John Horsley:The Sailor's Bride and Other Poems
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1889 Excerpt: ... A Saviour''s birth they each proclaimed In joyful sounds of praise, Which ushered in the happy morn With Him of ancient days. Now monk and baron lie in dust, Who once were blithe and gay; While their old castle, with its walls, Are hastening to decay. Yet Nature all around is fair,1 Where blooming heather grows; And yon bright stream, the rioted Swale, In ever freshness flows. THE TRAGEDY OF BLACKWELL LANE. A LEGEND OF THE TEES. Young Austin left his native shore To battle in a foreign land, Where men of war the blue seas bore--A fearless, yet a faithful band. In boyish days his wont had been To gambol by the winding Tees, Where rugged rocks it roll''d between, And by the green, redolent leas. There, on the banks of that fair stream, Cliffe''s manor stood, with spacious hall; Where ploughboys drove their gentle team, And oxen fatten''d by the stall. He loved to chase the cunning game O''er barren moor, o''er hill and dell; But when the summer breezes came, He loved the baited rod as well. The finny tribes that passed the weir, And glistened on to Greta''s beck, Young Austin sported far and near, Till rod and reel were oft a wreck. For, while he plied the tickle-bait, And plunged to gain the prize he caught, A maiden watched the victim''s fate, And smiled that all should come to naught. But Austin plied another line, Which in a game of chance he threw; This time the prize, he said, is mine, As he that precious treasure drew. Now, this young maid was often seen To watch the fisher in his sport; And with her wizard line so keen She caught her prize with one sly dart. And thus the two together grew In sweet affection by the way, And with love''s flowers their path would strew Through each returning blush of day. The wily Tees was often crossed To Gainford''s old, yet... John Horsley, Books, History, The Sailor's Bride and Other Poems Books>History This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: W. Stairmand in 1889 in 163 pages; Subjects: History / General;<
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The Sailor's Bride And Other Poems
- neues BuchISBN: 9781459048935
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Next morn he beheld from the heights where he stood, The grief-stricken nuns, by that maiden so good, They wept as they sung by her bier at the grave, A requiem for her whom no one could save. So passed from his sight that loved maiden so dear, The gem he most prized while tarrying here. So weary with Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www. million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: Next morn he beheld from the heights where he stood, The grief-stricken nuns, by that maiden so good, They wept as they sung by her bier at the grave, A requiem for her whom no one could save. So passed from his sight that loved maiden so dear, The gem he most prized while tarrying here. So weary with care and so tired of life, Again he returned to the war and its strife. And Rowlandseck's Pile was ne'er greeted again By its chief and near kin of the great tCharlemagne; Now only one arch of his castle remains, A relic of his amid vine cultured plains. THE FIRST SUNSET TO HUMAN VISION. On Eden's flowery plains there stood The God created sire of men, Who gifted with unsullied light Traced all the spots within his ken. A world of wonder lay around, With gorgeous flowers of every hue, All N ature seemed to teem with bliss That came within his circling view. t Rowland was the nephew of the celebrated Charlemagne. Now far above with wondrous power There shone an Orb, with dazzling light, Life-giving to those scenes around, But too severe for human sight. Amazed he stood, when night came on, To find that o'er the Western sky This object of celestial light Touched all below with golden dye. Fair Eden looked more lovely still, As roseate shades tip'd flower and field, And hill and dale and rippling stream, A sight of Heaven to him revealed. But darkness came o'er all the earth When that great light pass'd from his view, And fear stole o'er his stricken mind, 'Till he stood bathed with evening dew. Then on that strange and solemn hour He bowed his head in silent prayer, To Him who caused that wondrous light From human eyes to disappear. Refreshed with worship to his God, And strengthened with his Maker's love, Again he looked with anxious. Books, History~~General, Sailors-Bride-and-Other-Poems~~John-Horsley, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<
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