The Star-seer: A Poem, in Five CantosLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longman, 1837 - 173 sidor |
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... charm , Hang ' neath the arch in beautiful festoons , Gemmed with white roses , that , like little moons , Shine o'er the surface of the amber deep , Where lies the trout in silver - lidded sleep . V. Yonder appears , with thunder ...
... charm , Hang ' neath the arch in beautiful festoons , Gemmed with white roses , that , like little moons , Shine o'er the surface of the amber deep , Where lies the trout in silver - lidded sleep . V. Yonder appears , with thunder ...
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... so frowningly Above the BALDER - STONE last even , This night look still more dread in heaven- My wand has power away to charm Its most appalling signs of harm . 66 On me and my beloved one , At our 36 CANTO III . THE STAR - SEER .
... so frowningly Above the BALDER - STONE last even , This night look still more dread in heaven- My wand has power away to charm Its most appalling signs of harm . 66 On me and my beloved one , At our 36 CANTO III . THE STAR - SEER .
Sida 67
... ere this arm Blight of her loveliness , a single charm ! Hence horrid vision ! -Mine is not the deed , Which felly made that beauteous bosom bleed . My heart is not yet adamant - I'll war With CANTO III . 67 THE AERIAL VOYAGE .
... ere this arm Blight of her loveliness , a single charm ! Hence horrid vision ! -Mine is not the deed , Which felly made that beauteous bosom bleed . My heart is not yet adamant - I'll war With CANTO III . 67 THE AERIAL VOYAGE .
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... charm - bound , hover o'er , With moveless wings , the tesselated floor , Inhaling the sweet breath of flowers that grace The gilded top of many a sculptured vase . And there are mystic symbols , magic rings , On which , at intervals ...
... charm - bound , hover o'er , With moveless wings , the tesselated floor , Inhaling the sweet breath of flowers that grace The gilded top of many a sculptured vase . And there are mystic symbols , magic rings , On which , at intervals ...
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... charm , at this peculiar hour . But why that sable robe ? O can there be , In the far clime , where the divinity Of such resplendent loveliness , must win Passionate worship , aught that breathes of sin ? .... Aught that partakes of ...
... charm , at this peculiar hour . But why that sable robe ? O can there be , In the far clime , where the divinity Of such resplendent loveliness , must win Passionate worship , aught that breathes of sin ? .... Aught that partakes of ...
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aërial altar Astrologer beadsman beautiful beneath bliss bosom bower breast breath bride bright brow CALDENE CANTO charm Cistercian cloud comet cried damsels dark death destiny divine dost dread dream E'en e'er earth EDITHA eleventh house fear fell fiery fire flame flowers gaze gentle glare glory grey Halifax hallowed hand HAROLD hath head heard heart heaven Hebden Bridge hills honour horoscope hour influence Kirklees Kirklees Priory Ladye last eve Libra light lips LLADS-LOWE lone look Love's loveliness lover MAGIAN midnight Mirfield moon mortal mysterious mystic neath night o'er OSWALD TOWER planets Priory radiant rill rock rocky rose round sate scene SEER Seneschal shining shone smile soul sparkling sped spell spirit STAR-SEER stars steed stood strange sublime sweet thee thine thou thunder trees trembling veil Wanderer ween Wend wild wind wings Witch Doctor words young youth
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Sida 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that when we are sick in fortune — often the surfeit of our own behaviour — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity, fools by heavenly compulsion ; knaves, thieves and treachers, by spherical predominance ; drunkards, liars and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence ; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on...
Sida 159 - And thou the accuser. Thus it shall befall Him who, to worth in woman overtrusting, Lets her will rule : restraint she will not brook; And, left to herself, if evil thence ensue, She first his weak indulgence will accuse.
Sida 159 - I am ashamed that women are so simple To offer war where they should kneel for peace ; Or seek for rule, supremacy and sway, When they are bound to serve, love and obey.
Sida 103 - gin to fear that thou art past all aid From me and from my calling; yet so young, I still would— Man. Look on me! there is an order Of mortals on the earth, who do become Old in their youth, and die ere middle age, Without the violence of warlike death...
Sida 165 - My hair is grey, but not with years, Nor grew it white In a single night, As men's have grown from sudden fears: My limbs are bow'd, though not with toil, But rusted with a vile repose, For they have been a dungeon's spoil, And mine has been the fate of those To whom the goodly earth and air Are...
Sida 73 - Twas his own voice — she could not err — Throughout the breathing world's extent There was but one such voice for her, So kind, so soft, so eloquent ! Oh ! sooner shall the rose of May Mistake her own sweet nightingale, And to some meaner minstrel's lay Open her bosom's glowing veil, * Than Love shall ever doubt a tone, A breath of the beloved one...
Sida v - And if this be the science of the stars, I too, with glad and zealous industry, Will learn acquaintance with this cheerful faith. It is a gentle and affectionate thought, That in immeasurable heights above us, At our first birth, the wreath of love was woven, With sparkling stars for flowers.
Sida 166 - ... valets. With calm but undaunted fortitude, she laid her neck on the block ; and while one executioner held her hands, the other, at the second stroke, cut off her head, which, falling out of its attire, discovered her hair already grown quite gray with cares and sorrows. The executioner held it up still streaming with blood, and the dean crying out, " So perish all Queen Elizabeth's enemies," the earl of Kent alone answered, Amen.
Sida 132 - Stock immediately fell to five per cent, and the India to eleven ; and the Captain of a Dutch ship threw all his) powder into the river, that the ship might not be endangered. The next morning, however, the comet appeared according to the prediction, and before noon the belief was universal, that the day of judgment was at hand. About this time...
Sida 132 - W. had long maintained, both as a divine and a philosopher, left little or no doubt with the populace of the truth of his prediction. Several ludicrous events now took place. A number of persons in and about London, seized all the barges and...