Songs of the Sierras and SunlandsMorrill, Higgins & Company, 1892 - 309 strani |
Iz vsebine knjige
Zadetki 1–5 od 23
Stran 14
... Swift darting its tongue like a fierce desire , Curving and curving , lifting higher and higher , Bent and beautiful as a river moss ; Then , smitten , it turn'd , bent , broken and doubled And lick'd , red - tongued , like a forked ...
... Swift darting its tongue like a fierce desire , Curving and curving , lifting higher and higher , Bent and beautiful as a river moss ; Then , smitten , it turn'd , bent , broken and doubled And lick'd , red - tongued , like a forked ...
Stran 20
... swift desire , With the brim new - kiss'd by the lips you love ! " So you see she knew - knew perfectly well , As well as I could shout and tell , That the mountain would send a flood to the plain , Sweeping the gorge like a hurricane ...
... swift desire , With the brim new - kiss'd by the lips you love ! " So you see she knew - knew perfectly well , As well as I could shout and tell , That the mountain would send a flood to the plain , Sweeping the gorge like a hurricane ...
Stran 30
... swift as serpent's tongue , In sheath of silver chased in gold ; And Spanish spurs with bells of steel That dash'd and dangled at the heel ; A face of blended pride and pain , Of mingled pleading and disdain , With shades of glory and ...
... swift as serpent's tongue , In sheath of silver chased in gold ; And Spanish spurs with bells of steel That dash'd and dangled at the heel ; A face of blended pride and pain , Of mingled pleading and disdain , With shades of glory and ...
Stran 39
... swift across his face ; Then turning sudden from his place , He gave some short and quick command . They brought the best steed of the band , They swung a bright sword at my side , He bade me mount and by him ride , And from that hour ...
... swift across his face ; Then turning sudden from his place , He gave some short and quick command . They brought the best steed of the band , They swung a bright sword at my side , He bade me mount and by him ride , And from that hour ...
Stran 50
... swift , nor question any one ; For loves change sure as man or moon , And wane like warm full days of June . Oh Love , so fair of promises , Bend here thy brow , blow here thy kiss , Bend here thy bow above the storm But once , if only ...
... swift , nor question any one ; For loves change sure as man or moon , And wane like warm full days of June . Oh Love , so fair of promises , Bend here thy brow , blow here thy kiss , Bend here thy bow above the storm But once , if only ...
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a-wing afar beard beautiful bend Beneath birds black hand blood blown boughs bow'd brave breast breath brow brow lifted brown clash of steel climb'd clouds clutch'd dare dark dead death deep desert DON CARLOS dust earth eyes face fair fell fierce follow'd gather'd gazed gold grass grey hair hand head heart heaven hung Ishmaelite JOAQUIN MURIETTA kiss knew land lean'd lifted lips look look'd mane moon Mount Hood mountain never night o'er Old Morgan pass'd pine plain push'd reach'd rode round sand savage land sea of sand sea-king seem'd shining ship shore shout silent song soul sound stars steed stone stood storm stream strong sun tans sweet sweet bee swift tall things tide touch'd Toy'd trees turn'd Vasques wall wave weary white sea wild wind wood yellow
Priljubljeni odlomki
Stran 239 - In men whom men condemn as ill I find so much of goodness still, In men whom men pronounce divine I find so much of sin and blot, I hesitate to draw a line Between the two, where God has not.
Stran 72 - I looked to my left then, — and nose, neck, and shoulder Sank slowly, sank surely, till back to my thighs; And up through the black blowing veil of her hair Did beam full in mine her two marvelous eyes...
Stran 69 - Not a word, not a wail from a lip was let fall, Not a kiss from my bride, not a look...
Stran 68 - While his eyes were like fire, his face like a shroud, His form like a king, and his beard like a cloud, And his voice loud and shrill, as if blown from a reed—* " Pull, pull in your lassos, and bridle to steed.
Stran 64 - One bloom of crimson crowned its head, A drop of blood, so bright, so red, Yet redolent as roses
Stran 294 - Behold the ocean on the beach Kneel lowly down as if in prayer. I hear a moan as of despair, While far at sea do toss and reach Some things so like white pleading hands.
Stran 156 - What strength! what strife! what rude unrest! What shocks! what half-shaped armies met! A mighty nation moving west, With all its steely sinews set Against the living forests.
Stran 35 - As green and graceful bough'd bamboo, Did twist and twine them through and through The boughs that hung red-fruited full. One, monster-sized, above me hung, Close eyed me with his bright pink eyes, Then raised his folds, and, sway'd and swung.
Stran 62 - Success had made him more than king ; Defeat made him the vilest thing, In name, contempt or hate can bring : So much the leaded dice of war Do make or mar of character. Speak ill who will of him ; he died In all disgrace ; say of the dead His heart was black, his hands were red — Say this much, and be satisfied ; Gloat over it all undenied.
Stran 71 - While his keen crooked horns, through the storm of his mane, Like black lances lifted and lifted again ; And I looked but this once, for the fire licked...