Colonial Nomenclature. (John Dunmore Lang Poems)
'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,That every stone i' the land had got a name.Of New South Wales ...
'Twas said of Greece two thousand years ago,That every stone i' the land had got a name.Of New South Wales ...
What time late sate upon my closed eyes,Endued by Jove with magic influence, Slumber;Things strange my nimble Fancy did devise,Whiles ...
Beside the stream that silverly steals onTo swell the song of that far-sounding seaWhich breaks upon the utmost shore of ...
ONCE two persons uninvitedCame to join my dinner table;For the nonce they lived united,Fox and crane yclept in fable.Civil greetings ...
What village but has sometimes seenThe clumsy shape, the frightful mien,Tremendous claws, and shagged hairOf that grim brute yclept a ...
By this cold shuddering fit of fearMy heart divines a presence here,Goddess or ghost yclept;Wrecker of homes . . .Where ...
Up yonder in Buena ParkThere is a famous spot,In legend and in historyYclept the Waller Lot.There children play in daytimeAnd ...
Miss Jenny W---d---r, to Lady Eliz. M---d---ss, at --- Castle, North. The Birth of Fashion, a Specimen of a modern ...
Sure there are Charms by Heav'n assign'dTo modish Life alone,A Grace, an Air, a Taste refin'd,To vulgar Souls unknown.Nature, my ...
WITH a sweet murmur dropping waters play, Breaking, the stillness of this summer's day, And all things beautiful and light ...
There stood a low and ivied roof,As gazing rustics tell,In times of chivalry and song'Yclept the holy well.Above the ivies' ...
Milton, thou shouldest be living at this hour,England hath need of thee. She is a denOf sugar cards and meatless ...
Oracle of the market! thence you drewThe taste which stamped you guide of the inept. -A North-sea pilot, Hildebrand yclept,A ...
173A fuzzy fellow, without feet,Yet doth exceeding run!Of velvet, is his Countenance,And his Complexion, dun!Sometime, he dwelleth in the grass!Sometime, ...
ONCE two persons uninvited Came to join my dinner table; For the nonce they lived united, Fox and crane yclept ...
Up yonder in Buena Park There is a famous spot, In legend and in history Yclept the Waller Lot. There ...
A fuzzy fellow, without feet, Yet doth exceeding run! Of velvet, is his Countenance, And his Complexion, dun! Sometime, he ...
Hence, loathed Melancholy, ............Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn ............'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights ...
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