A Selection from the Poetry of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Том 1Macmillan and Company, 1884 - Всего страниц: 262 |
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Стр. 130 - SPEAK low to me, my Saviour, low and sweet From out the hallelujahs, sweet and low, Lest I should fear and fall, and miss Thee so Who art not missed by any that entreat.
Стр. 255 - O Magi of the east and of the west, Your incense, gold and myrrh are excellent ! — What gifts for Christ, then, bring ye with the rest? Your hands have worked well : is your courage spent In handwork only ? Have you nothing best, Which generous souls may perfect and present, And He shall thank the givers for ? no light Of teaching, liberal nations, for the poor Who sit in darkness when it is not night? No cure for wicked children ? Christ...
Стр. 256 - Your hands have worked well. Is your courage spent In handwork only ? Have you nothing best, Which generous souls may perfect and present, And He shall thank the givers for ? no light Of teaching, liberal nations, for the poor, Who sit in darkness when it is not night ? No cure for wicked children? Christ, — no cure, No help for women, sobbing out of sight Because men made the laws...
Стр. 80 - Because my portion was assigned Wholesome and bitter, thou art kind, And I am blessed to my mind. " ' Gifted for giving, I receive The maythorn, and its scent outgive: I grieve not that I once did grieve. " ' In my large joy of sight and touch Beyond what others count for such, I am content to suffer much. '"I know...
Стр. 98 - A CHILD'S THOUGHT OF GOD. THEY say that God lives very high; But, if you look above the pines, You cannot see our God; and why ? And, if you dig down in the mines, You never see him in the gold ; Though from him all that's glory shines. God is so good he wears a fold Of heaven and earth across his face, Like secrets kept for love, untold.
Стр. 201 - Neath Casa Guidi windows, by the church, O bella liberta, O bella I stringing The same words still on notes he went in search So high for, you concluded the upspringing Of such a nimble bird to sky from perch Must leave the whole bush in a tremble green, And that the heart of Italy must beat, While such a voice had leave to rise serene...
Стр. 60 - Lucretius — nobler than his mood : Who dropped his plummet down the broad Deep universe, and said " No God,
Стр. 120 - s lost it first was won ; We will not struggle nor impugn ; Perhaps the cup was broken here That heaven's new wine might show more clear : I praise Thee while my days go on. I praise Thee while my days go on...
Стр. 134 - Of yon gray blank of sky, we might be faint To muse upon eternity's constraint Round our aspirant souls. But since the scope Must widen early, is it well to droop, For a few days consumed in loss and taint?
Стр. viii - THE DESERTED GARDEN. I MIND me in the days departed, How often underneath the sun With childish bounds I used to run To a garden long deserted. The beds and walks were vanished quite; And wheresoe'er had struck the spade, The greenest grasses Nature laid, To sanctify her right. I called the place my wilderness, For no one entered there hut I.