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... Nature ! thou my mother too ? Where or in pen or forest roved , What breathing thing in air or sea , That never was at one time loved ? Oh ! loved is every thing but me ! VOL . XVI . 2 While in the grove , and mead , and plain , The ...
... Nature ! thou my mother too ? Where or in pen or forest roved , What breathing thing in air or sea , That never was at one time loved ? Oh ! loved is every thing but me ! VOL . XVI . 2 While in the grove , and mead , and plain , The ...
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... Nature's chisel cleanly cut , Which , when caprice turned playful out , Would more than curl , yet scarce would pout : With dark - not dark as midnight - hair , Her skin was more than lily fair , Whose pearly veil would half reveal The ...
... Nature's chisel cleanly cut , Which , when caprice turned playful out , Would more than curl , yet scarce would pout : With dark - not dark as midnight - hair , Her skin was more than lily fair , Whose pearly veil would half reveal The ...
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... nature can refrain To watch , despite the sacred place , That tempting sight , a lovely face ? Young hearts , beware ! that dread a wound , For even the church is dangerous ground , When placed athwart a vision fair , Just seated within ...
... nature can refrain To watch , despite the sacred place , That tempting sight , a lovely face ? Young hearts , beware ! that dread a wound , For even the church is dangerous ground , When placed athwart a vision fair , Just seated within ...
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... Nature's bounties , springs : Here sit we down for rest and breath , A knotty , spreading oak beneath , Whose roots drank from the fount , and paid The favor back with cooling shade : At times , alarmed , some sudden frog Plumped in the ...
... Nature's bounties , springs : Here sit we down for rest and breath , A knotty , spreading oak beneath , Whose roots drank from the fount , and paid The favor back with cooling shade : At times , alarmed , some sudden frog Plumped in the ...
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... nature . ' WHEREFORE , little fluttering thing , With the rainbow - tinted wing , And the right at will to rove Sunny lawn and shadowy grove , Hast thou left such sweet demesnes , For the city's charmless scenes ? Here's no fitting ...
... nature . ' WHEREFORE , little fluttering thing , With the rainbow - tinted wing , And the right at will to rove Sunny lawn and shadowy grove , Hast thou left such sweet demesnes , For the city's charmless scenes ? Here's no fitting ...
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Page 419 - The village smithy stands; The smith, a mighty man is he, With large and sinewy hands; And the muscles of his brawny arms Are strong as iron bands. His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Page 419 - It sounds to him like her mother's voice, Singing in Paradise ! He needs must think of her once more, How in the grave she lies ; And with his hard rough hand he wipes A tear out of his eyes. Toiling, — rejoicing, — sorrowing, Onward through life he goes ; Each morning sees some task begin, Each evening sees it close ; Something attempted, something done, Has earned a night's repose.
Page 443 - There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew: Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he...
Page 335 - O could I flow like thee, and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme! Though deep, yet clear, though gentle, yet not dull, Strong without rage, without o'er-flowing full.
Page 444 - ... which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill.
Page 419 - Week in. week out, from morn till night, You can hear his bellows blow; You can hear him swing his heavy sledge With measured beat and slow, Like a sexton ringing the village bell, When the evening sun is low.
Page 444 - Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly.
Page 443 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school.
Page 419 - Thanks, thanks to thee, my worthy friend, For the lesson thou hast taught ! Thus at the flaming forge of life Our fortunes must be wrought ; Thus on its sounding anvil shaped Each burning deed and thought ! ENDYMION.
Page 333 - In such a night, Did Thisbe fearfully o'ertrip the dew, And saw the lion's shadow ere himself, And ran dismay'd away. Lor. In such a night, Stood Dido with a willow in her hand Upon the wild sea-banks, and waved her love To come again to Carthage.