Four English PoemsLouis Du Pont Syle Allyn and Bacon, 1897 - 89 strani |
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aërial Ariel Beau beautiful Beaux Belinda Billet-doux bird bodkin Bonnivard bottle breast breath bright Byron calender CANTO captivity chain chaise Cheerful composition cry'd dread drew dungeon dust e'er earth Editor's From Milton Edmonton ev'n ev'ry eyes face fair fair head fate Fetter'd fierce flew flow'rs Geneva glitt'ring Gnome grace hair hand head heart heav'n honour horse JOHN GILPIN light living Lock Lord Lord Byron maid MATTHEW ARNOLD mighty mighty heart mind mortal nymph o'er Ohio State University poem pow'r pray'rs pride PRISONER OF CHILLON prize pupil Queen race repair rhetoric ride rising rock round RUGBY CHAPEL seem'd shining side sighs Sir Plume skies smile soon soul speeches spirit Sprites Sylphs tears TENNYSON Thalestris thee Thomas Arnold thou thought Thrice thro Trainband trembling Twas Umbriel unto walls wind wings wretched youth
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Stran 32 - On horseback after we. He soon replied, I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. • I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go.
Stran 24 - Who would not scorn what Housewife's Cares produce, Or who would learn one earthly Thing of Use ? To patch, nay ogle, might become a Saint, Nor could it sure be such a Sin to paint.
Stran 56 - These heavy walls to me had grown A hermitage — and all my own! And half I felt as they were come To tear me from a second home: With spiders I had friendship made, And watch'd them in their sullen trade, Had seen the mice by moonlight play, And why should I feel less than they?
Stran 12 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants, and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great ANNA ! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take — and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court. In various talk th...
Stran 7 - And now, unveil'd, the Toilet stands display'd, Each silver Vase in mystic order laid. First, rob'd in white, the Nymph intent adores, With head uncover'd, the Cosmetic pow'rs. A heav'nly image in the glass appears, To that she bends, to that her eyes she rears ; Th' inferior Priestess, at her altar's side, Trembling begins the sacred rites of Pride.
Stran 31 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown: A train-band captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, " Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. "To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Stran 16 - The little engine on his fingers' ends; This just behind Belinda's neck he spread, As o'er the fragrant steams she bends her head.
Stran 55 - But in it there were three tall trees, And o'er it blew the mountain breeze, And by it there were waters flowing, And on it there were young flowers growing, Of gentle breath and hue.
Stran 50 - Between me and the eternal brink, Which bound me to my failing race, Was broken in this fatal place.
Stran 16 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round : On shining Altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide : At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.