The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey, Volume 4Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1850 |
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Page 350 - ... with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength, and therefore they loved him as truly and as fervently as he loved England.
Page 123 - And then came on the frost and snow, All on the road from Moscow. The wind and the weather he found, in that hour, Cared nothing for him, nor for all his power ; For him who, while Europe crouched under his rod. Put his trust in his Fortune, and not in his God.
Page 345 - In my youth, when my stock of knowledge consisted of such an acquaintance with Greek and Roman history as is acquired in the course of a regular scholastic education, — when my heart was full of poetry and romance...
Page 138 - Soon all and each came crowding round to share The cordial greeting, the beloved sight ; What welcomings of hand and lip were there ! And when those overflowings of delight Subsided to a sense of quiet bliss, Life hath no purer, deeper happiness.
Page 105 - And deemed the deep opake would blot her beams; But, melting like a wreath of snow, it hangs In folds of wavy silver round, and clothes The orb with richer beauties than her own, Then passing, leaves her in her light serene.
Page 138 - Here silently between her parents stood My dark-eyed Bertha, timid as a dove ; And gently oft from time to time she woo'd Pressure of hand, or word, or look of love, With impulse shy of bashful tenderness, Soliciting again the wish'd caress.
Page 210 - He looked forward to a time when, the great struggle respecting property over — for this struggle he saw looming not far off — public opinion will no more tolerate the extreme of poverty in a large class of the people than it now tolerates slavery in Europe...
Page 139 - Richter, had he viewed, Might have deemed worthy of his perfect skill ; The keen impatience of the younger brood, Their eager eyes and fingers never still ; The hope, the wonder, and the restless joy Of those glad girls, and that vociferous boy ! The aged friend serene with quiet smile, Who in their pleasure finds her own delight ; The mother's heart-felt happiness the while ; The aunts, rejoicing in the joyful sight ; And he who in his gaiety of heart, With glib and noisy tongue performed the showman's...
Page 18 - ... our not exalting our feelings above the temper of well-ordered and well-educated society. No good man can ever be happy when he is unfit for the career of simple and commonplace duty, and I need not add how many melancholy instances there are of extravagance and profligacy being resorted to, under the pretence of contempt for the common rules of life.
Page 358 - ... revenue, there should be too little regard for the means by which it is raised. It should beware of imposing such duties as create a strong temptation to evade them. It should be careful that all its measures tend, as much as possible, to the improvement of the people, and especially careful that nothing be done which can tend in any way to corrupt them. It should reform its prisons ; and apply some remedy to the worst grievance which exists, . . the enormous expenses, the chicanery, and the...