My Ode And Three Sonnets (As First Published On The Coronation Of Queen Victoria, June 28, 1838) (Martin Farquhar Tupper Poems)
I.All joy to thee, my country, and my pride!Be the glad muse my patriot lay to guide; Suggest the thought, and ...
I.All joy to thee, my country, and my pride!Be the glad muse my patriot lay to guide; Suggest the thought, and ...
A voice of lamentation From the islands of the Sea!Alas, thou sorrowing Nation, Bereaved — alas for thee!The wail as of a ...
What, wide awake, sweet stranger, wide awake?And laughing coyly at an English sun,And blessing him with smiles for having thaw'dThine ...
I.Beautiful Alice, serene little saint, My treasure!— O better than mine,—What mind can imagine, or eloquence paint Thy gladness and glory divine?A ...
Many a day have I wiled away Upon hopeful Farley Heath,In its antique soil digging for spoil Of possible treasure beneath;For celts, ...
Bulwark of England, God-given Liberty!Name much malign'd, yet noble and glorious, How rarely the masses who claim thee Judge as they ought ...
Where shall be found the niche unfill'd,—A spot unclaim'd, a field untill'd?Who may secure a vacant spaceFairly to run and ...
O ladies, lords, and gentlemen, Attend to what I say,For well I wot you'll like it when You listen to my lay;And ...
Men of money, shrewd and skill'd In putting capital to nurse,Ready to pull down streets, or build, If either helps to fill ...
Two thousand years agone They heap'd my battle-grave,And each a tear and each a stone My mourning warriors gave;For I had borne ...
World! what a wonder is this, Grandly and simply sublime,--All the Atlantic abyss Leapt in a nothing of time!Even the steeds of ...
A mindful man, but hearted like a child, Lived near my dwelling; he was frank and glad, Though many sorrows might have ...
No man can die, till all his work is done: But who shall say, what work he had to do?—With some, ...
Be it what you will, brother,— worse than what you say,—Try to make the best of things, or beat them as you ...
Not alone by generous birth (Greatly though it fashions men),Not by all the wealth of earth, Not by all the talents ten,Not ...
World of sorrow, care, and change, Even to myself I seem,As adown thy vale I range, Wandering in a dream:All things are ...
Lightly blown, and soon to break Like a bubble on the stream,Yet once more, for wonder's sake, Will I woo thee, brilliant ...
Dream of splendour, bright and gay, Disenchanted all too soon,Dimly fading fast away Like a half-remember'd tune,—Lo! my spirit's heart is sad For ...
Wisely for us within night's sable veilGod hides the future; and, if men turn pale For dread distrusting, laughs their fear ...
All-radiant Lady Arabell Glanced scornfully aside,--Alas! for he hath loved her well, In spite of all her pride;Yet coldly to that noble ...
"Enough, sad Muse, enough thy downward flight Has cleft with wearied wing the shades of night: Be drest in smiles, forget the ...
Thou lover of the blaze of Mars, Come out with me to-night,For I have found among the stars A name of nobler ...
"Bring forth the best robe!" Was it truly I heard? And is it for me, too -- the best for the worst?O ...
Once again my spirit waitsAt a morrow's golden gates,As in resurrection thereWith the frankincense of prayer:Once again from slumbers deep,From ...
No fanciful hope, and no cowardly fear Shall ever be lord of my breast,An Englishman gathers his comfort and cheer From Duty ...
I.Man! weak insect, poor and proud,Atom, lost amid the crowd,Ever pushing on through lifeBuffeted by sinful strife,—Man! mere drop of ...
Baffled and blind as bats in the day,But cheered and guided well on the way,Morning by morning and year after ...
Hush! how heavily droops the night In sultry silence, calm as death;Gloomy and hot, and yet no light, Save where the glow-worm ...
Never again,— till earth casts out her dead, And teeming ocean yields her recued prey,—A sight so full of hope, delight, ...
Glorious God! on Thee we call,Father, Friend, and Judge of all;Holy Saviour, heavenly King,Homage to Thy throne we bring!In the ...
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