Sketches in VerseC. A. Conrad & Company, 1810 - 184 pages |
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Ah turn amatory amorous Amriolkais arms Bacchus basia beauty bliss BOILEAU bosom bower breast breath burr Catin cella charms cheeks Colin cried Dear ruins declare delight dost dulce e'er ecstatick EPIGRAM ev'ry eyes fair fancy fantastick fate flame flow flowers following lines fragrance FRANCIUS gentle give glow Gorgon Hafiz hath heart heaven heavenly honey HORACE imitation Italian JAYADEVA JOANNES joys kiss labris LEBEID lips love's Love's Labour Lost lover maid mihi mistress Molly Naiads ne'er Neaera nectar neighbour JOE nemus Newara night nymph o'er Oscula passion PASTORAL Phyllis Pluto Poem poetick poets quae querelis rhyme rill RONDEAU rose round rove SECUNDUS SHAKSPEARE shepherd sigh SKETCHES IN VERSE smile soft SOLOMON song Sonnet soul STANZAS stray stream Succos sunt swain sweet sweetest SYLVAE tears tell thee thine thou thought TIBULLUS Titania twas Venus Whal wild wine wish youth Zuiderzee
Popular passages
Page 71 - I had gazed perhaps two minutes' space, Joanna, looking in my eyes, beheld That ravishment of mine, and laughed aloud. The Rock, like something starting from a sleep, Took up the lady's voice, and laughed again ; That ancient woman seated on Helm-crag Was ready with her cavern ; Hammar-scar, And the tall steep of Silver-how, sent forth A noise of laughter ; southern Loughrigg heard, And Fairfield answered with a mountain tone ; Helvellyn far into the clear blue sky Carried the lady's voice ; old...
Page 11 - I know a bank whereon the wild thyme blows, Where ox-lips ' and the nodding violet grows ; Quite over-canopied with lush ' woodbine, With sweet musk-roses, and with eglantine...
Page 13 - Silence was pleased: now glowed the firmament With living sapphires; Hesperus that led The starry host rode brightest, till the moon, Rising in clouded majesty, at length Apparent queen unveiled her peerless light, And o'er the dark her silver mantle threw.
Page 117 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell.
Page 67 - THERE is a Thorn — it looks so old, In truth, you'd find it hard to say How it could ever have been young, It looks so old and grey. Not higher than a two years...
Page 29 - II n'est fort, entre ceux que tu prends par centaines, Qui ne puisse arrêter un rimeur six semaines : Et partout sur le Whal, ainsi que sur le Leck, Le vers est en déroute, et le poète à sec.
Page 71 - ... space, Joanna, looking in my eyes, beheld That ravishment of mine, and laughed aloud. The rock, like something starting from a sleep, Took up the Lady's voice, and laughed again : That ancient Woman seated on Helm-crag Was ready with her cavern ; Hammar-Scar, And the tall Steep of Silver-How sent forth A noise of laughter; southern Loughrigg heard, And Fairfield answered with a mountain tone : Helvellyn far into the clear blue sky Carried the Lady's voice, — old Skiddaw blew His speaking-trumpet;...
Page 67 - And fiercely by the arm he took her, And by the arm he held her fast, And fiercely by the arm he shook her, And cried, "I've caught you then at last!
Page 138 - Oh woman ! lovely woman ! Nature made thee To temper man : we had been brutes without you ! Angels are painted fair to look like you : There's in you all, that we believe of" heaven ; Amazing brightness, purity and truth, Eternal joy, and everlasting love.
Page 29 - EN vain, pour te louer, ma muse toujours prête, Vingt fois de la Hollande a tenté la conquête. Ce pays, où cent murs n'ont pu te résister, Grand roi, n'est pas en vers si facile à dompter. Des villes que tu prends les noms durs et barbares N'offrent de toutes parts que syllabes bizarres. Et, l'oreille effrayée, il faut depuis l'Issel, Pour trouver un beau mot courir jusqu'au Tessel.