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The BATTLE of BLENHEIM . By ROBERT SOUTHEY . I. It was a summer evening , Old Kaspar's work was done ; And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun , And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine . II . She ...
The BATTLE of BLENHEIM . By ROBERT SOUTHEY . I. It was a summer evening , Old Kaspar's work was done ; And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun , And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine . II . She ...
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... ye the vegetable ocean Roll its green billows to the April gale ? The ripening gold with multitudinous motion . Sway o'er the summer vale ? It flows thro ' Alder banks along Beneath the copse 53 Gooseberry-Pie, a Pindaric Ode.
... ye the vegetable ocean Roll its green billows to the April gale ? The ripening gold with multitudinous motion . Sway o'er the summer vale ? It flows thro ' Alder banks along Beneath the copse 53 Gooseberry-Pie, a Pindaric Ode.
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... on the wing : Our summer , ere long , will be fled ; in these arms Let me shield thee , my Fair One , from winter's alarms : Oh ! listen to love while ' tis spring . F. R. S. A CHRISTMAS CAROL . I. The Shepherds went their hasty 78.
... on the wing : Our summer , ere long , will be fled ; in these arms Let me shield thee , my Fair One , from winter's alarms : Oh ! listen to love while ' tis spring . F. R. S. A CHRISTMAS CAROL . I. The Shepherds went their hasty 78.
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... summer's morn ; PEACE , PEACE ON EARTH ! the Prince of Peace is born ! IV . Thou Mother of the Prince of Peace , Poor , simple , and of low estate ; That Strife should vanish , Battle cease , Oh why should this thy soul elate ? Sweet ...
... summer's morn ; PEACE , PEACE ON EARTH ! the Prince of Peace is born ! IV . Thou Mother of the Prince of Peace , Poor , simple , and of low estate ; That Strife should vanish , Battle cease , Oh why should this thy soul elate ? Sweet ...
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... cease : " I'm poor , and of a low estate , " The Mother of the Prince of Peace ! Joy rises in me , like a summer's morn : PEACE , PEACE ON EARTH ! the Prince of Peace is born " F IX . Strange prophecy ! could half the screams Of 81.
... cease : " I'm poor , and of a low estate , " The Mother of the Prince of Peace ! Joy rises in me , like a summer's morn : PEACE , PEACE ON EARTH ! the Prince of Peace is born " F IX . Strange prophecy ! could half the screams Of 81.
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Page 36 - twas a famous victory! "My father lived at Blenheim then, Yon little stream hard by; They burnt his dwelling to the ground, And he was forced to fly ; So with his wife and child he fled, Nor had he where to rest his head.
Page 261 - And in at the windows, and in at the door, And through the walls helter-skelter they pour, And down from the ceiling, and up through the floor, From the right and the left, from behind and before, From within and without, from above and below, And all at once to the Bishop they go.
Page 34 - IT was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
Page 142 - With sad yet patient soul, through evil and pain And strange calamity ! Ah ! slowly sink Behind the western ridge, thou glorious sun ! Shine in the slant beams, of the sinking orb, Ye purple heath-flowers! richlier burn, ye clouds ! Live in the yellow light, ye distant groves ! And kindle, thou blue ocean !L_So my Friend Struck with deep joy may stand, as I have stood.
Page 35 - Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found That was so large and smooth and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Page 143 - My gentle-hearted Charles ! when the last rook Beat its straight path along the dusky air Homewards, I blest it...
Page 35 - twas all about,' Young Peterkin, he cries; And little Wilhelmine looks up With wonder-waiting eyes; 'Now tell us all about the war, And what they fought each other for.
Page 143 - Was richly tinged, and a deep radiance lay Full on the ancient ivy, which usurps Those fronting elms, and now, with blackest mass Makes their dark branches gleam a lighter hue Through the late twilight: and though now the bat Wheels silent by, and not a swallow twitters, Yet still the solitary humble bee Sings in the bean-flower! Henceforth I shall know That Nature ne'er deserts the wise and pure...
Page 140 - WELL, they are gone, and here must I remain — This Lime-tree Bower my Prison ! I have lost Beauties and Feelings, such as would have been Most sweet to my remembrance even when Age Had...
Page 259 - So then to his palace returned he, And he sate down to supper merrily, And he slept that night like an innocent man, But bishop Hatto never slept again. In the morning as he entered the hall, Where his picture hung against the wall, A sweat like death all over him came, For the rats had eaten it out of the frame. As he look'd, there came a man from his farm. He had a countenance white with alarm, My lord, I opened your granaries this morn, And the rats had eaten all your corn.