The Rival Sisters, with Other PoemsSmith, Elder and Company, 1834 - 159 oldal |
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9. oldal
... sought ( more for the triumph's sake , Than conscious of her happiness at stake ) By many a female wile and winning art - The envied conquest of the hero's heart . And each , by Desmond's wavering doubts deceived , Herself the object of ...
... sought ( more for the triumph's sake , Than conscious of her happiness at stake ) By many a female wile and winning art - The envied conquest of the hero's heart . And each , by Desmond's wavering doubts deceived , Herself the object of ...
11. oldal
... sought the sovereign of his heart , Alone he found her wrapt so deep in thought , ― No sound of coming steps her ear had caught . An open volume on her knee was spread , On which she gazed , but not as if she read ; Her vagrant thoughts ...
... sought the sovereign of his heart , Alone he found her wrapt so deep in thought , ― No sound of coming steps her ear had caught . An open volume on her knee was spread , On which she gazed , but not as if she read ; Her vagrant thoughts ...
16. oldal
... Sought the sole refuge wished each other's arms ; - By that fond deed each dearer life to save , Or seek and share , the shelter of the grave ! Nor coldly deem the daring action rash , Or aught but mercy in the death - fraught flash ...
... Sought the sole refuge wished each other's arms ; - By that fond deed each dearer life to save , Or seek and share , the shelter of the grave ! Nor coldly deem the daring action rash , Or aught but mercy in the death - fraught flash ...
17. oldal
... sought - for her he sighed . That heart once gained , his own grew careless soon ; First undervalued , then despised , the boon . Yet slow these changes , and progressive all- Not fiends themselves can in a moment fall . C Events ...
... sought - for her he sighed . That heart once gained , his own grew careless soon ; First undervalued , then despised , the boon . Yet slow these changes , and progressive all- Not fiends themselves can in a moment fall . C Events ...
18. oldal
... sought , grew worthless in his eyes . Could this be Desmond - generous , noble , brave ? Thus can a single fault the soul enslave ! Thus can one error- - a caprice , a whim , — The lustre of a thousand virtues dim ! Of all defects with ...
... sought , grew worthless in his eyes . Could this be Desmond - generous , noble , brave ? Thus can a single fault the soul enslave ! Thus can one error- - a caprice , a whim , — The lustre of a thousand virtues dim ! Of all defects with ...
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anguish art thou aught bard beauty bestowed blest bliss bloom blush bosom bower breast breath bright brow calm cease charm cheek confest dear deem deep Desmond despair doom dread dreams E'en e'er earth END OF CANTO ev'n eyes fair fame fatal fate father fear feel felt flame fled fond forget friends gaze glance glow grace grief hand hath heard heart heaven hope hour Julia Laura lips lyre maid matchless mingled misery mourn muse never night nymph o'er OLD BAILEY once pain pale pangs passion peace pensive pity praise prayer rapture repose resigned rest round scene Shakespeare shed sigh sight sire sister sleep smile soft SONNET soothe sorrow sought soul strove sweet tears thee theme thine thought tomb tortured trembling Twas twill voice voice of music wake weep wept wild woes wondering youth
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157. oldal - It is not an open enemy that hath done me this " dishonour, for then I could have borne it. " Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify " himself against me : for then, peradventure, I would " have hid myself from him. "But it was even thou my companion, my guide, ''mine own familiar friend.
146. oldal - Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm ; These are the bugbears of a winter's eve, The terrors of the living, not the dead.
27. oldal - Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday.
27. oldal - All school-days' friendship, childhood innocence? We, Hermia, like two artificial gods, Have with our needles created both one flower, Both on one sampler, sitting on one cushion, Both warbling of one song, both in one key; As if our hands, our sides, voices...
17. oldal - What years, i' faith ? Vio. About your years, my lord. Duke. Too old, by heaven; let still the woman take An elder than herself ; so wears she to him, So sways she level in her husband's heart. For, boy, however we do praise ourselves, Our fancies are more giddy and unfirm, More longing, wavering, sooner lost and worn, Than women's are.
1. oldal - Island of bliss! amid the subject seas, That thunder round thy rocky coasts, set up, At once the wonder, terror, and delight, Of distant nations...
158. oldal - I say so, my lord. For I have read, that God made man, but that man can make God I never yet read: nor I suppose ever shall read it.
157. oldal - If I may trust the flattering eye of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand My bosom's -lord sits lightly on his throne, And all this day an unaccustom'd spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
146. oldal - Thine ear ia patient of a serious song. flow deep implanted in (he breast of man The dread of death '! I. sing its sovereign cure. Why start at Death ? where is he 1 Death arrived, Is past ; not come, or gone : he's never here. Ere hope, sensation fails. Black-boding man Receives, not suffers, Death's tremendous blow. The knell, the shroud, the mattock, and the grave ; The deep damp vault, the darkness, and the worm; These...
18. oldal - Of all defects with which frail man is curst, How oft a want of firmness proves the worst!