Excerpt: ...rove, And giant palms o'er-arch the golden tide. But lo, at last he comes with crowded sail! Lo, o'er the cliff what eager figures bend! And hark, what mingled murmurs swell the gale! In each he hears the welcome of a friend. -'Tis she, 'tis she herself! she waves her hand! Soon is the anchor cast, the canvass furl'd; Soon thro' the whitening surge he springs to land, And clasps the maid he singled from the world. TO AN OLD OAK. Immota manet; multosque nepotes, Multa virum volvens durando saecula, vincit. VIRG. ...
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Excerpt: ...rove, And giant palms o'er-arch the golden tide. But lo, at last he comes with crowded sail! Lo, o'er the cliff what eager figures bend! And hark, what mingled murmurs swell the gale! In each he hears the welcome of a friend. -'Tis she, 'tis she herself! she waves her hand! Soon is the anchor cast, the canvass furl'd; Soon thro' the whitening surge he springs to land, And clasps the maid he singled from the world. TO AN OLD OAK. Immota manet; multosque nepotes, Multa virum volvens durando saecula, vincit. VIRG. Round thee, alas, no shadows move! From thee no sacred murmurs breathe! Yet within thee, thyself a grove, Once did the eagle scream above, And the wolf howl beneath. There once the steel-clad knight reclin'd, His sable plumage tempest-toss'd; And, as the death-bell smote the wind, From towers long fled by human kind, His brow the hero cross'd! Then Culture came, and days serene, And village-sports, and garlands gay. Full many a pathway cross'd the green; And maids and shepherd-youths were seen, To celebrate the May. Father of many a forest deep, (Whence many a navy thunder-fraught) Erst in their acorn-cells asleep, Soon destin'd o'er the world to sweep, Opening new spheres of thought! Wont in the night of woods to dwell, The holy druid saw thee rise; And, planting there the guardian-spell, Sung forth, the dreadful pomp to swell Of human sacrifice! Thy singed top and branches bare Now straggle in the evening sky; And the wan moon wheels round to glare On the long corse that shivers there Of him who came to die! FRAGMENTS FROM EURIPIDES. Dear is that valley to the murmuring bees. The small birds build there; and, at summer-noon, Oft have I heard a child, gay among flowers, As in the shining grass she sate conceal'd, Sing to herself. There is a streamlet issuing from a rock. The village-girls, singing wild madrigals, Dip their white vestments in its waters clear, And hang them to the sun. There first I..
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Printed For T. Cadell, Strand; and E. Moxon, Dover-Street
Published:
1834
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11380325876
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Poor. 8vo. Spine sunned, split and chipped. Boards rubbed with edgewear. AEG. Front gutter heavily split at half title, rear gutter cracked, college library stamps to closed edges, markings to front endpapers, period owner nname to half title, pp clean and bright.
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Good. Hardback. 314pp. Frontis. Illustrated. New edition 1827. Spine discoloured and worn, with small losses to spine ends. Binding slightly worn. Previous owner's label to front pastedown. Private ownership. (h6)
