The Poetical Works of Robert Southey, Esq. ...: MadocLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1815 |
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Side 24
... strong arm ; For on the unyielding skin the tempered blade Bent . He sprung upward then , and in the eyes Of the huge monster flashed the fiery brand . Impatient of the smoke and burning , back The reptile 24 VII . THE SNAKE - GOD .
... strong arm ; For on the unyielding skin the tempered blade Bent . He sprung upward then , and in the eyes Of the huge monster flashed the fiery brand . Impatient of the smoke and burning , back The reptile 24 VII . THE SNAKE - GOD .
Side 25
... strong emotion , and she took His hand , and gazed a moment earnestly , Having no power of speech , till with a gush Of tears her utterance came , and she exclaimed , Blessed art thou , my brother ! for the power Of God is in thee ...
... strong emotion , and she took His hand , and gazed a moment earnestly , Having no power of speech , till with a gush Of tears her utterance came , and she exclaimed , Blessed art thou , my brother ! for the power Of God is in thee ...
Side 41
... strong man's hand Upon his enemy's grave hath planted it . Come ye to Aztlan then in quest of peace ? Ye feeble souls , if that be what ye seek Fly hence ! our Aztlan suffers on her soil No living stranger . Do thy bidding , Chief ...
... strong man's hand Upon his enemy's grave hath planted it . Come ye to Aztlan then in quest of peace ? Ye feeble souls , if that be what ye seek Fly hence ! our Aztlan suffers on her soil No living stranger . Do thy bidding , Chief ...
Side 42
... strong right hand hang idle in the fray ; That so his weakness with thy strength might cope In equal battle ! .. Not in wrongful war , The tyrants of our weaker brethëren , Wield we these dreadful arms , .. but when assailed By fraud ...
... strong right hand hang idle in the fray ; That so his weakness with thy strength might cope In equal battle ! .. Not in wrongful war , The tyrants of our weaker brethëren , Wield we these dreadful arms , .. but when assailed By fraud ...
Side 50
... sins , and oft , in bitterness , Have groaned and bled for her iniquity ; But chiefly for this solemn day the fear Was strong upon me , lest her Deities , Estranged , should turn away , and we be left 50 X. THE ARRIVAL OF THE GODS .
... sins , and oft , in bitterness , Have groaned and bled for her iniquity ; But chiefly for this solemn day the fear Was strong upon me , lest her Deities , Estranged , should turn away , and we be left 50 X. THE ARRIVAL OF THE GODS .
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altar Amalahta arms Aztecas battle behold beneath blood bones brave breast Britons Cadog Cadwallon called Caradoc Chief child Coanocotzin Coatel cried cubits Cucuij dance darkness dead death dreadful earth enemy Erillyab exclaimed father fear fell fire flames force gate gnatts Gods Goervyl groans hand hath heard heart Heaven Hero race Hoamen Hoel honour hope hour Idol Indians King of Aztlan lake land light limbs Lincoya Lord Madoc Maid maize Malinal Mexitli mighty mortal mountain multitude Neolin night noble o'er Ocellopan Pabas Patamba peace Priest Prince rage replied rites ROBERT SOUTHEY rock round sacrifice seized Serpent shield shout sight Snake song soul sound spake spear Spirit stone Stone of Blood stood Strangers strength sword Teilo temple Tezozomoc thee thine thou thought Tlalala Tlaloc Tlalocan took Torquemada trembling Tyger Urien vengeance victim voice waters wind youth Yuhidthiton
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Side 282 - And when the builders laid the foundation of the temple of the LORD, they set the priests in their apparel with trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, after the ordinance of David king of Israel. And they sang together by course in praising and giving thanks unto the LORD ; because he is good, for his mercy endureth for ever toward Israel. And all the people shouted with a great shput, when they praised the LORD, because the foundation of the house of the LORD...
Side 249 - That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals which had been created for the use of the Indians ; that the Great Man above, looking down and seeing this, was so enraged that he seized his lightning, descended on the earth, seated himself on a...
Side 249 - ... of his feet are still to be seen, and hurled his bolts among them till the whole were slaughtered, except the big bull, who presenting his forehead to the shafts, shook them off as they fell; but missing one at length, it wounded him in the side; whereon, springing round, he bounded over the Ohio, over the Wabash, the Illinois, and finally over the great lakes, where he is living at this day.
Side 282 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice; and many shouted aloud for joy...
Side 170 - Steady from morn till eve ; and I have seen The bees go forth upon an April morn, Secure the sunshine will not end in showers ; But when was Woman true...
Side 120 - She beckon'd, and descended, and drew out From underneath her vest, a cage, or net It rather might be called, so fine the twigs Which knit it, where confined two fire-flies gave Their lustre. By that light did Madoc first Behold the features of his lovely guide; And through the entrance of the cavern gloom, He followed in full trust.
Side 227 - ... by nature or custom in every human heart, still lurked in hers. I observed that she went almost every evening to the foot of the tree on a branch of which the bodies of her husband and child were laid, and after cutting off a lock of her hair, and throwing it on the ground, in a plaintive melancholysong bemoaned its fate.
Side 249 - Their chief speaker immediately put himself into an attitude of oratory, and with a pomp suited to what he conceived the elevation of his subject, informed him that it was a tradition handed down from their fathers, " That in ancient times a herd of these tremendous animals came to the Big-bone licks, and began an universal destruction of the bear, deer, elks, buffaloes, and other animals...
Side 257 - The head of a sacrificed person was strung up ; the limbs eaten at the feast; the body given to the wild beasts which were kept within the temple circuits ; moreover, in that accursed house they kept vipers and venomous snakes, who had something at their tails which sounded like morris-bells, and...
Side 199 - The Moon arose ; she shone upon the lake, Which lay one smooth expanse of silver light ; She shone upon the hills and rocks, and cast Upon their hollows and their hidden glens A blacker depth of shade.