Popular Poetic Pearls, and Biographies of PoetsElliott & Beezley, 1887 - 384 pagina's |
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Pagina 20
... heard in soul the music Of wonderful melodies . Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care , And come like the benediction That follows after prayer . Then read from the treasured volume • The poem of thy choice , And ...
... heard in soul the music Of wonderful melodies . Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care , And come like the benediction That follows after prayer . Then read from the treasured volume • The poem of thy choice , And ...
Pagina 23
... heard the cataract's laughter , Heard the falls of Minnehaha Calling to him through the silence . " Pleasant is the sound ! " he murmured , " Pleasant is the voice that calls me ! " On the outskirts of the forest , ' Twixt the shadow ...
... heard the cataract's laughter , Heard the falls of Minnehaha Calling to him through the silence . " Pleasant is the sound ! " he murmured , " Pleasant is the voice that calls me ! " On the outskirts of the forest , ' Twixt the shadow ...
Pagina 25
... heard her father praise him , Praise his courage and his wisdom ; Would he come again for arrows To the falls of Minnehaha ? On the mat her hands lay idle , And her eyes were very dreamy . Through their thoughts they heard a footstep , ...
... heard her father praise him , Praise his courage and his wisdom ; Would he come again for arrows To the falls of Minnehaha ? On the mat her hands lay idle , And her eyes were very dreamy . Through their thoughts they heard a footstep , ...
Pagina 28
... Heard the falls of Minnehaha Calling to them from afar off , " Fare thee well , O Minnehaha ! " And the ancient Arrow - maker Turned again unto his labor , Sat down by his sunny doorway , Murmuring to himself , saying : " Thus it is our ...
... Heard the falls of Minnehaha Calling to them from afar off , " Fare thee well , O Minnehaha ! " And the ancient Arrow - maker Turned again unto his labor , Sat down by his sunny doorway , Murmuring to himself , saying : " Thus it is our ...
Pagina 34
... heard them at least a thousand times . I see him now - his form , his face , his motions , His homespun habit and his silver hair , And hear the language of his trite devotions , Rising behind the straight - backed kitchen chair . I can ...
... heard them at least a thousand times . I see him now - his form , his face , his motions , His homespun habit and his silver hair , And hear the language of his trite devotions , Rising behind the straight - backed kitchen chair . I can ...
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Popular Poetic Pearls: And Biographies of Poets (Classic Reprint) Frank Mcalpine Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2018 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
ALFRED TENNYSON angels beauty bird blessed born breast breath bright child cloud Dacotahs dark dead dear death deep died dream earth ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING eyes face fair fame father feet friends gentle golden grave gray grew hair hand happy hath heard heart heaven Hiawatha hill hope hour JOHN DRYDEN JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER JOSEPH ADDISON JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND kiss labor Laughing Water life's light lips literary little Meg living look maiden Minnehaha morning mother ne'er never Nevermore night o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH once peace Phoebe Cary poems poet poor rest Ring round SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE shadow shine silent sleep smiling song sorrow soul stood sweet tears tell tender thee There's thou thought toil Twas voice weary whispered wife wild WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT WILLIAM WORDSWORTH wind wonder Work-work-work young youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 60 - 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.
Pagina 46 - At church, with meek and unaffected grace, His looks adorned the venerable place ; Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, And fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray.
Pagina 102 - Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, 'Doubtless,' said I, 'what it utters is its only stock and store Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of "Never - nevermore.
Pagina 99 - ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, — While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " 'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my chamber door; Only this, and nothing more.
Pagina 250 - Soon as the evening shades prevail The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth. Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Pagina 101 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore,— " Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, " art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore !" Quoth the Raven,
Pagina 150 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme,— How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He who, bore in heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head...
Pagina 151 - Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays; Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise, In such society, yet still more dear, While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Pagina 20 - And nights devoid of ease, Still heard in his soul the music Of wonderful melodies. Such songs have power to quiet The restless pulse of care, And come like the benediction That follows after prayer. Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice, And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice. And the night shall be filled with music, And the cares that infest the day Shall fold their tents, like the Arabs, And as silently steal away.
Pagina 45 - Careless their merits, or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his" failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all.