The Courtier's Daughter, Volume 1

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Page 171 - Dread through the dun expanse ; save the dull sound That from the mountain, previous to the storm,. Rolls o'er the muttering earth, disturbs the flood, And shakes the forest-leaf without a breath. Prone, to the lowest vale, the aerial tribes Descend : the tempest-loving raven scarce Dares wing the dubious dusk. In rueful gaze The cattle stand, and on the scowling heaveas Cast a deploring eye ; by man forsook, Who to the crowded cottage hies him fast, Or seeks the shelter of the downward cave.
Page 22 - The Fairy's frame was slight ; yon fibrous cloud, That catches but the palest tinge of even, And which the straining eye can hardly seize When melting into eastern twilight's shadow, Were scarce so thin, so slight ; but the fair star That gems the glittering coronet of morn, Sheds not a light so mild, so powerful, As that which, bursting from the Fairy's form, Spread a purpureal halo round the scene, Yet with an undulating motion Sway'd to her outline gracefully.
Page 213 - Can such things be, And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder?
Page 1 - Hail, Liberty ! a glorious word, In other countries scarcely heard, Or heard but as a thing of course, Without or energy or force : Here felt, enjoy'd, adored, she springs, Far, far beyond the reach of kings ; Fresh blooming from our mother Earth, With pride and joy she owns her birth Derived from us, and in return Bids in our breasts her genius burn ; Bids us with all those blessings live Which Liberty alone can give, Or nobly with that spirit die Which makes death more than victory.
Page 305 - ... the admiration of the one sex, and the envy of the other. The Earl smiled. " Although my daughter is but a novice in the ways of the world, Sir," he answered, " I venture to hope that she is not to be spoiled by either.
Page 288 - The starry lustre of her speaking eyes, Her brow, her hair of hyacinthine bloom, And neck of swan-like grace, all seemed divine, When, with the brightness of a cloud, she walked Her chamber — or amid the ball-room blazed.
Page 53 - Abbey, to pay their respects, and nothing was talked of but the beauty and grace of the young creature who now shone as the star of the surrounding circle.
Page 132 - to those who do not know how to make the best use of their time : but that is not to the purpose. I am anxious to know...

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