The Illustrated Magazine, Volumes 23-24Ward and Lock, 1867 - Literature |
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... round the church ; and " God bless them ! " seem the bells to say in their most fes- tive tones , for the ringers have been allowed unlimited beer , and are doing unheard - of feats in the bellringing art . Surely the wedding , under ...
... round the church ; and " God bless them ! " seem the bells to say in their most fes- tive tones , for the ringers have been allowed unlimited beer , and are doing unheard - of feats in the bellringing art . Surely the wedding , under ...
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... round . From these people Nathalie shrank instinctively , not that she deemed them anything but quiet , un- assuming persons enough ; but they were not the slightest use to her in the grand object of her life - simply those upon whom ...
... round . From these people Nathalie shrank instinctively , not that she deemed them anything but quiet , un- assuming persons enough ; but they were not the slightest use to her in the grand object of her life - simply those upon whom ...
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... round the roof , as one in pain- Knocks at the window , whirls the vane , And then dies off in gushing rain . Shadows flit o'er the floor so white , Betwixt the twilight and the night , Now vaguely seen , now lost to sight . A blast ...
... round the roof , as one in pain- Knocks at the window , whirls the vane , And then dies off in gushing rain . Shadows flit o'er the floor so white , Betwixt the twilight and the night , Now vaguely seen , now lost to sight . A blast ...
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... round and round upon a young beech - plough , which He drives through every inch of stem , and a few sparrows , plump with grass- ground in the world , opening each clod , and seed , and hurrying with jerking flight down the pulverising ...
... round and round upon a young beech - plough , which He drives through every inch of stem , and a few sparrows , plump with grass- ground in the world , opening each clod , and seed , and hurrying with jerking flight down the pulverising ...
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... round , Ay - and then we went round it again ! " Such was the dancing in the rotunda at Rane- lagh Gardens . Here comes George the Third in his bag wig and laced coat ; here the ground was swept by the hoops and satin trains of the ...
... round , Ay - and then we went round it again ! " Such was the dancing in the rotunda at Rane- lagh Gardens . Here comes George the Third in his bag wig and laced coat ; here the ground was swept by the hoops and satin trains of the ...
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Page 316 - How often have I paused on every charm, The sheltered cot , the cultivated farm , The never-failing brook, the busy mill, The decent church that topt the neighbouring hill, The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whispering lovers made!
Page 24 - Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave translunary things That the first poets had; his raptures were All air and fire, which made his verses clear, For that fine madness still he did retain Which rightly should possess a poet's brain.
Page 120 - A cry that shiver'd to the tingling stars, And, as it were one voice, an agony Of lamentation, like a wind, that shrills All night in a waste land, where no one comes, Or hath come, since the making of the world. Then murmur'd Arthur, 'Place me in the barge,
Page 44 - New mercies each returning day Hover around us while we pray — New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
Page 61 - Fie, my lord, fie ! a soldier, and afeard? What need we fear who knows it, when none can call our power to account? Yet who would have thought the old man to have had so much blood in him? Doct. Do you mark that? Lady M. The thane of Fife had a wife; where is she now? What, will these hands ne'er be clean? No more o' that, my lord, no more o' that: you mar all with this starting.
Page 17 - TO THE MUSES. WHETHER on Ida's shady brow Or in the chambers of the East, The chambers of the Sun, that now From ancient melody have ceased ; Whether in heaven ye wander fair Or the green corners of the earth, Or the blue regions of the air, Where the melodious winds have birth...
Page 17 - ... the valleys wild, Piping songs of pleasant glee, On a cloud I saw a child, And he laughing said to me : "Pipe a song about a Lamb !
Page 131 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
Page 22 - I will not cease from Mental Fight, Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand Till we have built Jerusalem In England's green and pleasant Land.