Poems of Manhood ...G. Coolidge, 1861 - 128 páginas |
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... numbers they poured annually on man , From heads conceiving still . Perpetual birth ! Thou wonderest how the world contained them all ? Thy wonder stay . Like men , this was their doom , " That dust they were , and should to dust return ...
... numbers they poured annually on man , From heads conceiving still . Perpetual birth ! Thou wonderest how the world contained them all ? Thy wonder stay . Like men , this was their doom , " That dust they were , and should to dust return ...
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... numbers . Dreadful , even To fancy , was their never - ceasing birth ; And room had lacked , had not their life been short . Excepting some , their definition take Thou thus , expressed in gentle phrase , which leaves Some truth behind ...
... numbers . Dreadful , even To fancy , was their never - ceasing birth ; And room had lacked , had not their life been short . Excepting some , their definition take Thou thus , expressed in gentle phrase , which leaves Some truth behind ...
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... numbers were - A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer , And rushed to battle then . The God of battles heard their cry , And sent to them the victory . They left their ploughshares in the mould , Their flocks ...
... numbers were - A handful of brave men ; But to their God they gave their prayer , And rushed to battle then . The God of battles heard their cry , And sent to them the victory . They left their ploughshares in the mould , Their flocks ...
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... numbers forth ; The wine - cup , sparkling to the brim , Adds frenzy to the mirth ; And every tongue , and every eye , Does homage to the passer by . The gallant steed treads proudly on ; His foot falls firmly now , as when , In strife ...
... numbers forth ; The wine - cup , sparkling to the brim , Adds frenzy to the mirth ; And every tongue , and every eye , Does homage to the passer by . The gallant steed treads proudly on ; His foot falls firmly now , as when , In strife ...
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... numbers flowed , And opened new fountains in the human heart . Where Fancy halted , weary in her flight , In other men , his , fresh as morning rose , And soared untrodden heights , and seemed at home Where angels bashful looked ...
... numbers flowed , And opened new fountains in the human heart . Where Fancy halted , weary in her flight , In other men , his , fresh as morning rose , And soared untrodden heights , and seemed at home Where angels bashful looked ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
ABOU BEN ADHEM angel arms art thou bard beauty bend beneath bless bosom Bozzaris breast breath bright Briton brow burning Carthage cheer clouds Courage cried crown dark dear death deed deep dream dying earth Epaminondas fair faith fame father feels fire freedom gallant gallant knight gazing gloom glorious glory gold grave Greece groan hand happy hast hath heart heaven honor Hope hour human king land light look Lord lyre man's MANHOOD martyr mountain mourn mused Nature Nature's neath never night noble numbers o'er onward passion Pilgrim PILGRIM FATHERS Pilgrim Society Pollok poor praise proud Rhine robe round Saxony scorn sigh slave smile snow song soul spirit spring star steed storm strife sweet sword tears tempest thee thine thou thought toil tremble triumph truth Twas Twill voice wave wealth wild wind wretch youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 116 - But to the hero, when his sword Has won the battle for the free. Thy voice sounds like a prophet's word; And in its hollow tones are heard The thanks of millions yet to be.
Página 45 - I would not have a slave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I sleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That sinews bought and sold have ever earn'd.
Página 55 - He who though thus endued as with a sense And faculty for storm and turbulence, Is yet a Soul whose master-bias leans To homefelt pleasures and to gentle scenes ; Sweet images ! which, wheresoe'er he be, Are at his heart ; and such fidelity It is his darling passion to approve ; More brave for this, that he hath much to love...
Página 44 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Página 54 - Who, if he rise to station of command, Rises by open means, and there will stand On honourable terms, or else retire And in himself possess his own desire; Who comprehends his trust and to the same Keeps faithful with a singleness of aim...
Página 123 - And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich, and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold. Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Página 61 - When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam I miss thee from my side.
Página 31 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore, Perfumed with fresh fragrance, and glittering with dew: Nor yet for the ravage of Winter I mourn ; Kind Nature the embryo blossom will save. But when shall Spring visit the mouldering urn? O, when shall it dawn on the night of the grave?
Página 115 - And death-shots falling thick and fast As lightnings from the mountain cloud ; And heard, with voice as trumpet loud, Bozzaris cheer his band: "Strike — till the last armed foe expires; Strike — for your altars and your fires ; Strike— for the green graves of your sires; God...
Página 54 - Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train ! Turns his necessity to glorious gain ; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower ; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives ; By objects which might force the soul to abate Her feeling, rendered more compassionate...