Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 3W. Blackwood & Sons, 1818 |
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... light , Upsprung , so sudden and so sweet , The MOUNTAIN FAIRY to her feet ; And , looking round her with a smile ... lights on earth are the lights I love : Let Venus bless the Evening - air , Uprise at morn Prince Lucifer , But those ...
... light , Upsprung , so sudden and so sweet , The MOUNTAIN FAIRY to her feet ; And , looking round her with a smile ... lights on earth are the lights I love : Let Venus bless the Evening - air , Uprise at morn Prince Lucifer , But those ...
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... light to enable him to give any description . In length it was at least fifty feet , and appeared straight . The ninth witness observed it the next day , while in a sail boat , coming out of a cave , and immediate- ly hove to . It ...
... light to enable him to give any description . In length it was at least fifty feet , and appeared straight . The ninth witness observed it the next day , while in a sail boat , coming out of a cave , and immediate- ly hove to . It ...
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... light , with a clear sky , and the water quite smooth . He then moved to the southward ; but not with so rapid a motion as I had observed before . He was soon out of my sight . The next morning I rose very early to discover him . There ...
... light , with a clear sky , and the water quite smooth . He then moved to the southward ; but not with so rapid a motion as I had observed before . He was soon out of my sight . The next morning I rose very early to discover him . There ...
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... light , graceful , equally re- mote from the rumbling periodic style which is fashionable on this side of the Tweed ... Lights were seen scattered over all the city . The sound of chariot wheels , vo- ciferations , and musical ...
... light , graceful , equally re- mote from the rumbling periodic style which is fashionable on this side of the Tweed ... Lights were seen scattered over all the city . The sound of chariot wheels , vo- ciferations , and musical ...
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... light reading , but that they may receive an excitement to deep thought from the speculations of a solid understanding like his , con- veyed in an attractive yet unpre- tending form . Before the appearance of his beautiful and profound ...
... light reading , but that they may receive an excitement to deep thought from the speculations of a solid understanding like his , con- veyed in an attractive yet unpre- tending form . Before the appearance of his beautiful and profound ...
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Page 393 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page 459 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Page 224 - The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Page 328 - Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Page 33 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Page 506 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Page 224 - And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers - they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror - 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here.
Page 389 - In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 221 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night — Sunset divides the sky with her — a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West, Where the Day joins the past Eternity ; While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest ! XXVIII.
Page 223 - Oh Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery.