Birds of the Bush: A Collection of PoemsHunter-Rose, 1908 - 240 pàgines |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 45 - And thou, sweet Poetry, thou loveliest maid, Still first to fly where sensual joys invade; Unfit in these degenerate times of shame, To catch the heart, or strike for honest fame; Dear charming nymph, neglected and decried, My shame in crowds, my solitary pride.
Pàgina 238 - Have left one trace of record here. Beneath this mouldering canopy Once shone the bright and busy eye ; But start not at the dismal void, — If social love that eye employed, If with no lawless fire it gleamed, ' But through the dews of kindness beamed, That eye shall be forever bright When stars and sun are sunk in night.
Pàgina 239 - ... eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine ? To hew the rock, or wear the gem, Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the page of Truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed shall claim Than all that waits on wealth or fame. Avails it, whether bare or shod, These feet the path of duty trod ? If from the...
Pàgina 239 - Than all that wait on wealth and fame. Avails it whether bare or shod These feet the paths of duty trod? If from the bowers of ease they fled, To seek affliction's humble shed ; If grandeur's guilty bribe they spurned, And home to virtue's cot returned, — These feet with angel wings shall vie, And tread the palace of the sky.
Pàgina 238 - Twas a skull Once of ethereal spirit full. This narrow cell was Life's retreat: This space was Thought's mysterious seat. What beauteous visions filled this spot! What dreams of pleasure long forgot! Nor hope, nor joy, nor love, nor fear Have left one trace of record here. Beneath this moldering canopy Once shone the bright and busy eye; But start not at the dismal void. If social love that eye employed...
Pàgina 239 - When death unveils eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the mine, Or with its envied rubies shine ? To hew the rock, or wear the gem, Can nothing now avail to them ; But if the page of Truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer meed...
Pàgina 6 - Entered according to Act of the Parliament of Canada, in the year one thousand eight hundred and ninety, by THE COPP, CLARK COMPANY, LIMITED, Toronto, Ontario, in the Office of the Minister of Agriculture.
Pàgina 240 - Lines on a Skeleton," which excited much attention. Every effort, even to the offering a reward of fifty guineas, was vainly made to discover the author. All that ever transpired was that the poem, in a fair clerkly hand, was found near a skeleton of remarkable beauty of form and...
Pàgina 240 - Skeleton," which excited much attention. Every effort, even to the offering of a reward of fifty guineas, was vainly made to discover the. author. All that ever transpired was that the poem, in a fair, clerkly hand, was found near a skeleton of remarkable beauty of form and...
Pàgina 49 - THY forest, Windsor! and thy green retreats, At once the monarch's and the muse's seats, Invite my lays. Be present, sylvan maids ! Unlock your springs, and open all your shades.