The Princess: A MedleyEdward Moxon, 1854 - 183 pages |
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... woman as she was , had wound A scarf of orange round the stony helm , And robed the shoulders in a rosy silk , That made the old warrior from his ivied nook Glow like a sunbeam : near his tomb a feast Shone , silver - set ; about it lay ...
... woman as she was , had wound A scarf of orange round the stony helm , And robed the shoulders in a rosy silk , That made the old warrior from his ivied nook Glow like a sunbeam : near his tomb a feast Shone , silver - set ; about it lay ...
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... from her walls , And much I praised her nobleness , and ' Where , ' Ask'd Walter , patting Lilia's head ( she lay Beside him ) ' lives there such a woman now ? ' Quick answer'd Lilia ' There are thousands now Such women PROLOGUE . 7.
... from her walls , And much I praised her nobleness , and ' Where , ' Ask'd Walter , patting Lilia's head ( she lay Beside him ) ' lives there such a woman now ? ' Quick answer'd Lilia ' There are thousands now Such women PROLOGUE . 7.
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... woman were an equal to the man . They harp'd on this ; with this our banquets rang ; Our dances broke and buzz'd in knots of talk ; Nothing but this ; my very ears were hot To hear them : knowledge , so my daughter held , Was all in all ...
... woman were an equal to the man . They harp'd on this ; with this our banquets rang ; Our dances broke and buzz'd in knots of talk ; Nothing but this ; my very ears were hot To hear them : knowledge , so my daughter held , Was all in all ...
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... woman - statue rose with wings From four wing'd horses dark against the stars ; And some inscription ran along the front , But deep in shadow : further on we gain'd A little street half garden and half house ; But scarce could hear each ...
... woman - statue rose with wings From four wing'd horses dark against the stars ; And some inscription ran along the front , But deep in shadow : further on we gain'd A little street half garden and half house ; But scarce could hear each ...
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... woman's state in each , How far from just ; till warming with her theme She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique And little - footed China , touch'd on Mahomet With much contempt , and came to chivalry : When some respect , however ...
... woman's state in each , How far from just ; till warming with her theme She fulmined out her scorn of laws Salique And little - footed China , touch'd on Mahomet With much contempt , and came to chivalry : When some respect , however ...
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Page 66 - And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more.
Page 160 - She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words; And so these twain, upon the skirts of Time, Sit side by side, full-summ'd in all their powers, Dispensing harvest, sowing the To-be, Self-reverent each and reverencing each, Distinct in individualities, But like each other ev'n as those who love. Then comes the statelier Eden back to men: Then reign the world's great bridals, chaste...
Page 67 - On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more.
Page 162 - And girdled her with music. Happy he With such a mother ! faith in womankind Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him, and tho' he trip and fall He shall not blind his soul with clay.
Page 64 - Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying. Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O, hark, O, hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O, sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 105 - And roughly spake My father : ' Tut, you know them not, the girls. Boy, when I hear you prate I almost think That idiot legend credible. Look you, sir ! Man is the hunter; woman is his game. The sleek and shining creatures of the chase, We hunt them for the beauty of their skins ; They love us for it, and we ride them down.
Page 66 - TEARS, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more.
Page 160 - Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto noble words...
Page 157 - And come, for Love is of the valley, come, For Love is of the valley, come thou down And find him; by the happy threshold, he, Or hand in hand with Plenty in the maize, Or red with spirted purple of the vats, Or foxlike in the vine ; nor cares to walk With Death and Morning on the silver horns, Nor wilt thou snare him in the white ravine, Nor find him dropt upon the firths of ice, That huddling slant in furrow-cloven falls To roll the torrent out of dusky doors : But follow; let the torrent dance...
Page 64 - O, hark, O, hear! how thin and clear, And thinner, clearer, farther going! O, sweet and far from cliff and scar The horns of Elfland faintly blowing! Blow, let us hear the purple glens replying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying. O love, they die in yon rich sky. They faint on hill or field or river; Our echoes roll from soul to soul. And grow for ever and for ever. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, And answer, echoes, answer, dying, dying, dying.