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... scenes more beauteous than adorn Thy fields of matchless verdure ? " EACH portion of the southern coast of England has its peculiar charm : Kent , historical associations ; Sussex , its shaggy weald , smooth downs , and gay haunts of ...
... scenes more beauteous than adorn Thy fields of matchless verdure ? " EACH portion of the southern coast of England has its peculiar charm : Kent , historical associations ; Sussex , its shaggy weald , smooth downs , and gay haunts of ...
الصفحة 417
... scene of a narrow escape of Charles II . from his pursuers . At Ladram Bay , westward , the view is very fine , with the waves ever chafing and booming under the cliff , in which a natural arch has been hollowed out by the billows of ...
... scene of a narrow escape of Charles II . from his pursuers . At Ladram Bay , westward , the view is very fine , with the waves ever chafing and booming under the cliff , in which a natural arch has been hollowed out by the billows of ...
الصفحة 423
... scene : " The God of power , as He did ride In His majestic robes of glory , Resolved to light ; and so one day He did descend , undressing all the way . The stars His tire of light and rings obtained ; The cloud His bow , the fires His ...
... scene : " The God of power , as He did ride In His majestic robes of glory , Resolved to light ; and so one day He did descend , undressing all the way . The stars His tire of light and rings obtained ; The cloud His bow , the fires His ...
الصفحة 430
... scene ; and the glory of the sunlight , as well as the softer moonlight , seen from the shore which faces the expanse of sea on the east , are unrivalled in their effects . The theatre was built in 1802. The churches are of no interest ...
... scene ; and the glory of the sunlight , as well as the softer moonlight , seen from the shore which faces the expanse of sea on the east , are unrivalled in their effects . The theatre was built in 1802. The churches are of no interest ...
الصفحة 450
... scenes . The entrance of the river , and its opening to the sea , seem folded be- tween the banks of an inland lake . These banks are the slopes of lofty hills , luxuriantly green ; the lake is a mag- nificent bay , which will hold 500 ...
... scenes . The entrance of the river , and its opening to the sea , seem folded be- tween the banks of an inland lake . These banks are the slopes of lofty hills , luxuriantly green ; the lake is a mag- nificent bay , which will hold 500 ...
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الصفحة 563 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
الصفحة 570 - One show'd an iron coast and angry waves. You seem'd to hear them climb and fall And roar rock-thwarted under bellowing caves, Beneath the windy wall.
الصفحة 480 - The startled waves leap over it; the storm Smites it with all the scourges of the rain, And steadily against its solid form Press the great shoulders of the hurricane.
الصفحة 433 - These are the forgeries of jealousy : And never, since the middle summer's spring, Met we on hill, in dale, forest, or mead, By paved fountain, or by rushy brook, Or on the beached margent of the sea, To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind, But with thy brawls thou hast disturb'd our sport.
الصفحة 563 - ... my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play ! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay ! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a...
الصفحة 460 - It was about the lovely close of a warm summer day, There came a gallant merchant-ship full sail to Plymouth Bay ; Her crew hath seen Castile's black fleet beyond Aurigny's isle, At earliest twilight, on the waves lie heaving many a mile ; At sunrise she escaped their van, by God's especial grace; And the tall Pinta, till the noon, had held her close in chase.
الصفحة 460 - ATTEND, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise; I tell of the thrice famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, When that great fleet invincible against her bore in vain The richest spoils of Mexico, the stoutest hearts of Spain.
الصفحة 461 - For swift to east and swift to west the ghastly warflame spread, High on St. Michael's Mount it shone: it shone on Beachy Head. Far on the deep the Spaniard saw, along each southern shire , Cape beyond cape, in endless range, those twinkling points of fire.
الصفحة 542 - And the great ships sail outward and return, Bending and bowing o'er the billowy swells, And ever joyful, as they see it burn, They wave their silent welcomes and farewells.
الصفحة 517 - And in the moon athwart the place of tombs, Where lay the mighty bones of ancient men, Old knights, and over them the sea-wind sang Shrill, chill, with flakes of foam. He, stepping down By zigzag paths, and juts of pointed rock, Came on the shining levels of the lake.