The Etonian, Band 1Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt H. Colburn and C. Knight, 1824 |
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... poor team , though , " said his brother . Our attention was next excited by a level meadow , whose green hue , set off by the mixture of the white fleeces of a beautiful flock of sheep , was , to the observer of nature , a more enviable ...
... poor team , though , " said his brother . Our attention was next excited by a level meadow , whose green hue , set off by the mixture of the white fleeces of a beautiful flock of sheep , was , to the observer of nature , a more enviable ...
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... Poor Theodore ! if valiant breast , And open heart , and song , and jest , And laughing lip , and auburn hair , And vow sent up by lady fair , Can save a youthful warrior's life , — Thou fall'st not in to - morrow's strife . Look yonder ...
... Poor Theodore ! if valiant breast , And open heart , and song , and jest , And laughing lip , and auburn hair , And vow sent up by lady fair , Can save a youthful warrior's life , — Thou fall'st not in to - morrow's strife . Look yonder ...
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... poor Nimrod's wandering eye . He speaks ! what murmuring stifled sounds Burst from his throat : " Why , madam ! zounds ! " Who scar'd me with that Gorgon face ? " I thought I saw my Lady Chase ! " And thou too , Clavering - Humour's son ...
... poor Nimrod's wandering eye . He speaks ! what murmuring stifled sounds Burst from his throat : " Why , madam ! zounds ! " Who scar'd me with that Gorgon face ? " I thought I saw my Lady Chase ! " And thou too , Clavering - Humour's son ...
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... Poor Arthur ! in his childhood's day He cared so little for his play , And wore so grave and prim a look , And cried so , when he miss'd his book , That aunts were eager to presage The glories of his riper age , And fond mamma in him ...
... Poor Arthur ! in his childhood's day He cared so little for his play , And wore so grave and prim a look , And cried so , when he miss'd his book , That aunts were eager to presage The glories of his riper age , And fond mamma in him ...
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... poor Arthur's epitaph : - " Here , join'd in death , th ' observer sees “ Plato — and Alcibiades ; - " A mixture of the grave and funny , " A famous dish of Salmagundi . " Allan M'Gregor ! from afar I see him ' midst the ranks of war ...
... poor Arthur's epitaph : - " Here , join'd in death , th ' observer sees “ Plato — and Alcibiades ; - " A mixture of the grave and funny , " A famous dish of Salmagundi . " Allan M'Gregor ! from afar I see him ' midst the ranks of war ...
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Seite 287 - Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened...
Seite 416 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve ; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long...
Seite 413 - The moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside — Her beams bemocked the sultry main, Like April hoar-frost spread; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red.
Seite 288 - Is lightened : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Seite 308 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Seite 125 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.
Seite 292 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him 50 Is in its infancy.
Seite 292 - Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy. The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O, be wiser thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love, True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself,...
Seite 413 - twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute.
Seite 125 - I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...