Lyrical Ballads,: With Other Poems. In Two Volumes, Volume 2T.N. Longman and O. Rees, Paternoster-Row, 1800 - English poetry |
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... Michael was his name , An old man , stout of heart , and strong of limb . His bodily frame had been from youth to age Of an unusual strength : his mind was keen Intense and frugal , apt for all affairs , And in his Shepherd's calling he ...
... Michael was his name , An old man , stout of heart , and strong of limb . His bodily frame had been from youth to age Of an unusual strength : his mind was keen Intense and frugal , apt for all affairs , And in his Shepherd's calling he ...
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... Michael telling o'er his years began To deem that he was old , in Shepherd's phrase , With one foot in the grave . This only son , With two brave sheep dogs tried in many a storm , The one of an inestimable worth , Made all their ...
... Michael telling o'er his years began To deem that he was old , in Shepherd's phrase , With one foot in the grave . This only son , With two brave sheep dogs tried in many a storm , The one of an inestimable worth , Made all their ...
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... Michael's heart This Son of his old age was yet more dear- Effect which might perhaps have been produc'd By that instinctive tenderness , the same Blind Spirit , which is in the blood of all , Or that a child , more than all other gifts ...
... Michael's heart This Son of his old age was yet more dear- Effect which might perhaps have been produc'd By that instinctive tenderness , the same Blind Spirit , which is in the blood of all , Or that a child , more than all other gifts ...
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... Michael , while he was a babe in arms , Had done him female service , not alone For dalliance and delight , as is the use Of Fathers , but with patient mind enforc'd To acts of tenderness ; and he had rock'd His cradle with a woman's ...
... Michael , while he was a babe in arms , Had done him female service , not alone For dalliance and delight , as is the use Of Fathers , but with patient mind enforc'd To acts of tenderness ; and he had rock'd His cradle with a woman's ...
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... Michael exercise his heart with looks Of fond correction and reproof bestow'd Upon the child , if he disturb'd the sheep By catching at their legs , or with his shouts Scar'd them , while they lay still beneath the shears . And when by ...
... Michael exercise his heart with looks Of fond correction and reproof bestow'd Upon the child , if he disturb'd the sheep By catching at their legs , or with his shouts Scar'd them , while they lay still beneath the shears . And when by ...
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aged Beggar Ambleside ANDREW JONES Art thou bason beautiful beneath bower brook Brother chanc'd chearful Child church-yard cottage crag dead calm dear delight dell door dwell earth Egremont Enna Ennerdale eyes Father fields fire-side flowers gaz'd gentle gone Grasmere grass grave green greenwood tree half hand happy hath heard heart Heaven hills hour Isabel Joanna Kirtle lake Lamb leaves LEONARD liv'd living look look'd lov'd Lucy Luke Matthew Michael morning mountain murmur never night o'er pass'd playmate pleasure POEM poor press'd PRIEST reach'd receiv'd Richard Bateman rills rocks round rude Ruth sate seem'd shade sheep Sheep-fold Shepherd side silent Sir Walter Skiddaw sleep song soul sound spake spot spring stone stood stopp'd summer sweet thee There's things thoughts thrush trees turn'd Twas Twill vale village ween wild wind wither'd woods wrought Youth
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Page 137 - ... their state shall lend To her ; for her the willow bend ; Nor shall she fail to see, Even in the motions of the Storm, Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy. " The stars of midnight shall be dear To her ; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 136 - Three years she grew in sun and shower, Then Nature said, "A lovelier flower On earth was never sown; This Child I to myself will take; She shall be mine, and I will make A Lady of my own. "Myself will to my darling be Both law and impulse: and with me The Girl, in rock and plain, In earth and heaven, in glade and bower, Shall feel an overseeing power To kindle or restrain.
Page 137 - The floating clouds their state shall lend To her; for her the willow bend; Nor shall she fail to see Even in the motions of the Storm Grace that shall mould the Maiden's form By silent sympathy.
Page 107 - The youth of green savannahs spake, And many an endless, endless lake, With all its fairy crowds Of islands, that together lie As quietly as spots of sky Among the evening clouds.
Page 201 - Therefore, although it be a history Homely and rude, I will relate the same For the delight of a few natural hearts, And with yet fonder feeling, for the sake Of youthful Poets, who among these Hills Will be my second self when I am gone.
Page 53 - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears : She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees ; Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
Page 200 - With a few sheep, with rocks and stones, and kites That overhead are sailing in the sky. It is in truth an utter solitude ; Nor should I have made mention of this dell But for one object which you might pass by, Might see and notice not.
Page 52 - She dwelt among the untrodden ways Beside the springs of Dove, A Maid whom there were none to praise And very few to love : A violet by a mossy stone Half hidden from the eye! Fair as a star, when only one Is shining in the sky.
Page 15 - Then, sometimes, in that silence, while he hung Listening, a gentle shock of mild surprise Has carried far into his heart the voice Of mountain torrents ; or the visible scene Would enter unawares into his mind With all its solemn imagery, its rocks, Its woods, and that uncertain heaven, received Into the bosom of the steady lake.
Page 130 - If there be one who need bemoan His kindred laid in earth, The household hearts that were his own, It is the man of mirth. My days, my friend, are almost gone; My life has been approved, And many love me ; but by none Am I enough beloved.