The Poets of America: Illustrated by One of Her Painters...John Keese |
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... arms , And dash around , with roar and rave . And vain are the woodland spirits ' charms , They are the imps that rule the wave . Yet trust thee in thy single might , If thy heart be pure and thy spirit right , Thou shalt win the ...
... arms , And dash around , with roar and rave . And vain are the woodland spirits ' charms , They are the imps that rule the wave . Yet trust thee in thy single might , If thy heart be pure and thy spirit right , Thou shalt win the ...
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... toad , Then round his breast his wings he wound , And close to the river's brink he strode ; He sprang on a rock , he breathed a prayer , Above his head his arms he threw , 28 THE CULPRIT FAY . Then tossed a tiny curve.
... toad , Then round his breast his wings he wound , And close to the river's brink he strode ; He sprang on a rock , he breathed a prayer , Above his head his arms he threw , 28 THE CULPRIT FAY . Then tossed a tiny curve.
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... the invading Fay . Fearlessly he skims along , XIV . His hope is high , and his limbs are strong , He spreads his arms like the swallow's wing , And throws his feet with a frog - like fling ; 29 66 THE CULPRIT FAY . His locks of gold.
... the invading Fay . Fearlessly he skims along , XIV . His hope is high , and his limbs are strong , He spreads his arms like the swallow's wing , And throws his feet with a frog - like fling ; 29 66 THE CULPRIT FAY . His locks of gold.
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... arms are round him rolled , The prickly prong has pierced his skin , And the squab has thrown his javelin , The gritty star has rubbed him raw , And the crab has struck with his giant claw ; He howls with rage , and he shrieks with pain ...
... arms are round him rolled , The prickly prong has pierced his skin , And the squab has thrown his javelin , The gritty star has rubbed him raw , And the crab has struck with his giant claw ; He howls with rage , and he shrieks with pain ...
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... arms half swelling out , While on the glossed and gleamy wave Their sea - green ringlets loosely float ; They swim around with smile and song ; They press the bark with pearly hand , And gently urge her course along , Toward the beach ...
... arms half swelling out , While on the glossed and gleamy wave Their sea - green ringlets loosely float ; They swim around with smile and song ; They press the bark with pearly hand , And gently urge her course along , Toward the beach ...
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Page 75 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 59 - There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 78 - Shall one by one be gathered to thy side, By those, who in their turn shall follow them. So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 136 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here ; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer...
Page 77 - Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 104 - He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle , But I heard him exclaim,...
Page 213 - Where are the flowers, the fair young flowers, that lately sprang and stood In brighter light and softer airs, a beauteous sisterhood ? Alas ! they all are in their graves ; the gentle race of flowers Are lying in their lowly beds with the fair and good of ours. The rain is falling where they lie ; but the cold November rain Calls not from out the gloomy Dearth the lovely ones again.
Page 102 - Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse ; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there...
Page 104 - As I drew in my head and was turning around, Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound. He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot...
Page 49 - Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, And frighted waves rush wildly back Before the broadside's reeling rack, Each dying wanderer of the sea Shall look at once to heaven and thee, And smile to see thy splendors fly In triumph o'er his closing eye.