught me, Love, how very dear thou art! " [Emily Faithful, London.] Constance, a poem in five cantos, is a tale of love and strife, adorned with frequent descriptions of mountain scenery in the subHimalaya region, where the plot is laid. The incidents...
الصفحة 243 - I can't tell you half the taleHow, when they got ashore, The kind, good women kissed and hugged, And stript the clothes they wore, To wrap the boys...