The frequented village, and other poemsauthor, not published, 1844 - 207 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة vi
... have , to the extent of my capacity , done my duty to all ; and , nerving myself to meet the con- sequences , I am Their Obedient Servant , The Author , CONTENTS . Preface Subscribers ' Names ... THE FREQUENTED VILLAGE vi PREFACE .
... have , to the extent of my capacity , done my duty to all ; and , nerving myself to meet the con- sequences , I am Their Obedient Servant , The Author , CONTENTS . Preface Subscribers ' Names ... THE FREQUENTED VILLAGE vi PREFACE .
الصفحة 15
... meet the eye- What favoured land thy varied scenes outvie ? HELVETIA vaunts her cloud - capt hills of snow , Whose gushing torrents drown the vale below , —— Her avalanche , whose giant limbs unbraced , The peasant's home lays desolate ...
... meet the eye- What favoured land thy varied scenes outvie ? HELVETIA vaunts her cloud - capt hills of snow , Whose gushing torrents drown the vale below , —— Her avalanche , whose giant limbs unbraced , The peasant's home lays desolate ...
الصفحة 16
... plain ; And many a flower - encircled porch will meet The eye that wanders down the village street . No pools unseemly there offend the sight , Nor stagnant mires where hoggets take delight ; But all 16 THE FREQUENTED The Village.
... plain ; And many a flower - encircled porch will meet The eye that wanders down the village street . No pools unseemly there offend the sight , Nor stagnant mires where hoggets take delight ; But all 16 THE FREQUENTED The Village.
الصفحة 25
... meet such sumptuous fare ? And then his knowledge ! with a memory stor'd With every name the turf and ring afford . Who won the Derby on a certain date He quickly tells , and who the Epsom plate . When died old Eclipse - who bred ...
... meet such sumptuous fare ? And then his knowledge ! with a memory stor'd With every name the turf and ring afford . Who won the Derby on a certain date He quickly tells , and who the Epsom plate . When died old Eclipse - who bred ...
الصفحة 37
... meet " or " death " that morn , in colour black . Conclusion . Green Wicklow ! Tyrol of our Western Isle ! Whose bleakest heights with cultured verdure smile , Dear is thy mountain chamois and its bleat , Thy furze , thy meadows , and ...
... meet " or " death " that morn , in colour black . Conclusion . Green Wicklow ! Tyrol of our Western Isle ! Whose bleakest heights with cultured verdure smile , Dear is thy mountain chamois and its bleat , Thy furze , thy meadows , and ...
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The Frequented Village, and Other Poems <span dir=ltr>William Leslie Fletcher</span> لا تتوفر معاينة - 2016 |
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ancient Rome Anguish art thou beam beauty Beneath blest blood bloom bosom breast breath bright charms cheek cried Curlieu dare dark dead death doth dream Dublin earth Erin's falchion father feel flower friends glen grave Gunhilda hand happy hast hath hear heart Heaven Herodotus honour hour king King Arthur kiss knew land life's look merry mighty mirth monarch morn Morogh mother Mount Kennedy mountain mountain goat natal day Nature's ne'er neath never night North Strand nought o'er OLORUS pain peace Picts prayer pride prince Promised Home proud Rathdrum reign rills rose round Saxon scarce scorned sigh Sir Tristram Slander sleep smile song soul stream Summer sweet tears thee thine thou art thought thro Thucydides thy brow Twas vale verse village Vortigern weep Western Isle Wicklow wild wish young youth
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 103 - Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
الصفحة 194 - falls into the yellow Leaf,' and Imagination droops her pinion, And the sad truth which hovers o'er my desk Turns what was once romantic to burlesque.
الصفحة 40 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink . , Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
الصفحة 89 - 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 40 - Of others' feeling; but they are such liars, And take all colours— like the hands of dyers. But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think; Tis strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces...
الصفحة 40 - Tis strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link Of ages ; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper — even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomb, and all that's his.
الصفحة 161 - Alengon ordering the Genoese archers to charge; but they were so fatigued with their march, that they cried out for a little rest before they should engage. The Count...
الصفحة 41 - Its inequalities, its frankness, its indignations, its ebbs and flows — are all the reverse of craft ; and what but craft will the world be ruled by — Johnson. Oh, were I smiled on by bounteous Heaven, And all my fond heart's wishes givenj I'd live 'neath the Muses...