Specimens of the American PoetsT. and J. Allman, 1822 - 283 páginas |
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... Sorrow flings Her tearful touches o'er its trembling strings ? At Nebo's base , that mighty bard resigns His life and empire in prophetic lines . - 2 Heaven , all attention , round the poet bends , And conscious earth , as when the dew ...
... Sorrow flings Her tearful touches o'er its trembling strings ? At Nebo's base , that mighty bard resigns His life and empire in prophetic lines . - 2 Heaven , all attention , round the poet bends , And conscious earth , as when the dew ...
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... sorrows through her wreathed shell . Again ' tis night - the diamond lights on high Burn bright , and dance harmonious through the ... sorrow , down that hill descends . They cross the stream that bathes its foot , and AIRS OF PALESTINE . 39.
... sorrows through her wreathed shell . Again ' tis night - the diamond lights on high Burn bright , and dance harmonious through the ... sorrow , down that hill descends . They cross the stream that bathes its foot , and AIRS OF PALESTINE . 39.
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... sorrow , song With their lov'd Lord , whose death shall shroud the morrow . 13 Heavens ! what a strain was that ! those matchless tones , That ravish " Princedoms , Dominations , Thrones ; " That , heard on high , had hush'd those peals ...
... sorrow , song With their lov'd Lord , whose death shall shroud the morrow . 13 Heavens ! what a strain was that ! those matchless tones , That ravish " Princedoms , Dominations , Thrones ; " That , heard on high , had hush'd those peals ...
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... Sorrows " claim Your shield of adamant , your sword of flame ? - Hell forc'd a smile , at your retiring wing , And man was left - to crucify your King . But must no other sweets perfume my wreath , Than Carmel's hill and Sharon's valley ...
... Sorrows " claim Your shield of adamant , your sword of flame ? - Hell forc'd a smile , at your retiring wing , And man was left - to crucify your King . But must no other sweets perfume my wreath , Than Carmel's hill and Sharon's valley ...
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... sorrow , With their lov'd Lord.- In this deeply interesting scene , I have taken the liberty of varying the order in which the events of the evening before the crucifixion occurred ; in that I have supposed the hymn to be sung after ...
... sorrow , With their lov'd Lord.- In this deeply interesting scene , I have taken the liberty of varying the order in which the events of the evening before the crucifixion occurred ; in that I have supposed the hymn to be sung after ...
Términos y frases comunes
Ajalon American Amid arms bard beauty beneath blest bliss blue Boötes bosom brave breast breath breeze bright brow calm charms clouds coursers dark dear deep dread dream earth fair fairy Fanny fear feel fire flowers forest friends gaze Génie du Christianisme glide gloom glory glow green harp hear heart heaven holy hour Jehoshaphat land LELAND STANFORD les Sauvages light lingers literature lone lyre maid midnight morning mountain muse ne'er never night North American Review o'er Palestine Paraguay pass'd Paulding peace play'd Poems poetical poets psalteries quire race racter rest rocks round scene seem'd shade shore sigh silent skies sleep smile song sorrow soul sound sparkling spirit stream sweet swell taste tears thee Theseus thine thou tide tread trembling Twas vale wake wave whip-poor-will wild winds wing wood youth
Pasajes populares
Página 206 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Página 57 - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Página 218 - 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.
Página 69 - For he is good ; for his mercy endureth for ever : that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord; so that the priests could not stand to minister by reason of the cloud : for the glory of the Lord had filled the house of God.
Página 209 - I'll not o'erlook the modest flower That made the woods of April bright. INSCRIPTION FOR THE ENTRANCE TO A WOOD STRANGER, if thou hast learned a truth which needs No school of long experience, that the world Is full of guilt and misery, and hast seen Enough of all its sorrows, crimes, and cares, To tire thee of it, enter this wild wood And view the haunts of Nature.
Página 216 - Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again ; And, lost each human trace...
Página 209 - Try their thin wings and dance in the warm beam That waked them into life. Even the green trees Partake the deep contentment ; as they bend To the soft winds, the sun from the blue sky Looks in and sheds a blessing on the scene. Scarce less the cleft-born wild-flower seems to enjoy Existence, than the winged plunderer That sucks its sweets.
Página 57 - And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto Saul.
Página 206 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Página 216 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.