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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Side xii
... fond delight , How had I hail'd the gentle apparition , As second life to me ; so sweetly welcome The faintest semblance of society , Though but a point to rest the eye upon , To him who hath been utterly bereaved ! Star after 4.
... fond delight , How had I hail'd the gentle apparition , As second life to me ; so sweetly welcome The faintest semblance of society , Though but a point to rest the eye upon , To him who hath been utterly bereaved ! Star after 4.
Side xii
... hath no horizon , It looks beyond the eye , and seeks for mind In all it sees , or all it sees o'erruling . Low in the east , ere long , the morning dawn Shot upward , onward , and around the pole , With arrowy glimpses traversing the ...
... hath no horizon , It looks beyond the eye , and seeks for mind In all it sees , or all it sees o'erruling . Low in the east , ere long , the morning dawn Shot upward , onward , and around the pole , With arrowy glimpses traversing the ...
Side 16
... secrets of the abyss erewhile conceal'd . The floor of ocean , never trod by man , Was visible to me as heaven's round roof , Which man hath never touch'd ; the multitude Of living things , in that new hemisphere , Gleam'd.
... secrets of the abyss erewhile conceal'd . The floor of ocean , never trod by man , Was visible to me as heaven's round roof , Which man hath never touch'd ; the multitude Of living things , in that new hemisphere , Gleam'd.
Side 17
... every colour , form , and kind , ( Strange forms , resplendent colours , kinds unnum- ber'd , ) Which language cannot paint , and mariner Hath never seen ; from dread Leviathan To insect - millions peopling every wave ; And nameless 17.
... every colour , form , and kind , ( Strange forms , resplendent colours , kinds unnum- ber'd , ) Which language cannot paint , and mariner Hath never seen ; from dread Leviathan To insect - millions peopling every wave ; And nameless 17.
Side 52
... Nature looks all around her , like the sun , And keeps her works , like his dependent worlds , In constant motion . She hath never miss'd One step in her victorious march of change , For chance she knows not ; He who made her.
... Nature looks all around her , like the sun , And keeps her works , like his dependent worlds , In constant motion . She hath never miss'd One step in her victorious march of change , For chance she knows not ; He who made her.
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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.