Memoir. The Roman (a dramatic poem) Miscellaneous poems. Sonnets on the war (the Crimean struggle) England in time of war PDF Download

Author: Sydney Dobell
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Author: John Nichol
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781357879563
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Languages : en
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Author: Sydney Dobell
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Author: John Nichol
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385252962
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 502

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Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Author: Library of Congress
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Category : Catalogs, Union
Languages : en
Pages : 712

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Author: Sydney Dobell
Publisher: General Books
ISBN: 9781458931078
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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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. 1875. Excerpt: ... P icture him nobler than the noblest vision Of thy day-dreams, poor mother! See, the bloodhounds Have track'd him to your cot. A faded face Lies with dark uprais'd eyes of love before The fond heroic brother. Heavenly calm Warders the room, and of the sweet emotions Of the rejoicing world without, lets in Only the silent sunshine. The door bursts! A shriek! a shout! they seize him! The pale form Springs at the first and falls. Now see your hero Like an inspired colossus striding o'er him. With either hand he hurls a savage hence, Foots each bare neck, with twice another twain Acquaints the sounding walls. Falls by some blow From unseen hand. Sinks by the yelling weight Of crowds. A moment more, and like dead game Slung by some trooper's side, mother, he greets thee, And leaves thee baptized in his sprinkled gore, To faiths kings dream not of. Oh brother, brother, Oh memory! that canst bring me back such woes And break not! Thus they tore him from me. Ah, Poor tender child, why doth thy baby heart Look up through saddening eyes? What! little one, And canst thou read the future? Dost thou know That he was like thee? Ay, poor mother, clasp him, Clasp him while yet thou mayst! Secure as thou That morn I clasp'd my brother! Dost thou ask What tidings fell upon the failing ear Of him who in the cottage by the plain Lay weeping? Be it as thou wilt, poor mother, It concerns thee;--what if of all thy tears--Thy fated tears--a few are shed too soon? For me I am a rock which, long years hence, The storms stripp'd rudely, and with my few flowers Took all that, nursed them, and to after tempests Left but the cold bare stone. In earth or heaven I have no more to fear. But for thee, mother, I will read out this story, and perchance Teach thee to strike the fire that yet...

Author: Alexander Smith
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Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 62

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Author: Sydney Dobell
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Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Lucan
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN: 0199540683
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 401

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Lucan, grandson of Seneca the Rhetorician, and nephew of Seneca the Philosopher, was a remarkable and precocious product of the stimulating literary climate promoted by Nero. His epic poem on the civil war between Caesar and Pompey, unfinished at the time of his death, stands beside the poems of Virgil and Ovid in the first rank of Latin epic. The work is a powerful condemnation of civil war, and Lucan emphasizes the stark, dark horror of the catastrophes which the Roman state inflicted upon itself. This new translation in free verse conveys the full force of Lucan's writing and his grimly realistic view of the subject. The Introduction sets the scene for the reader unfamiliar with Lucan, and explores his relationship with earlier writers of Latin epic, and his interest in the sensational.

Author: Alexander Smith
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781330316313
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 51

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Excerpt from Sonnets on the War Dedicatory. "Oh, Treeless Grange, upon the windy Hill, Crowded with peats and comfortable stacks! The brightest lot and fairest landscape lacks, Unless these gentle friends are with me still;" I murmured, as I trudged with right good will. Before the autumn's mellow breath there rolled A heavy vale of tanned and lazy gold: The dog was barking from the shadowy mill. Their sunset-lighted window filled my eye; Tears glittered on my cheek. "Where' er they roam, 'Neath sparrow-haunted thatch or stately dome, May God in all his plenty round them lie!" I raised my face. Across the orange sky A weary train of rooks were flying home. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.