Affection: With Other Poemsauthor, 1807 - 210 Seiten |
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... Elephant . - In savage life - the savage of Aveyron - Abba Thullé - Prince Lee Boo - the Blacksmith of interior Africa - attachment to inanimate objects and places - to pleasures long past - to friends beloved separated by death ...
... Elephant . - In savage life - the savage of Aveyron - Abba Thullé - Prince Lee Boo - the Blacksmith of interior Africa - attachment to inanimate objects and places - to pleasures long past - to friends beloved separated by death ...
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... Elephant ! sagacious beast , Connective link to man's intelligence , And liable to passion's strong extremes ; When first by art surrounded and entrapp'd , Kindness and care must prompt thee to obey , Then to thy master ever faithful ...
... Elephant ! sagacious beast , Connective link to man's intelligence , And liable to passion's strong extremes ; When first by art surrounded and entrapp'd , Kindness and care must prompt thee to obey , Then to thy master ever faithful ...
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... to the hand That feeds and tends thee : alive to shame , And sensible of benefits conferr'd ; Partaking too of man's infirmities , Proud of the gaudy trappings , and of state . 8 SAVAGE OF AVEYRON - PELEW ISLANDS . But most ELEPHANT . 7.
... to the hand That feeds and tends thee : alive to shame , And sensible of benefits conferr'd ; Partaking too of man's infirmities , Proud of the gaudy trappings , and of state . 8 SAVAGE OF AVEYRON - PELEW ISLANDS . But most ELEPHANT . 7.
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... Elephant ! sagacious beast , Of all the creatures that have hitherto been taken into the service of man , the elephant is pre - eminent in the size and strength of his body , and 116 NOTES .
... Elephant ! sagacious beast , Of all the creatures that have hitherto been taken into the service of man , the elephant is pre - eminent in the size and strength of his body , and 116 NOTES .
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... elephants , a large piece of ground is marked out , and surrounded with strong palisades , interwoven with branches of trees : one end of the inclosure is narrow , from which it widens gradually , so as to take in a great extent of ...
... elephants , a large piece of ground is marked out , and surrounded with strong palisades , interwoven with branches of trees : one end of the inclosure is narrow , from which it widens gradually , so as to take in a great extent of ...
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Abba Thulle affection Affection's ALEXANDER POPE altars animal arms attachment beneath benevolence bless'd blessings blest bloom bosom breast bright Britain Britons burst Captain Wilson charm cheer Christian cornac creation dare dark dear death deep delight desart dreadful e'en earth elephant endear'd faithful fate feel female filial flame fond form'd Gelert Gregory Page hand happy HARVARD COLLEGE hath heart heaven honour honour'd hope hour human inclosure Isle land Lee Boo Llewellyn's lofty Lord Lord Nelson Lysippe Macedon midst mind mother muse nature nature's never nursled o'er observed parent Petrarch plains plant pleasure QUADRUPEDS Queen Queen of Denmark race rapture reign religion rich sacred savage scene shores sleep smile song sorrow soul spirit storm strong Struensee sweet tear tender thee Theodosius Theophrastus thou throne tion tomb Twas virtue voice whilst wing wretched yield youth Zaleucus
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 206 - Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, "Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
Seite 137 - Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band, That knits me to thy rugged strand!
Seite 113 - Nor scathe had he, nor harm, nor dread, But, the same couch beneath, Lay a gaunt wolf, all torn and dead, Tremendous still in death ! Ah, what was then...
Seite 186 - For him, the milk or corn prepare. The storm is o'er; the tempest past; And Mercy's voice has hush'd the blast. The wind is heard in whispers low, The White Man, far away must go; — But ever in his heart will bear Remembrance of the Negro's care.
Seite 137 - Land of my sires ! what mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand ! Still as I view each well-known scene, Think what is now, and what hath been, Seems as to me, of all bereft, Sole friends thy woods and streams were left; And thus I love them better still, Even in extremity of ill.
Seite 187 - With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering over the barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden...
Seite 136 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Seite 184 - The air was sweet and plaintive, and the words, literally translated, were these : " The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk — no wife to grind his corn.
Seite 164 - Do not strike him into that most dreadful of all human conditions, the orphanage that springs not from the grave, that falls not from the hand of Providence or the stroke of death ; but comes before its time, anticipated and inflicted by the remorseless cruelty of parental guilt.
Seite 183 - About sunset, however, as I was preparing to pass the night in this manner, and had turned my horse loose that he might graze at liberty, a woman, returning from the labours of the field, stopped to observe me, and perceiving that I was weary and dejected, inquired into my situation, which I briefly explained to her; whereupon, with looks of great compassion, she took up my saddle and bridle, and told me to follow her.