The poetic reciter; or, Beauties of the British poets: adapted for reading and recitation, in public and private seminaries. Com piled by H. Marlen1838 |
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Pàgina 1
... wind was cold , The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek , and tresses gray , Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp , his sole remaining joy , Was carried by an orphan boy . The last of all the bards was he , Who sung ...
... wind was cold , The Minstrel was infirm and old ; His withered cheek , and tresses gray , Seemed to have known a better day ; The harp , his sole remaining joy , Was carried by an orphan boy . The last of all the bards was he , Who sung ...
Pàgina 6
... wind , The creeping Tortoise lagg'd behind , And scarce had pass'd a single pole , When puss had almost reach'd the goal . " Friend Tortoise , " quoth the jeering Hare , " Your burden's more than you can bear ; " To help your speed , it ...
... wind , The creeping Tortoise lagg'd behind , And scarce had pass'd a single pole , When puss had almost reach'd the goal . " Friend Tortoise , " quoth the jeering Hare , " Your burden's more than you can bear ; " To help your speed , it ...
Pàgina 13
... the ferry ! " - By this the storm grew loud apace , The water - wraith was shrieking ; And , in the scowl of heaven , each face Grew dark as they were speaking . B But still as wilder blew the wind , And as THE POETIC RECITER . 13.
... the ferry ! " - By this the storm grew loud apace , The water - wraith was shrieking ; And , in the scowl of heaven , each face Grew dark as they were speaking . B But still as wilder blew the wind , And as THE POETIC RECITER . 13.
Pàgina 14
Henry Marlen. But still as wilder blew the wind , And as the night grew drearer , Adown the glen rode armed men , Their trampling sounded nearer.— " Oh ! haste thee , haste ! " the lady cries , Though tempests round us gather , 66 I'll ...
Henry Marlen. But still as wilder blew the wind , And as the night grew drearer , Adown the glen rode armed men , Their trampling sounded nearer.— " Oh ! haste thee , haste ! " the lady cries , Though tempests round us gather , 66 I'll ...
Pàgina 23
... wind that swept its waves He heard young Edmund's scream ! In vain , at midnight's silent hour , Sleep closed the murderer's eyes ; every dream the murderer saw Young Edmund's form arise ! In -Slow were the passing hours , yet swift The ...
... wind that swept its waves He heard young Edmund's scream ! In vain , at midnight's silent hour , Sleep closed the murderer's eyes ; every dream the murderer saw Young Edmund's form arise ! In -Slow were the passing hours , yet swift The ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 283 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, And Brutus is an honourable man.
Pàgina 274 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Pàgina 294 - No traveller returns, puzzles the will And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Pàgina 62 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change his place...
Pàgina 285 - I am no orator, as Brutus is; But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend; and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him: For I have neither wit, nor words, nor worth, Action, nor utterance, nor the power of speech, To stir men's blood...
Pàgina 63 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to Virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all. And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Pàgina 283 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world: now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Pàgina 238 - Night, sable goddess ! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world. Silence how dead! and darkness how profound! Nor eye nor listening ear an object finds ; Creation sleeps. 'Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Pàgina 238 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Pàgina 157 - And e'en the bare-worn common is denied. If to the city sped — What waits him there? To see profusion that he must not share ; To see ten thousand baneful arts combined To pamper luxury, and thin mankind ; To see each joy the sons of pleasure know, Extorted from his fellow-creature's woe.