The Young Man's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections from the Works of the Classical Poets of Great Britain and America ...Thomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1838 - 320 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 28
Page 44
... live ! -with her to die ! He said , and on the rampart - heights array'd His trusty warriors , few , but undismay'd ; Firm - paced and slow , a horrid front they form , Still as the breeze , but dreadful as the storm ; Low murmuring ...
... live ! -with her to die ! He said , and on the rampart - heights array'd His trusty warriors , few , but undismay'd ; Firm - paced and slow , a horrid front they form , Still as the breeze , but dreadful as the storm ; Low murmuring ...
Page 51
... live with less ; This is love , faithful love- Such as saints might feel above ! GENTLE RIVER . GENTLE river ! gentle river ! Wilt thou thus complain for ever ? Why , when naught obstructs thy flow , Dost thou sigh , and , murmuring low ...
... live with less ; This is love , faithful love- Such as saints might feel above ! GENTLE RIVER . GENTLE river ! gentle river ! Wilt thou thus complain for ever ? Why , when naught obstructs thy flow , Dost thou sigh , and , murmuring low ...
Page 63
... live immortal in story , Whom duty to far distant latitudes sends , With transport would barter whole ages of glory For one happy day with wife , children , and friends . Though spice - breathing gales o'er his caravan hover , Though ...
... live immortal in story , Whom duty to far distant latitudes sends , With transport would barter whole ages of glory For one happy day with wife , children , and friends . Though spice - breathing gales o'er his caravan hover , Though ...
Page 83
... live upon their tongues and be their talk , Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise ? His lot who dares be singularly good . Th ' intelligent among them and the wise Are few , and glory scarce of few is raised . This is true glory ...
... live upon their tongues and be their talk , Of whom to be dispraised were no small praise ? His lot who dares be singularly good . Th ' intelligent among them and the wise Are few , and glory scarce of few is raised . This is true glory ...
Page 84
... and suffer'd for so doing , For truth's sake suffering death unjust , lives now Equal in fame to proudest conquerors . Yet if for fame and glory aught be done , Aught suffer'd ; if young African for fame His wasted 84 YOUNG MAN'S.
... and suffer'd for so doing , For truth's sake suffering death unjust , lives now Equal in fame to proudest conquerors . Yet if for fame and glory aught be done , Aught suffer'd ; if young African for fame His wasted 84 YOUNG MAN'S.
Other editions - View all
The Young Man's Book of Elegant Poetry: Comprising Selections From the Works ... No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
art thou Ave Maria beautiful Belshazzar beneath BERNARDO DEL CARPIO bliss blood brave breast breath bright brow cheek child cloud dare dark dead death deep desert shore doth dread dreams dust dust to dust earth fair fame fear feel flame flowers gaze Gêlert glory grave Greece grief hand hath hear heard heart heaven hills holy hope hour Inchcape Rock king land light Lochinvar lonely look look'd lute mighty mighty music morn mountain ne'er Netherby never night Northern wars numbers o'er old oaken bucket once pass'd praise prayer pride proud rock roll'd round scene seem'd shade shine shore sigh silent skies sleep smile song soul sound spirit stars steed stood storm strife sweet swell sword tears Thebes thee thine thou art thou hast thought toil turn'd Twas voice wave wild wind wing youth
Popular passages
Page 243 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace; While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume; And the bride-maidens whispered, " Twere better by far To have matched our fair cousin with young Lochinvar.
Page 242 - ... ford there was none; But ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late; For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. "So boldly he...
Page 77 - In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page 79 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; A thousand hearts beat happily; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes look'd love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage-bell; But hush!
Page 248 - And but the booming shots replied, And fast the flames rolled on. Upon his brow he felt their breath, And in his waving hair, And looked from that lone post of death In still yet brave despair. And shouted but once more aloud, "My father! must I stay?
Page 90 - Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds ! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, God ! Ye living flowers that skirt the eternal frost ! Ye wild goats sporting round the eagle's nest ! Ye eagles, playmates of the mountain-storm ! Ye lightnings, the dread arrows of the clouds ! Ye signs and wonders of the element ! Utter forth God, and fill the hills with praise...
Page 80 - Cameron's gathering" rose! The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard, and heard, too, have her Saxon foes: — How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills, Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 131 - ... CROMWELL, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes ; and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee, Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour, Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in ; A sure and safe one, though thy...
Page 125 - Woe to the English soldiery, That little dread us near ! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear: When waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again ; And they who fly in terror deem . A mighty host behind, And hear the tramp of thousands Upon the hollow wind.
Page 197 - Nor the dejected haviour of the visage, Together with all forms, modes, shows of grief, That can denote me truly: These, indeed, seem, For they are actions that a man might play : But I have that within, which passeth show; These, but the trappings and the suits of woe.