The Minstrel's Lay; and Other Poems ...1849 |
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Side 3
... pride and scorn , At each attempt the creeping tendrils made To raise the parent stem from dark Oblivion's shade . Hard by that vine there dwelt a stately oak , The forest's monarch , and the woodland's pride ; His help and favor did ...
... pride and scorn , At each attempt the creeping tendrils made To raise the parent stem from dark Oblivion's shade . Hard by that vine there dwelt a stately oak , The forest's monarch , and the woodland's pride ; His help and favor did ...
Side 14
... pride of strife Which yestermorn display'd- Oh ! where the host with Glory rife , In glitt'ring state array'd ? Where now the pomp of gilded war ? Where now the victor's stately car ? - The barbed steed — the mailed Knight— The plumed ...
... pride of strife Which yestermorn display'd- Oh ! where the host with Glory rife , In glitt'ring state array'd ? Where now the pomp of gilded war ? Where now the victor's stately car ? - The barbed steed — the mailed Knight— The plumed ...
Side 25
... pride : The world is fair , and thou art young , Thy charms may ne'er be told by tongue ; The orphan is the child of care , And friendless roams brave Percy's hcir ; By war , hast thou thy kindred lost- By war , my youthful hopes are ...
... pride : The world is fair , and thou art young , Thy charms may ne'er be told by tongue ; The orphan is the child of care , And friendless roams brave Percy's hcir ; By war , hast thou thy kindred lost- By war , my youthful hopes are ...
Side 27
... pride . The rugged rocks , like monsters grim , Frown'd on that scene of love , And gloomy shrubs , like shapes of sin , Hung from the clefts above ; Rich gems upon the ground were strew'd , Beside a poignard lay— Fit emblem of her ...
... pride . The rugged rocks , like monsters grim , Frown'd on that scene of love , And gloomy shrubs , like shapes of sin , Hung from the clefts above ; Rich gems upon the ground were strew'd , Beside a poignard lay— Fit emblem of her ...
Side 58
... pride and majesty of strength , Complete with foss , and rampart , barbican , And tower , and bastion manifold . Once too A thousand iron men kept watch and ward Within the spacious courts where now the sheep , ( Timid , and all ...
... pride and majesty of strength , Complete with foss , and rampart , barbican , And tower , and bastion manifold . Once too A thousand iron men kept watch and ward Within the spacious courts where now the sheep , ( Timid , and all ...
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Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
Amaldi's Ambition art young awhile Bandoli beauty behold beneath blood bosom bow'd bow'r brave bravo breast bright Bristol brother brow clouds cried dark deadly death deeds deep doth dwell E'en e'er ear A rising earth Edward IV ev'ry fair fair lady fairies Fairy Rings father fierce flood fond footsteps foul friar John gallant gazed Genius gentle glowing Guardini hapless Hark hast thou Hate hath heart heav'nly Heaven honor hour John Luttrell John Wright Kingswood Knight lady lord loudly maid mark'd mirth ne'er neath Nicolo o'er pain pass'd peace Percy Pixies poignard poison'd pour'd pow'r quoth rich rising murmur fell roll'd scene scorn seem'd silv'ry skies smile Somersetshire song soothing sought soul spear spirit spot stamp'd stood stranger stray'd strove sweet thee thine tranced ear tread turn'd Twas vale Venice voice wave ween wild wing wrathful young Love Zephyr's faintest sigh
Populære avsnitt
Side 83 - All murder'd : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Side 105 - Witness those rings and roundelays Of theirs, which yet remain, Were footed in Queen Mary's days On many a grassy plain; But since of late, Elizabeth And, later, James came in, They never danced on any heath As when the time hath been.
Side 6 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire ; Hands, that the rod of empire might have sway'd, Or wak'd to ecstacy the living lyre.
Side 105 - Thropes and bernes, shepenes and dairies, This maketh that ther ben no faeries : For ther as wont to walken was an elf, Ther walketh now the limitour himself, In undermeles and in morweninges, And sayth his Matines and his holy thinges, As he goth in his limitatioun.
Side 87 - Witness this present prison, whither fate Could bear me, and the joys I quit. Thou caua'dst the guilty to be loosed From bands wherein are innocents enclosed, Causing the guiltless to be strait reserved, And freeing those that death had well deserved, But by her envy can be nothing wrought, So God...
Side 105 - Who live as changelings ever since, For love of your demaines. At morning and at evening both You merry were and glad, So little care of sleepe and sloth, These prettie ladies had.
Side 105 - IN olde dayes of the king Artour, Of which that Bretons speken gret honour, All was this lond fulfilled of faerie; The Elf-quene, with hire joly compagnie, Danced ful oft in many a grene mede. This was the old opinion as I rede; I speke of many hundred yeres ago; But now can no man see non elves mo...
Side 109 - every one who employs me shall always find me punctual ; for I am a man of honour, sir, and to convince you I would not forfeit it, the gentleman whom I have just sent home by your own order, gave me fifty pistoles to make an end of you. Now I, although he is dead and cannot call me to...
Side 108 - ... of mountains. The road, however, was bad, the horses worse, and the bare-footed post-boys shouted in vain as we ascended higher and higher. At last we entered a thickly wooded glen, and, after following it for half-an-hour, we reached the monastery of Tismana, the most beautiful on the Carpathians. The date of its foundation and the name of its founder are unknown, as it is the most ancient establishment in Wallachia ; it was repaired in the year 1366, by Radu Negru, whose Roman Catholic princess...
Side 109 - That it was not an action any person of honour would be guilty of, and that it was as much beneath a bravo to turn poisoner, as it would be for a...