Four English PoemsLouis Du Pont Syle Allyn and Bacon, 1897 - Počet stran: 89 |
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A. B. DE MILLE Addison airy ALEXANDER POPE Ariel ARNOLD Beau beautiful Belinda Bibliography see notes Billet-doux Bonnivard BOYNTON breast breath bright BYRON calender CANTO chain Cheerful Clarissa COWPER Dæmons Duke of Savoy dungeon e'er earth edition Editor's From Milton Eneid Essay ev'n ev'ry eyes fair fate Fermor flew flow'rs Four English Poems Geneva glitt'ring Gnome grace hair hand hast head heart heav'n Homer honours Iliad John Gilpin King Ladies light lines living Lock Lord Lord Byron maid Matadore MATTHEW ARNOLD Milton to Tennyson mock-heroic mortal never nymph o'er ombre Ovid Paradise Lost Pope Pope's pow'r pray'rs PRISONER OF CHILLON Queen race Rape round RUGBY CHAPEL SAMUEL THurber seem'd shining sighs silver Sir Plume skies soon soul Spades spirit spleen Sprites Sylphs Thalestris thee thou Thrice thro Trainband trembling trumps Twas Umbriel unnumber'd Vergil WILLIAM COWPER wings
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Strana 34 - Away went Gilpin, neck or nought ; Away went hat and wig ; He little dreamt when he set out, Of running such a rig.
Strana 32 - Where they did all get in; Six precious souls, and all agog To dash through thick and thin. Smack went the whip, round went the wheels, Were never folk so glad ; The stones did rattle underneath, As if Cheapside were mad.
Strana 32 - My sister and my sister's child, myself and children three, Will fill the chaise; so you must ride on horseback after we." He soon replied, " I do admire of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, therefore it shall be done. I am a linen-draper bold, as all the world doth know; And my good friend the calender will lend his horse to go.
Strana 35 - Until he came unto the Wash Of Edmonton so gay; And there he threw the Wash about On both sides of the way, Just like unto a trundling mop, Or a wild goose at play. At Edmonton his loving wife From the balcony spied Her tender husband, wondering much To see how he did ride. "Stop, stop, John Gilpin!— Here's the house !" They all at once did cry; "The dinner waits, and we are tired;"— Said Gilpin, "So am I!
Strana 36 - So like an arrow swift he flew, Shot by an archer strong; So did he fly — which brings me to The middle of my song.
Strana 52 - But knowing well captivity, Sweet bird! I could not wish for thine! Or if it were, in winged guise, A visitant from Paradise; For— Heaven forgive that thought!
Strana 33 - Each bottle had a curling ear, Through which the belt he drew. And hung a bottle on each side, To make his balance true. Then over all, that he might be Equipped from top to toe, His long red cloak, well brushed and neat He manfully did throw.
Strana 7 - Repairs her smiles, awakens every grace, And calls forth all the wonders of her face ; Sees by degrees a purer blush arise, And keener lightnings quicken in her eyes. The busy sylphs surround their darling care, These set the head, and those divide the hair, Some fold the sleeve, whilst others plait the gown ; And Betty's prais'd for labours not her own. CANTO II. NOT with more glories, in th...
Strana 37 - My head is twice as big as yours, They therefore needs must fit. "But let me scrape the dirt away That hangs upon your face; And stop and eat, for well you may Be in a hungry case.
Strana 16 - The berries crackle, and the mill turns round : On shining Altars of Japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide : At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.