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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... trees , prostrated by some tremendous storm , or , as he conjec- tured , self - ignited by the branches in a strong wind . - friction of dead This fact ( adopt- ing the former hypothesis ) suggested the cata- strophe described at the ...
... trees , prostrated by some tremendous storm , or , as he conjec- tured , self - ignited by the branches in a strong wind . - friction of dead This fact ( adopt- ing the former hypothesis ) suggested the cata- strophe described at the ...
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... tree - like sea - weed , sparkling pebbles , Enchant the eye , and tempt the eager hand To violate the fairy - paradise , So to my view the deep disclosed its wonders . In the free element beneath me swam , Flounder'd , and dived , in ...
... tree - like sea - weed , sparkling pebbles , Enchant the eye , and tempt the eager hand To violate the fairy - paradise , So to my view the deep disclosed its wonders . In the free element beneath me swam , Flounder'd , and dived , in ...
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... trees , From distant lands , with branches , foliage , fruit , Pluck'd up and wafted hither by the flood . Death's spoils , and life's hid treasures , thus enrich'd And colonized the soil ; no particle Of meanest substance but in course ...
... trees , From distant lands , with branches , foliage , fruit , Pluck'd up and wafted hither by the flood . Death's spoils , and life's hid treasures , thus enrich'd And colonized the soil ; no particle Of meanest substance but in course ...
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... Trees lifted to the skies their stately heads , Tufted with verdure , like depending plumage , O'er stems unknotted , waving to the wind : Of these in graceful form , and simple beauty , The fruitful cocoa and the fragrant palm Excell'd ...
... Trees lifted to the skies their stately heads , Tufted with verdure , like depending plumage , O'er stems unknotted , waving to the wind : Of these in graceful form , and simple beauty , The fruitful cocoa and the fragrant palm Excell'd ...
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... tree . The crocodile , the dragon of the waters , In iron panoply , fell as the plague , And merciless as famine , cranch'd his prey , While from his jaws , with dreadful fangs all serried , The life - blood dyed the waves with deadly ...
... tree . The crocodile , the dragon of the waters , In iron panoply , fell as the plague , And merciless as famine , cranch'd his prey , While from his jaws , with dreadful fangs all serried , The life - blood dyed the waves with deadly ...
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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.