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ReviewsWe haven't found any reviews in the usual places.Write review Common terms and phrasesAdalbero again alone answered slow ardour attitude and presence away babes beautiful Behold bells bird born And bred bow Suddenly unstrung breast breath bright brow cast away chime come command I stir COSMO MONKHOUSE cried dainty thought Danish dear divine doth DOVER STREET drave dream e'en EDWARD MOXON ever ever seem'd lingering evermore exquisite thought eyes face fear fear'd to look flame Her hair flash'd flesh and bone foot to brow GARIBALDI grape grew grief Guineas hand heart hope joy divinely mix'd knew Knight knightly oath labour labyrinths Lady leapt legacy of rich lifeless length light lips lisp listen'd lists in bright living death look'd Lord Ronald love thee maid mantle MARRIAGE meteor mighty moon MOXON & CO muffled peal murmur mused mute mouth neath never night noble o'er oath To wed Ontill pass'd perfume POET LAUREATE psalm rapture rapture-ringing bells Replied the Voice Reprinted from Temple return'd rich decay Ring rose Saxon scorn scythe seal'd seem'd sight sing skies sleep slow-legged beetle smile soft song SONNET sorrow soul starless night stars stayed he thus still it rose strength sublime sudden Sunbeam sweet tears Temple Bar thee thine thine exquisite song thou art thought Thrice thunder peal'd thy voice till tired and over-wrought touch'd trance tree tremor troth turret Twas Twin little voice weary wed with Lady weep whisper'd wife wind They flew witch-like thought Popular passagesLittle I know or care What be the load I bear, Why thus compell'd, I seek not to divine ; At man's command I stir, I, his stern messenger ! Does he his duty well as I do mine ? Straight on my silent road, Flank'd by no man's abode, No foe I parley with, no friend I greet ; On like a bolt I fly Under the starry sky, Scorning the current of the sluggish street. Page 65 Ring, toll, chime. Out of sorrow joy has birth : Sorrow is but muffled mirth ; Ring, toll, chime. A muffled peal, a muffled peal. Keep time ! He taught you how to ring a knell ; Ring his well. Ring, toll, chime. Ring his knell with solemn beauty ; Cast your grief into your duty ; Ring, toll, chime. A muffled peal, a muffled peal. Keep time ! Make the big bells heave and throb ; Make them sob ; Ring, toll, chime. Make them sob to-day with sorrow, They shall laugh again to-morrow. Ring,... Page 92 Be the night foul or fair, Little I reck or care, Bandy with storms, and with the tempests jest ; Little I care or know What winds may rage or blow, But charge the whirlwind with a dauntless breast. Now through the level plain, While, like a mighty mane, Stretches my endless breath in cloudy miles ; Now o'er a dull lagoon, While the broad beamed moon Lights up its sadness into sickly smiles. Page 68 On like a comet on, unceasingly, Faster and faster yet. On where far boughs of jet Stretch their wild woof against the pearly sky. Faster and faster still Dive I through rock and hill, Starting the echoes with my shrill alarms ; Swiftly I curve and bend ; While, like an eager friend, The distance runs to clasp me in its arms. Page 66 I curve and bend ; While, like an eager friend, The distance runs to clasp me in its arms. Ne'er from my path I swerve Rattling around a curve Not vainly trusting to my trusty bars ; On through the hollow night, While, or to left or right, A city glistens like a clump of stars. On through the night I steer; Never a sound I hear Save the strong beating of my steady stroke Save when the circling owl Hoots, or the screaming fowl Rise from the marshes like a sudden smoke. Now o'er a gulf I go : Dark... Page 67 Ne'er from my path I swerve Rattling around a curve Not vainly trusting to my trusty bars ; On through the hollow night, While, or to left or right, A city glistens like a clump of stars. On through the night I steer ; Never a sound I hear Save the strong beating of my steady stroke Save when the circling owl Hoots, or the screaming fowl Rise from the marshes like a sudden smoke. Now o'er a gulf I go : Dark is the depth below, Smites the slant beam the shoulder of the height Now through a... Page 67 WITH three great snorts of strength, Stretching my mighty length, Like some long dragon stirring in his sleep, Out from the glare of gas Into the night I pass, And plunge alone into the silence deep. Page 65 ... Shaking away with songs the dews of night. Sudden my speed I slack Sudden all force I lack Without a struggle yield I up my breath ; Numb'd are my thews of steel, Wearily rolls each wheel, My heart cools slowly to the sleep of death. Why for so brief a length Dower'd with such mighty strength ? Man is my God I seek not to divine : At his command I stir, I, his stern messenger ; Does he his duty well as I do mine ? SARAH WILLIAMS 1841-1868 473. Page 69 On till the race be won ; On till the coming sun Blinds moon and stars with his excessive light ; On till the earth be green, And the first lark be seen Shaking away with songs the dews of night. Sudden my speed I slack Sudden all force I lack Without a struggle yield I up my breath ; Numb'd are my thews of steel, Wearily rolls each wheel, My heart cools slowly to the sleep of death. Why for so brief a length Dower'd with such mighty strength ? Man is my God I seek not to... Page 69 COME hither, Lucy, with thy mother's smile, And sit beside me here a little while, Here, by this widowed heart, From which thou must so soon, alas, depart. I dare not think what I shall lose in thee Beyond the sweetness of thy company, My friend, my daughter-wife, The latest tie that binds me still to life. A flow'ret blooming from thy mother's grave, Thou wert the little hope that courage gave, And bid my heart good cheer, When all around, below, above, was drear. Wan-hope had weighed my spirit... Page 110 More book information |