Samson's Death. (Samson Agonistes.) Satan's Address to the Sun. (Paradise Scholar and his Dog, The. (What You 131 Supplication for Guidance, A. (Transla- Sustaining Power of Love, The . Sweet Singer of Israel, The. (Saul) Widow Bird, A Winter Walk at Noon, The. (Extract.) Written in March SHORT READINGS FROM ENGLISH POETRY I. The Consoling and Sustaining Power of Beauty. A THING of beauty is a joy for ever: A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Of all the unhealthy and o'er-darkened ways B Nor do we merely feel these essences Haunt us till they become a cheering light 2. J. KEATS. The Sustaining Power of Love. WHEN in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, 3. Jenny. JENNY kissed me when we met, Say I'm weary, say I'm sad ; Say that health and wealth have missed me ; Say I'm growing old, but add Jenny kissed me ! LEIGH HUNT. 4. The Daffodils. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud Beside the lake, beneath the trees Continuous as the stars that shine Ten thousand saw I at a glance, The waves beside them danced, but they In such a jocund company. I gazed and gazed-but little thought For oft when on my couch I lie, W. WORDSWORTH. 5. Rain in Summer. How beautiful is the rain! After the dust and heat, In the broad and fiery street, In the narrow lane, How beautiful is the rain! How it clatters along the roofs, Like the tramp of hoofs ! How it gushes and struggles out From the throat of the overflowing spout! |