Nugæ, by Nugator: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, العدد 9 |
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الصفحة 124
Sound , sound the trump of fame , And let Tennessee's lov'd name Ring thro ' the
world with loud applause - In Glory's niche it shall be set , By Washington and La
Fayette . With all their skill and all their power , He govern'd in the martial hour ...
Sound , sound the trump of fame , And let Tennessee's lov'd name Ring thro ' the
world with loud applause - In Glory's niche it shall be set , By Washington and La
Fayette . With all their skill and all their power , He govern'd in the martial hour ...
الصفحة 128
tis a dreadful sound ! And tears are gushing anew , For the family , wrapp'd in
grief profound , Have caught that sound as it flew ; It sendeth a shock to each
aching heart , Suspending with awe the breath ; It says that the living and dead
must ...
tis a dreadful sound ! And tears are gushing anew , For the family , wrapp'd in
grief profound , Have caught that sound as it flew ; It sendeth a shock to each
aching heart , Suspending with awe the breath ; It says that the living and dead
must ...
الصفحة 142
I've sigh'd for you at midnight dark , In silence deep - profound , I've thought I
heard you coming — hark ! I said , her form I dimly ' mark , She now will bring
Promethean spark' Twas but a cheating sound . I've stroll'd along the sounding ...
I've sigh'd for you at midnight dark , In silence deep - profound , I've thought I
heard you coming — hark ! I said , her form I dimly ' mark , She now will bring
Promethean spark' Twas but a cheating sound . I've stroll'd along the sounding ...
الصفحة 163
I listened for the sound of returning footsteps until I thought my heart would burst
with the suspension of my breath . I turned my eyes again upon my foe , and he
too seemed striving in vain to be calm . He seemed uneasy and restless .
I listened for the sound of returning footsteps until I thought my heart would burst
with the suspension of my breath . I turned my eyes again upon my foe , and he
too seemed striving in vain to be calm . He seemed uneasy and restless .
الصفحة 185
... and she rose at the sound , The door it flew open - her lost one was found ! She
knew him and sunk in his arms . Peace entered her soul and her reason return'd ,
And she seem'd through the past to have dream'd . Then let not a lesson thus ...
... and she rose at the sound , The door it flew open - her lost one was found ! She
knew him and sunk in his arms . Peace entered her soul and her reason return'd ,
And she seem'd through the past to have dream'd . Then let not a lesson thus ...
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الصفحة 200 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
الصفحة 192 - As loath to leave the helpless maid, When, fast as shaft can fly, Bloodshot his eyes, his nostrils spread, The loose rein dangling from his head. Housing and saddle bloody red, Lord Marmion's steed rushed by...
الصفحة 196 - Of the first year ! a beauty ripe as harvest ! Whose skin is whiter than a swan all over, Than silver, snow, or lilies! a soft lip, Would tempt you to eternity of kissing! And flesh that melteth in the touch to blood ! Bright as your gold, and lovely as your gold ! Volp.
الصفحة 144 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
الصفحة 83 - Taint in poetry, is it ?" interposed his father. " No, no/' replied Sam. " Wery glad to hear it," said Mr. Weller. " Poetry's unnat'ral ; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin...
الصفحة 7 - I've often thought if I were asked Whose lot I envied most — What one, I thought most lightly tasked Of man's unnumber'd host — I'd say, I'd be a mountain boy, And drive a noble team, Wo, hoy ! Wo, hoy ! I'd cry, And lightly fly Into my saddle seat ; My rein I'd slack — My whip I'd crack — • What music is so sweet ? Six blacks I'd drive, of ample chest, All carrying high the head ; All...
الصفحة 115 - The floor of Heaven was thick inlaid With patines of bright gold ;"* A firmament beneath was made — A mimic Heaven unroll'd.
الصفحة 22 - Entertaining his friends with kindness, he was neither a prodigal nor a thrifty host. His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq. ; his second, Betty, a descendant of the noble family of the Landons, by whom he had many children, on whose education he expended a considerable portion of his property.
الصفحة 40 - The tomb was railed round with green railing, and a sentinel walked round it night and day, to prevent approach within the railing. There was no inscription upon the tomb. The ground surrounding it, it was understood, was to be laid out as gardens, for the accommodation of those who came to visit the grave of the departed Emperor. The cemetery of Napoleon is a singular instance of adaptation to the character of the individual...
الصفحة 7 - This appeal was too cogent to be resisted ? Up jumped one of the justices, and protested that " it was not to be borne ; let the prisoner go : away with your British authorities !" The counsel for the accused rubbed his hands and winked at the attorney ; the attorney stood aghast ; his astonishment was too great for utterance, and the negress was halfway home, before he recovered from his amazement.