The Pelican Island, and Other PoemsLongman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1827 - 264 sider Autograph manuscript signed; bound with a presentation ALS from Montgomery to Thomas Raffles, 1829 Apr 17. |
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... glory had departed , and I long'd For some untried vicissitude : - it came . - A breeze sprang up , and with careering wing Play'd like an unseen being on the water . Slowly from slumber ' woke the unwilling main , Curling and murmuring ...
... glory had departed , and I long'd For some untried vicissitude : - it came . - A breeze sprang up , and with careering wing Play'd like an unseen being on the water . Slowly from slumber ' woke the unwilling main , Curling and murmuring ...
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... glory of the Lord , The firmament display'd his handy - work . With scarce inferior lustre gleam'd the sea , Whose waves were spangled with phosphoric fire , As though the lightnings there had spent their shafts , And left the fragments ...
... glory of the Lord , The firmament display'd his handy - work . With scarce inferior lustre gleam'd the sea , Whose waves were spangled with phosphoric fire , As though the lightnings there had spent their shafts , And left the fragments ...
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... glory break as strike presumption blind , But humble and exalt the humbled soul , Whose faith the things invisible discerns , And God informing , guiding , ruling all : - He speaks , ' tis done ; commands , and it stands fast . He calls ...
... glory break as strike presumption blind , But humble and exalt the humbled soul , Whose faith the things invisible discerns , And God informing , guiding , ruling all : - He speaks , ' tis done ; commands , and it stands fast . He calls ...
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... glory in their annual courses ; Moons without number thus may wax and wane , And winds alternate blow in cross - monsoons , While here through self - beginning rounds , self- ― ending , Then self - renew'd , without advance or failure ...
... glory in their annual courses ; Moons without number thus may wax and wane , And winds alternate blow in cross - monsoons , While here through self - beginning rounds , self- ― ending , Then self - renew'd , without advance or failure ...
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... glory in his soul ; Lord of the nether universe , and heir Of all above him , - all above the sky , - The sapphire pavement of his future palace : Not so ; but rather like that morning - star , Which from the highest empyrean fell Into ...
... glory in his soul ; Lord of the nether universe , and heir Of all above him , - all above the sky , - The sapphire pavement of his future palace : Not so ; but rather like that morning - star , Which from the highest empyrean fell Into ...
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2d Edit abyss amidst appear'd art Thou Author beautiful beheld beneath billow birds birth Blessed bliss bosom BOTANY breast breath breeze burthen CANTO child clouds coloured coral reef darkness dead death dreams earth Engravings eternity evanescent fill'd fire flood foolscap 8vo gaze glory Green happy hath heart heaven hope isle J. C. LOUDON JOHN BRITTON kindred knew land light living look'd mind morn mountains musquitos Nature Nature's nest never night o'er ocean open'd Orme peace PELICAN ISLAND Plates Poems prey Price 11 printed for Longman rain reef Rees Right Ho rock round scene SCOTTISH BORDER seem'd shine small isle song soul spirit star by star stars strange sup.-roy sweet thee THOMAS MOORE Thou art thought trees turn'd Twas vanish'd voice Vols Volumes Voyages watch'd waves whence wild wind wings young
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Side 186 - Were this frail world our only rest. Living or dying, none were blest. 2 Beyond the flight of time, Beyond this vale of death, There surely is some blessed clime Where life is not a breath, Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward to expire.
Side 204 - He spake, and my poor name he named — ' Of me thou hast not been ashamed ; These deeds shall thy memorial be ; Fear not, thou didst them unto me.
Side 11 - A New Treatise on the Use of the Globes; or, a Philosophical View of the Earth and Heavens : comprehending an Account of the Figure, Magnitude, and Motion of the Earth : with the Natural Changes of its Surface, caused by Floods, Earthquakes, Ac.
Side 185 - FRIEND after friend departs : Who hath not lost a friend ? There is no union here of hearts That finds not here an end : Were this frail world our final rest, Living or dying, none were blest.
Side 4 - LOUDON'S ENCYCLOPEDIA of AGRICULTURE: comprising the Laying-out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Productions of Agriculture. With 1,100 Woodcuts. 8vo.
Side 218 - Night is the time for toil ; To plough the classic field, Intent to find the buried spoil Its wealthy furrows yield ; Till all is ours that sages taught, That poets sang or heroes wrought.
Side 10 - Mrs. Marcet's Conversations on Chemistry, in which the Elements of that Science are familiarly explained and illustrated by Experiments.
Side 6 - DUTIES ; Or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies on the Management of their Households, and the Regulation of their Conduct in the various Relations and Duties of Married Life. By Mrs. W. PARKES.
Side 203 - Twas night — the floods were out ; it blew A winter hurricane aloof ; I heard his voice abroad, and flew To bid him welcome to my roof ; I...
Side 5 - Improvement, and Management of Landed Property, and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, including all the latest Improvements. A general History of Agriculture in all Countries, and a Statistical View of its present State, with suggestions for its future progress in the British Isles.