Thirty illustrations of Childe Harold. (Art-union of Lond.).1855 |
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... and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times when many a subject land Looked to the winged Lion's marble piles , Where Venice sate in state , throned on her hundred isles . C. IV . ST . 4 . But unto us 22 C. IV. ST. 1. ...
... and a dying Glory smiles O'er the far times when many a subject land Looked to the winged Lion's marble piles , Where Venice sate in state , throned on her hundred isles . C. IV . ST . 4 . But unto us 22 C. IV. ST. 1. ...
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... land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ...
... land . But small the bliss that sense alone bestows , And sensual bliss is all the nation knows . In florid beauty groves and fields appear , Man seems the only growth that dwindles here . Contrasted faults through all his manners reign ...
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... lands each pleasing science flies , That first excites desire and then supplies . Unknown to them when sensual pleasures cloy , To fill the languid pause with finer joy ; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame , Catch every ...
... lands each pleasing science flies , That first excites desire and then supplies . Unknown to them when sensual pleasures cloy , To fill the languid pause with finer joy ; Unknown those powers that raise the soul to flame , Catch every ...
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... land of mirth and social ease , Pleas'd with thyself , whom all the world can please , How often have I led thy sportive choir , With tuneless pipe , beside the murmuring Loire ! Where shading elms along the margin grew , And freshen'd ...
... land of mirth and social ease , Pleas'd with thyself , whom all the world can please , How often have I led thy sportive choir , With tuneless pipe , beside the murmuring Loire ! Where shading elms along the margin grew , And freshen'd ...
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... land : From courts , to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they grow to what they seem . But while this softer art their ...
... land : From courts , to camps , to cottages it strays , And all are taught an avarice of praise ; They please , are pleas'd , they give to get esteem , Till , seeming blest , they grow to what they seem . But while this softer art their ...
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ANSDELL ART-UNION OF LONDON beneath black Swiss blessings Blest boast bosom breast C. I. ST C. T. THOMPSON C. W. COPE charms cheer climes Creation's DALZIEL display'd DODGSON doth dwell E. H. CORBOULD E. H. WEHNERT E. M. WARD e'en eyes F. J. SMYTH F. W. HULME F. W. TOPHAM flies freedom GILBERT Goddess H. C. SELOUS H. O. SMITH hamlets hath heart Heav'n Hence hoard honour HUSKISSON IL PENSEROSO ILLUSTRATIONS DESIGNED EXPRESSLY Italy J. L. WILLIAMS JACKSON JAMES GODWIN kings L'ALLEGRO lov'd MEASOM Melancholy mind Mirth morn mountains Nature's night Nymph o'er OLIVER GOLDSMITH PENSEROSO Pleas'd pleasures pomp praise pride repose Rhine rise rocks round S. A. HART shore sighs sing skies smiling soul sweet TAYLER thee thine THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS DESIGNED thou toil TRAVELLER tyrants W. J. LINTON W. L. LEITCH W. T. GREEN waves wealth winds wings XXII XXIII XXVI XXVII
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Page 1 - Where all the ruddy family around Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail, Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale ; Or press the bashful stranger to his food, And learn the luxury of doing good.
Page 12 - But when contending chiefs blockade the throne, Contracting regal power to stretch their own, When I behold a factious band agree To call it freedom when themselves are free, Each wanton judge new penal statutes draw, Laws grind the poor, and rich men rule the law...