Mary Queen of Scots: And Other PoemsRoworth, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar for J. Murray, 1829 - 127 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 10
Página 9
... mind , the purity of grace : " That beaming smile , that love - inspiring eye , " Blue as the cloudless azure of the sky ; " That soft'ning heart which melts at others woe , " Join'd with each charm that beauty can bestow ; " Meet in a ...
... mind , the purity of grace : " That beaming smile , that love - inspiring eye , " Blue as the cloudless azure of the sky ; " That soft'ning heart which melts at others woe , " Join'd with each charm that beauty can bestow ; " Meet in a ...
Página 13
... mind which censure cannot blame , That smiles on wealth and poverty the same ; While beauty steals its meekness from the soul , And spreads a charm which sanctifies the whole . Such was her form when Lesly's eye confest That she was ...
... mind which censure cannot blame , That smiles on wealth and poverty the same ; While beauty steals its meekness from the soul , And spreads a charm which sanctifies the whole . Such was her form when Lesly's eye confest That she was ...
Página 14
... mind . Such was her form , when ' midst the sacred band She held the torch that trembled in her hand ; Then , while her voice proclaim'd her Maker's praise , And sang His glory in seraphic lays ; The admiring gazer mark'd her eye so ...
... mind . Such was her form , when ' midst the sacred band She held the torch that trembled in her hand ; Then , while her voice proclaim'd her Maker's praise , And sang His glory in seraphic lays ; The admiring gazer mark'd her eye so ...
Página 39
... mind the recollections throng Of years of greatness and of nights of song , As if in bitter mockery to display Life's brightest visions and their swift decay . Check'd by a speechless lethargy of grief , As yet for her no tears had ...
... mind the recollections throng Of years of greatness and of nights of song , As if in bitter mockery to display Life's brightest visions and their swift decay . Check'd by a speechless lethargy of grief , As yet for her no tears had ...
Página 57
... mind from all local emotions would be im- possible , if it were endeavoured , and would be foolish if it were possible . Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses , whatever makes the past , the dis- tant , or the future ...
... mind from all local emotions would be im- possible , if it were endeavoured , and would be foolish if it were possible . Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses , whatever makes the past , the dis- tant , or the future ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
adieu bark beams beauty beauty's betray'd blest blue bosom Bothwell Brantome breath bride bright burst calm CANTO chang'd charm cheek cherish'd dark Darnley Dauphin Francis David Rizzio dazzling dear death deem'd doom doom'd e'en fair fair isle farewell fate fearful fled forgot Fotheringay France friends frown gale gaz'd glance gleam glide glittering glows grace grief hall hath heart Heav'n Holyrood hope hour hush'd Iona isle Joachim du Bellay king kiss land little caîque Lochleven Lord Lord Seaton lov'd maid mark'd Mary Queen Mary's Mary's tomb monarch morn murder'd muse native night Note o'er pang Perchance pleasure pray'r princes proud Queen of Scots rapture Rizzio roam scene Scotland shee shine shore sigh smil'd smile song sorrow splendour stars shine bright tears thee thine thou thoughts throng tomb vales violet bank wave weep wild wilt woo'd youthful
Pasajes populares
Página 57 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses, whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future, predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity...
Página 55 - N'a c'y de moi que la moitié: Une part te reste , elle est tienne ; Je la fie à ton amitié Pour que de l'autre il te souvienne.
Página 27 - Adieu! farewell! it came with a lass, and it will pass with a lass: and so he recommended himself to the mercy of Almighty God, and spake little from that time forth, but turned his back to his lords, and his face to the wall.
Página 83 - Rizzio, and a few other persons, the king suddenly entered the apartment by a private passage. At his back was Ruthven, clad in complete armour, and with that ghastly and horrid look which long sickness had given him. Three or four of his most trusty accomplices followed him. Such an unusual...
Página 84 - Rizzio to leave a place of which he was unworthy, and which he had occupied too long. Mary employed tears, and entreaties, and threatenings, to save her favourite. But, notwithstanding all these, he was torn from her by violence, and before he could be dragged through the next apartment, the rage of his enemies put an end to his life, piercing his body with fifty-six wounds.
Página 57 - ... and adjoining it is a cemetery, in which many ancient kings of Scotland, Ireland, and Norway, are buried. Other ruins of monastic and druidical edifices can be traced ; and many places are pointed out, noted for particular acts of St. Columba. This island was the retreat of learning, during the Gothic ignorance which pervaded Europe, after the overthrow of the Roman Empire ; and the seminary whence issued those pious monks and laymen who again revived learning, and propagated Christianity through...
Página 56 - Here are the ruins of an august nunnery, monastery, and cathedral, said to have l>een founded by »St. Columba, about the year 735 ; also a small chapel, dedicated to St. Oran, containing many marble tombstones of the great lords of the isles ; and adjoining it is a cemetery, in which many ancient kings of Scotland, Ireland, and Norway, are buried. Other ruins of monastic and Druidical edifices can be traced ; and many places are pointed out, Tioted for particular acts of St.
Página 59 - Tis certainly reported there was some jar betwixt the Queen and him, at an entertainment in a merchant's house in Edinburgh, she only dissuaded him from drinking too much himself, and enticing others; in both which he proceeded, and gave her such words that she left the place with tears ; which they that are known to their proceedings, say is not strange to be seen.
Página 90 - J'en suis fors qu'un corps prive de cueur ; Un ombre vayn, un object de malheur, Qui n'a plus rien que de mourir en vie. Plus ne me portez, O enemys, d'envie, Qui n'a plus 1'esprit...
Página 60 - His government is very much blamed, for he is thought to be wilful and haughty, and some say vicious; whereof too many were witnesses, the other day at Inchkeith, with the Lord Robert,* Fleming, and such like grave personages...