Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 8William Blackwood, 1821 - England |
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... sweet ditty , which , on turning round , I found to proceed from an elderly clerical - looking personage , who was playing on the hurdy - gurdy . When I saw it was Mr Cbbe , I was not surprised at the pleasure which even this monotonous ...
... sweet ditty , which , on turning round , I found to proceed from an elderly clerical - looking personage , who was playing on the hurdy - gurdy . When I saw it was Mr Cbbe , I was not surprised at the pleasure which even this monotonous ...
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... sweet way . In his language , how ever , although pungent and sometimes even eloquent , he is singularly incor- rect . He cannot utter a sequence of three sentences without violating com- mon grammar in the most atrocious way , and his ...
... sweet way . In his language , how ever , although pungent and sometimes even eloquent , he is singularly incor- rect . He cannot utter a sequence of three sentences without violating com- mon grammar in the most atrocious way , and his ...
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... sweet slight boon , ' twas Hea- ven's command , He must not touch , from her though doubly No sweet , earthly gift must stain that hallow'd judgment - seat . The Pilgrim turn'd away as smote with The flower still lay upon the splendid ...
... sweet slight boon , ' twas Hea- ven's command , He must not touch , from her though doubly No sweet , earthly gift must stain that hallow'd judgment - seat . The Pilgrim turn'd away as smote with The flower still lay upon the splendid ...
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... sweet and solemn as a spell , She bowed her face to Earth , and o'er it dropp'd her veil . Beauty , what art thou , that thy slightest gaze Can make the spirit from its centre roll , Its whole long course , a sad and shadowy maze ? Thou ...
... sweet and solemn as a spell , She bowed her face to Earth , and o'er it dropp'd her veil . Beauty , what art thou , that thy slightest gaze Can make the spirit from its centre roll , Its whole long course , a sad and shadowy maze ? Thou ...
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... sweet frenzy of the lover's dream ! A moment's lingering , and they both must die . The lightning round them shot a broader stream ; He felt her clasp his knees in agony ; He spoke the words of might , the thunder gave reply ! Away ...
... sweet frenzy of the lover's dream ! A moment's lingering , and they both must die . The lightning round them shot a broader stream ; He felt her clasp his knees in agony ; He spoke the words of might , the thunder gave reply ! Away ...
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Page 384 - That on the green turf suck the honied showers, And purple all the ground with vernal flowers. Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy...
Page 384 - All things to man's delightful use. The roof Of thickest covert was inwoven shade, Laurel and myrtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf ; on either side Acanthus, and each odorous bushy shrub, Fenced up the verdant wall ; each beauteous flower, Iris all hues, roses and jessamine, Reared high their flourished heads between, and wrought Mosaic ; underfoot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broidered the ground, more coloured than with stone Of costliest emblem...
Page 386 - Gazed through clear dew on the tender sky ; And the jessamine faint, and the sweet tuberose. The sweetest flower for scent that blows ; And all rare blossoms from every clime Grew in that garden in perfect prime.
Page 174 - Things vulgar, and well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other: And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues and be their talk, Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise, His lot who dares be singularly good. Th' intelligent among them and the wise Are few, and glory scarce of few is raised.
Page 116 - Among bridesmen and kinsmen, and brothers and all: Then spoke the bride's father, his hand on his sword, (For the poor craven bridegroom said never a word), " O, come ye in peace here or come ye in war, Or to dance at our bridal, young Lord Lochinvar...
Page 385 - A Sensitive Plant in a garden grew, And the young winds fed it with silver dew, And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light, And closed them beneath the kisses of Night.
Page 383 - O Proserpina, For the flowers now, that frighted thou let'st fall From Dis's waggon ! daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty; violets dim, But sweeter than the lids of Juno's eyes Or Cytherea's breath; pale primroses, That die unmarried, ere they can behold Bright Phoebus in his strength — a malady Most incident to maids; bold oxlips and The...
Page 267 - ... distrust of ourselves; which are not qualities of a mean spirit, as some may possibly think them; but virtues of a great and noble kind, and such as dignify our nature as much as they contribute to our repose and fortune; for nothing can be so unworthy of a wellcomposed soul, as to pass away life in bickerings and litigations, in snarling and scuffling with every one about us. " Again and again, my dear Barry, we must be at peace with our species; if not for their sakes, yet very much for our...
Page 70 - Thy spirit, Independence ! let me share, Lord of the lion heart and eagle eye ! Thy steps I follow 'with my bosom bare, Nor heed the storm that howls along the sky.
Page 384 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears: Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.