Blackwood's Magazine, Volume 45W. Blackwood, 1839 |
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Page 65
... light enough to allow me to give a descrip- tion of the spot ; and as it became lighter , I had little leisure or inclina- tion for a survey . I perfectly recol- lect being in deep thought , with my eyes half closed , and my head upon ...
... light enough to allow me to give a descrip- tion of the spot ; and as it became lighter , I had little leisure or inclina- tion for a survey . I perfectly recol- lect being in deep thought , with my eyes half closed , and my head upon ...
Page 72
... light upon this question of the why , obiter , not of design , so have I been lucky " ex fumo dare lu- cem . " I told you I would not enter into the detail of these matters . But as I know , Eusebius , this paper will not reach you at a ...
... light upon this question of the why , obiter , not of design , so have I been lucky " ex fumo dare lu- cem . " I told you I would not enter into the detail of these matters . But as I know , Eusebius , this paper will not reach you at a ...
Page 108
... light the Senior's anger fired . The son and sire stood steadfast arm to arm , The one with dancing , one with anger warm . The sturdy parent , with relentless hand , Collared the lout , a bailiff - like command , No sooner touched than ...
... light the Senior's anger fired . The son and sire stood steadfast arm to arm , The one with dancing , one with anger warm . The sturdy parent , with relentless hand , Collared the lout , a bailiff - like command , No sooner touched than ...
Page 128
... light red and purple gray , the rocks being finely interlaced , with a small - leaved creeper of the brightest green . " Dark - coloured moss , which presents a warm green in the sun , covered the lower rocks , and relieved the brighter ...
... light red and purple gray , the rocks being finely interlaced , with a small - leaved creeper of the brightest green . " Dark - coloured moss , which presents a warm green in the sun , covered the lower rocks , and relieved the brighter ...
Page 141
... light embroider'd sky ; Amidst the bright pavilion'd plains , The beauteous model still remains , There happier than in islands blest , Or bowers by Spring or Hebe drest , The chiefs who fill our Albion's story , In warlike weeds ...
... light embroider'd sky ; Amidst the bright pavilion'd plains , The beauteous model still remains , There happier than in islands blest , Or bowers by Spring or Hebe drest , The chiefs who fill our Albion's story , In warlike weeds ...
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Page 311 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 313 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 310 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 483 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 311 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 180 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 525 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 130 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 130 - A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?
Page 130 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.