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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... Youth A Hermitage The falling Leaf ............. On planting a Tulip Root The Adventure of a Star ........... A Word with myself ... 213 ....... 219 223 225 ... 228 .............. 234 236 240 243 .............. 246 ..........
... Youth A Hermitage The falling Leaf ............. On planting a Tulip Root The Adventure of a Star ........... A Word with myself ... 213 ....... 219 223 225 ... 228 .............. 234 236 240 243 .............. 246 ..........
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... leaf , In every drop , by me discern'd at pleasure , Were yet too fine for unenlighten'd eye , - - Like stars , whose beams have never reach'd our world , Though science meets them midway in the heaven With prying optics , weighs them ...
... leaf , In every drop , by me discern'd at pleasure , Were yet too fine for unenlighten'd eye , - - Like stars , whose beams have never reach'd our world , Though science meets them midway in the heaven With prying optics , weighs them ...
Side 40
... luxuriant foliage , from the trunk , Like the old eagle , feather'd to the heel ; While every fibre , from the lowest root To the last leaf upon the topmost twig , Was held by common sympathy , diffusing Through all the 40.
... luxuriant foliage , from the trunk , Like the old eagle , feather'd to the heel ; While every fibre , from the lowest root To the last leaf upon the topmost twig , Was held by common sympathy , diffusing Through all the 40.
Side 43
... leaves and slimy funguses ; - Reptiles were quicken'd into various birth . Loathsome , unsightly , swoln to obscene bulk , Lurk'd the dark toad beneath the infected turf ; The slow - worm crawl'd , the light cameleon climb'd , And ...
... leaves and slimy funguses ; - Reptiles were quicken'd into various birth . Loathsome , unsightly , swoln to obscene bulk , Lurk'd the dark toad beneath the infected turf ; The slow - worm crawl'd , the light cameleon climb'd , And ...
Side 64
... d the old to teach , the young to learn . Now floating on the blue lagoon behold them ; The Sire and Dam in swanlike beauty steering , Their Cygnets following through the foamy wake , Picking the leaves of plants , pursuing insects , Or 64.
... d the old to teach , the young to learn . Now floating on the blue lagoon behold them ; The Sire and Dam in swanlike beauty steering , Their Cygnets following through the foamy wake , Picking the leaves of plants , pursuing insects , Or 64.
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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.
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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.