The Vestibule of Eloquence: Original Articles Oratorical and Poetical, Intended as Exercises in Recitation, at the Institution, Bedford Place, Russell Squareauthor, 1810 - 32 страници |
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... evěry nation's pray'r ; And every generous heart shall share The triumphs of thy worth ; Shouting - as , with terrific frown , Thy wrath resistless , tramples down The tyrants of the earth . But chief shall British bosoms beat , - And ...
... evěry nation's pray'r ; And every generous heart shall share The triumphs of thy worth ; Shouting - as , with terrific frown , Thy wrath resistless , tramples down The tyrants of the earth . But chief shall British bosoms beat , - And ...
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... evěry boon procure . " The canvass spread ! -and frozen lands " Shall see , upon their sterile sands , " The orient fruitage glow ; " While climes where suns eternal flame , " By peace assur'd , the tribute claim " That realms of ice ...
... evěry boon procure . " The canvass spread ! -and frozen lands " Shall see , upon their sterile sands , " The orient fruitage glow ; " While climes where suns eternal flame , " By peace assur'd , the tribute claim " That realms of ice ...
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... The stately Swan , in snowy pride , Warbling ( as ancient poets deem ) With more than mortal music , glide- While all the groves of Pindus join , And evěry Muse , the hymn divine : I. 3 . Yet shall the Stork , whose grateful 94.
... The stately Swan , in snowy pride , Warbling ( as ancient poets deem ) With more than mortal music , glide- While all the groves of Pindus join , And evěry Muse , the hymn divine : I. 3 . Yet shall the Stork , whose grateful 94.
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... conjure thee , fly . " At name of that dear maid , a deep - drawn sigh The hero heav'd ; his dauntless brow relax'd , Bow'd pensive ; and o'er evěry feature rush'd K 90 Conflicting passions . Yet not long , his heart Yields 121.
... conjure thee , fly . " At name of that dear maid , a deep - drawn sigh The hero heav'd ; his dauntless brow relax'd , Bow'd pensive ; and o'er evěry feature rush'd K 90 Conflicting passions . Yet not long , his heart Yields 121.
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... evěry cot obscure , each lonely sheel " On loftiest mountain - evěry vale's recess " And tracless dingle in Northumbria's realm " The deed detested . Winds shall spread it wide " And bubbling fountains murmur as they flow " Of Edwin's ...
... evěry cot obscure , each lonely sheel " On loftiest mountain - evěry vale's recess " And tracless dingle in Northumbria's realm " The deed detested . Winds shall spread it wide " And bubbling fountains murmur as they flow " Of Edwin's ...
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Страница 2 - Who call'st thyself perchance the master there, Or study swept, or nicely dusted coat, Or usual 'tendance ; — ask not, indiscreet, Thy stockings mended, though the yawning rents Gape wide as Erebus ; nor hope to find Some snug recess impervious...
Страница 1 - Or drowning flies, or shoe lost in the mire By little whimpering boy, with rueful face ; Come, Muse, and sing the dreaded Washing-Day. Ye who beneath the yoke of wedlock bend, With bowed soul, full well ye ken the day Which week, smooth sliding after week, brings on Too soon ;— for to that day nor peace belongs Nor comfort ;— ere the first gray streak of dawn, The red-arm'd washers come and chase repose.
Страница 3 - That day shall eat ; nor, though the husband try, Mending what can't be helped, to kindle mirth From cheer deficient, shall his consort's brow Clear up propitious : the unlucky guest In silence dines, and early slinks away.
Страница 4 - ... to wash, to rinse, to wring, To fold, and starch, and clap, and iron, and plait. Then would I sit me down, and ponder much Why washings were. Sometimes through hollow bowl Of pipe amused we blew, and sent aloft 80 The floating bubbles; little dreaming then To see, Montgolfier, thy silken ball Ride buoyant through the clouds — so near approach The sports of children and the toils of men.
Страница 2 - Shall mar thy musings, as the wet cold sheet Flaps in thy face abrupt. Woe to the friend Whose evil stars have urged him forth to claim On such a day the hospitable rites; Looks, blank at best, and stinted courtesy, Shall he receive; vainly he feeds...