A third and concluding canto of the poem of Branthwaite hall, with other poemsthe author, 1850 - 193 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 2
... lies low , And rural swains , pursuing annual toil , Digging their fuel from the deep peat soil , The skeleton , embedded , often find ; Remnants of arms , relics of rude mankind , The battle axe , the spear , and dirk are found , Old ...
... lies low , And rural swains , pursuing annual toil , Digging their fuel from the deep peat soil , The skeleton , embedded , often find ; Remnants of arms , relics of rude mankind , The battle axe , the spear , and dirk are found , Old ...
الصفحة 14
... , smite with conquering blade , Drive all before them in victorious raid ; The firebrands burn ' mid Wolsty's sacred bower , And monks lie murder'd in that holy tower ; This is no time for festive sports and play , 14 BRANTHWAITE HALL .
... , smite with conquering blade , Drive all before them in victorious raid ; The firebrands burn ' mid Wolsty's sacred bower , And monks lie murder'd in that holy tower ; This is no time for festive sports and play , 14 BRANTHWAITE HALL .
الصفحة 51
... lies prostrate - its grey walls Are gone - only one pillar'd gate recalls Ideas of old times — yet ' mid the grassy lawn , Recumbent on the ground , by time o'erthrown , This mulberry lies - to speak of times long past , With seamy ...
... lies prostrate - its grey walls Are gone - only one pillar'd gate recalls Ideas of old times — yet ' mid the grassy lawn , Recumbent on the ground , by time o'erthrown , This mulberry lies - to speak of times long past , With seamy ...
الصفحة 54
... lies before me now , A ruin , and memorial , left to shew When heaven protects the innocent no arm Of guilty tyrant man hath power to harm ; As saints of old the raging fires withstood , And Noah floated safely o'er the flood . STANZA ...
... lies before me now , A ruin , and memorial , left to shew When heaven protects the innocent no arm Of guilty tyrant man hath power to harm ; As saints of old the raging fires withstood , And Noah floated safely o'er the flood . STANZA ...
الصفحة 55
... lies beneath this time worn stone , The sculptur'd sword upon it , rudely drawn , Identifies his grave , And speaks , in language eloquent and true , The end of those who barbarous paths pursue , However stout and brave ; The lives of ...
... lies beneath this time worn stone , The sculptur'd sword upon it , rudely drawn , Identifies his grave , And speaks , in language eloquent and true , The end of those who barbarous paths pursue , However stout and brave ; The lives of ...
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ancient Anthorn's appear'd Armathwaite arms band Barwise beneath bliss boor Branthwaite Hall Cardornock's Castle charm clan clime COCKERMOUTH Cumberland dark Dick Douglas dream fair fairy fate fear fell feudal fires of heaven fled foes gain'd hallow'd heart heaven heavenly holy human JINNY John John Ray John Skelton joys knew lady land Langholm life's lone look'd Lord love's man's mankind mind monk MONODY morn's moss-troopers nature's night o'er pass'd peace Picts plunder prey pure queen reign roll'd round rude rul'd rustic sacred Scaleby scene Scotch Scots Scottish sea fowl seem'd shew shore sigh silent Skelton smile soft soil soon soul spirit spread STANZA stood strange stream sweet tears temperance movement thee thou thro tide time's toil tower turn'd tyrant vanish'd victims VIII WALTHEOF war horse warlike warrior Warthol wave wild winding wizzard Wolsty Wolsty's wolves wonder yield young youth
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الصفحة 128 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray ; What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
الصفحة 111 - ... the starting tear, Survey this grave. The poor Inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know, And keenly felt the friendly glow, And softer flame, But thoughtless follies laid him low, And stain'd his name ! Reader, attend — whether thy soul Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit ; Know, prudent, cautious, self-control Is wisdom's root.
الصفحة 96 - Then Pharaoh called for Moses and Aaron in haste; and he said, I have sinned against the LORD your God, and against you. Now therefore forgive, I pray thee, my sin only this once, and intreat the LORD your God, that he may take away from me this death only.
الصفحة 188 - He was a monk of this place about the year 1290, and applied himself so closely to the mathematics and other abstruse parts of learning, that he was generally looked on as a conjuror ; and a vain credulous humour has handed down I know not what miracles done by him.
الصفحة i - Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert ; whence arise But weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion flies O'er the world's wilderness, and vainly pants For some celestial fruit forbidden to our wants.
الصفحة 174 - Went over the hills and far away." " Over the hills and far away " — That is the tune I heard one day.
الصفحة 13 - ... potter's clay, Smote by a thunderstroke; none of his day Could cope with him, all games with ease he won, Even as a child he threw big Robinson, To leap — to wrestle — throw the bar or stone A modern Ajax, Barwise stood alone, At festive meetings, held at Islekirk's tower, When the bands muster'd for the social hour, His courteous dame who served the generous cup, Her lord with level arm still took her up, And bore her round the spacious court with ease, To shew his strength and his gay friends...
الصفحة 191 - The gateway tower is ornamented with the arms of Umfrevills, Multons, Lucies, Percies, and Nevills. That arrangement of arms points out the age of this part of the fortress.