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...ar, its painted chariot, charioteer and horses: The charioteer wears a laurel wreath. Sappho, about 30 years old, her hair braided around her ... ...ts painted chariot, charioteer and horses: The charioteer wears a laurel wreath. Sappho, about 30 years old, her hair braided around her head, ... ...Atthis, lazy-eyed, sitting on the steps of the temple ruin, wove a flower wreath for me and I wove one for her. Then, returning home, we bathed at o... ...e these two: give them luck: a light will fall: the chorus will resume: a wreath will be hung. Shall I play my harp? Who is the god of illusion? Lo... ...trying to sing in toothless ecstasy...I shall remember the altar fire and wreaths of flowers, their incense and coloring... remember, too, the farew... ... FROM THE PAST 142 “I miss him too... I loved him too... We placed a wreath for him... We three have made a shrine in the woods...” Gyrinno ap... ...gh a sheet of green glass the faces of Sappho, Atthis and Anaktoria: a laurel wreath whirls above the Aegean: herons fly, dolphins leap. ... ... as- sortment. I’ve been grinding them. We’ll have a beautiful green, that laurel green LEONARDO DA VINCI’S JOURNAL 239 you’re fond of.” “I’m...

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...ar, its painted chariot, charioteer and horses: The charioteer wears a laurel wreath. Sappho, about 30 years old, her hair braided around her ... ...ts painted chariot, charioteer and horses: The charioteer wears a laurel wreath. Sappho, about 30 years old, her hair braided around her head, ... ...Atthis, lazy-eyed, sitting on the steps of the temple ruin, wove a flower wreath for me and I wove one for her. Then, returning home, we bathed at o... ...e these two: give them luck: a light will fall: the chorus will resume: a wreath will be hung. Shall I play my harp? Who is the god of illusion? Lo... ...trying to sing in toothless ecstasy...I shall remember the altar fire and wreaths of flowers, their incense and coloring... remember, too, the farew... ... FROM THE PAST 138 “I miss him too... I loved him too... We placed a wreath for him... We three have made a shrine in the woods...” Gyrinno ap... ...gh a sheet of green glass the faces of Sappho, Atthis and Anaktoria: a laurel wreath whirls above the Aegean: herons fly, dolphins leap. ...

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... in 1819: "The triumphal arches, the flowers, the hymns, the acclamations, the wreaths offered and placed upon my head by the hands of lovely m... ...y four Union supporters in Gainesville, Texas. Similar events took place in Shelton Laurel, North Carolina. The Ku Klux Klan was the paramilitary ar...

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...ip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay 10 And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has s... ... to the low lintel up The still defended challenge cup. And round that early laurelled head 25 Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwith... ...home. Turn safe to rest, no dreams, no waking; 25 And here, man, here ’s the wreath I ’ve made ’Tis not a gift that ’s worth the taking, But wear it a...

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...sory; the girl had never attempted to write a book and had no desire for the laurels of authorship. She had no talent for expres sion and too little ... ...ed have suggested to a spectator here and there that he was resting on vague laurels. But his triumphs were, some of them, now too old; others had bee... ...timorously bared of their tight black velvet (oh the old clothes! and a gold laurel wreath set upon a multitude of glossy ringlets. She had spoken so... ...ly bared of their tight black velvet (oh the old clothes! and a gold laurel wreath set upon a multitude of glossy ringlets. She had spoken softly and...

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...Beside the same a dainty place there lay, Planted with mirtle trees and laurels greene, In which the birds song many a louely lay Of go... ...ents rent, And her loose lockes to dight in order dew, With golden wreath and gorgeous ornament; Whom such whenas the wicked Hag did ve... ...e Of some Theatre, a graue personage, That in his hand a branch of laurell bore, With comely haueour and count’nance sage, Yclad i...

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...and we fancy in the gloom that they are sages. And many a man sets a great wreath about his pate and struts abroad a hero, whose claims we would all o... ...occasion the mayor of Cherbourg deposited, in the name of his town, a gold laurel branch upon the coffin—which was saluted by the forts and dykes of t... ...d of shabby fountain or pump, a bust of Lafayette, crowned with some dirty wreaths of “immor- tals,” and looking down at the little streamlet which oc... ... very old, sad, and gray-headed. I have seen a poor mother buy a halfpenny wreath at the gate of Montmartre burying-ground, and go with it to her litt... ...tues LOOKED like marble. At some distance, you could not tell but that the wreaths and eagles were gold em- broidery, and not gilt paper—the great tri... ... in all his glory, forsooth—Imperial Caesar, with his crown over his head, laurels and standards waving about his gor- geous chariot, and a million of... ...que shape, which supported a basement adorned with golden eagles, banners, laurels, and velvet hangings. Above the hangings stand twelve golden statue... ...e, was hung with violet; beyond this with black. We saw N’s, eagles, bees, laurel wreaths, and other such imperial emblems, adorning every nook and co... ...hung with violet; beyond this with black. We saw N’s, eagles, bees, laurel wreaths, and other such imperial emblems, adorning every nook and corner of...

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...hat I err’ d in, what corrected, What I suffer’ d, what effected, T o this wreath as flow’rs belong; For the aged, and the youthful, And the vicious, ... ...ought else I crave,—not e’en a kiss. With what a soul her mind is fraught, Wreath’ d round with charms unceasingly! She’s perfect,—and she fails in no... ...ns, whose might Has vanquished war’s alarms. Who proudly hastens here With wreath-encircled brow? ’Tis like our child so dear Thus Charles comes homew... ...e. And ev’ry one makes haste T o join the dance with glee; While thou with wreaths hast graced The youngest children three. T o sound of flute and hor... ...re soft winds greet us from the azure skies, Where silent myrtles, stately laurels rise, Know’st thou it well? ’Tis there, ’tis th... ...d; And so thou’rt treasured by each maid Like precious stones or gold. Thy wreath adorns the fairest face But still thou’rt not the flower whose grace... ...89.* ANACREON’S GRAVE. HERE where the roses blossom, where vines round the laurels are twining, Where the turtle-dove calls, where the blithe cricket ... ...792. THE GARLANDS. KLOPSTOCK would lead us away from Pindus; no longer for laurel May we be eager—the homely acorn alone must content us; Yet he himse... ... nation There will joyously kneel in devotion ecstatic, revering Thorn and laurel garland, and all its charms and its tortures. 1815.* 347 Goethe THE...

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..., Rank of the putrefaction ere decayed, In impious singles bear the thorny wreaths: Their lives are where harmonious Pleasure breathes For couples cro... ... pear and plum, Free of the cloud, beneath the flood of gold. Crowned with wreaths that burn in dew, Her couples whirl, sun-satiated, Athirst for shad... ... funeral tone. And doth the man pursue a tightened zone, Then be it as the Laurel God he runs, Confirmed to win, with countenance the Sun’s. Should pi... ...and insensibly devoured; In whom the city over forest flowered, The forest wreathed the city’s drama-mart. XXVII. There found he in new form that Drag...

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...f the sway, To whom the heavens in thy nativity Adjudged an olive branch and laurel crown, As likely to be blest in peace and war; And therefore I yie... ...RD IV : Thus far our fortune keeps an upward course, And we are graced with wreaths of victory. But, in the midst of this bright shining day, I spy a...

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...ff and sent to London, where it was fixed upon the Tower, encircled with a wreath, some say of ivy, some say of willow, some say of silver, to make it... ...of people to behold him. He was tried in Westminster Hall, with a crown of laurel on his head—it is supposed because he was reported to have said that...

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... Zeus, and these the flower of our youth. Meanwhile, the common folk, with wreathed boughs Crowd our two market-places, or before Both shrines of Pall... ...ure pregnant rede. Upraise, O chief of men, upraise our State! Look to thy laurels! for thy zeal of yore Our country s savior thou art justly hailed: ... .... [Enter JOCASTA.] JOCASTA My lords, ye look amazed to see your queen With wreaths and gifts of incense in her hands. I had a mind to visit the high s... ...e faint and far; But where we stand is surely holy ground; A wilderness of laurel, olive, vine; Within a choir or songster nightingales Are warbling. ... ...ed nightingale, Who hid in her bower, among The wine-dark ivy that wreathes the vale, Trilleth her ceaseless song; And she loves, wher... ... fed each morn by the pearly dew The starred narcissi shine, And a wreath with the crocus golden hue For the Mother and Daughter twine. ...

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...so vast Doth the scaled serpent trail his endless coils Along the ground, or wreathe him into spires. Mark too her cities, so many and so proud, Of mi... ...ill he cannot: ears stiffen and limbs quake; His nostrils snort and roll out wreaths of fire. Dense is his mane, that when uplifted falls On his right... ...spires. Then that vile worm that in Calabrian glades Uprears his breast, and wreathes a scaly back, His length of belly pied with mighty spots While ... ...lf absorbed. Oft in mid sacrifice to heaven—the white Wool woven fillet half wreathed about his brow Some victim, standing by the altar, there THE GE... ...s fruit no less Shall have its meed of honour; and I will pluck Y ou too, ye laurels, and you, ye myrtles, near, For so your sweets ye mingle. Corydon... ... By the divine art of Alcimedon Wrought and embossed, whereon a limber vine, Wreathed round them by the graver’s facile tool, T wines over clustering ... ...d, Eurotas, happy stream, Heard, as Apollo mused upon the lyre, And bade his laurels learn, Silenus sang; Till from Olympus, loth at his approach, V e... ... Of Pindus or Parnassus stay you then, No, nor Aonian Aganippe. Him Even the laurels and the tamarisks wept; For him, outstretched beneath a lonely ro...

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...o meaning whatever, with ‘good,’ which means salvation. Look at this great wreath: it’ll be dead tomorrow. Look at that good flower: it’ll come up aga... ...with bowed head, passed them with the manuscript and disappeared among the laurels. The twinge of pain, which had been slight, passed away, and they p... ... it odd,” said Mrs. Failing, “that the Greeks should be enthusiastic about laurels—that Apollo should pursue any one who could possibly turn into such... ...mpan- ion, and determined to vex him no more. They left the shelter of the laurels, crossed the broad drive, and were inside the house at last. She ha... ...alled) was to the left as one faced the house, while to the right was that laurel avenue, leading up to Mrs. Failing’s arbour. It was a comfortable bu... ...h to smoke was very violent in him, and Ansell noticed how he gazed at the wreaths that ascended from bowl and stem, and how, when the stem was in his... ...y written a book.” She only gave him half her attention, for a beauti- ful wreath had just arrived from the florist’s. She was taking it up to the cem... ...n- dence with Stephen Wonham?” But her fly was announced. While he put the wreath in for her, she ran for a moment upstairs. A few tears had come to h...

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...her brother was again at the other side of the garden. “Bring me those light wreaths of snow that have rested on the lower branches of the pear tree.... ..., she almost doubted whether it were a real child after all, or only a light wreath of the new fallen snow, blown hither and thither about the garden ... ...little white stranger sporting to and fro in the garden, like a dancing snow wreath, and the flock of snow—birds fluttering about her head. “Pray, wha... ...c from the home of Washington, there was an arch of verdant boughs, with the laurel profusely intermixed, and surmounted by his country’s banner, bene... ...embroidered collar upward, beneath the arch of green boughs with intertwined laurel, and the ban ner drooping as if to shade his brow! And there, too...

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...erson Fear not, then, thou child infirm, There’s no god dare wrong a worm. Laurel crowns cleave to deserts And power to him who power exerts; Hast not... ...the remembrance of these visions outlasts all other remembrances, and is a wreath of flow- ers on the oldest brows. But here is a strange fact; it may... ...ine-leaf deck buffoons; Thunderclouds are Jove’s festoons, Drooping oft in wreaths of dread Lightning-knotted round his head; The hero is not fed on s... ... grapes whilst he eats them. When some of his angels affirmed a truth, the laurel twig which they held blossomed in their hands. The noise which at a ... ...r works,—that all is of God. Nature will not spare us the smallest leaf of laurel. All writing comes by the grace of God, and all doing and having. I ... ...acts for, would take place in the most sumptuous drawing-rooms of all the “Wreaths” and “Flora’s chaplets” of the bookshops; yet ordinarily, whether w... ...y honor, a general’s commission, a marshal’s baton, a ducal coro- net, the laurel of poets, and, anyhow procured, the ac- knowledgment of eminent meri... ...at purer, which extorts homage of him. Is his ambition pure? then will his laurels and his possessions seem worthless: instead of avoiding these men w...

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...the Roman commander to enter! Caesar, plainly dressed, but, wearing an oak wreath to conceal his baldness, enters from, the loggia, attended by Britan... ...or am I a wolf, that you fling to me the grey head of the old soldier, the laurelled conqueror, the mighty Roman, treacherously struck down by this ca... ... down. (He obeys.) These Roman helmets are so becoming! (She takes off his wreath.) Oh! (She bursts out laughing at him.) CAESAR. What are you laughin... ...nnus, who puts the cuirass on him.) CLEOPATRA. So that is why you wear the wreath—to hide it. 45 Caesar and Cleopatra BRITANNUS. Peace, Egyptian: the... ...e arms and cold in the heart; not hiding a bald head under his conqueror’s laurels; not stooped with the weight of the world on his shoulders; but bri... ...on of arms, like Caesar and Cromwell, in middle age, have snatched all its laurels from opponent commanders bred to it, apparently because capable per...

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...as hidden beneath a disordered array of monuments. There were temples with wreathed columns bearing bronze capitals and metal chains, cones of dry sto... ...tered about everywhere, and the scents were stifling in spite of the cloud-wreaths from the styrax shrivelling on a brazen tripod in the centre. The C... ... their wearers were about to perish; he dashed towards them; then the vast wreath of red plumes closed in, and they soon rejoined him and surrounded h... ...crowd. It scattered at his approach. Meanwhile a fire of aloes, cedar, and laurel was burning between the legs of the colossus. The tips of its long w...

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...a locustella).—Well named, for it chirps exactly like a grasshopper in the laurels all through a summer evening. Sedge-Warbler (Salicaria fragilis).—W... ...fter nesting begins, it is less frequent. One year there was a nest in the laurels at Otterbourne House (since taken away), and at eight in the mornin... ...t is charming to greet the black head and red waistcoat in the tops of the laurels or apple-trees, and surely this destroyer of insect devourers does ... ...Beard, most appropriately, as its curling, silvery masses of seeds hang in wreaths over the hedges. There is a giant trunk growing up from the moat of... ... the stream in the Itchen. White Bryony (Bryonia dioica).—Vine-like leaves wreathe round in the hedges, and the pale, whitish flowers give place to gr... ...ot native, it has taken well to the hedges, and clothes them with graceful wreaths. Elm (Ulmus campestris)—Largest of spreading trees. Oak (Quercus Ro... ...odil”; also plan- tation near Romsey Road. Black Bryony (T amus communis).—Wreaths of shiny leaves. Solomon ’s Seal (Polygonatum multiflorum).—Cranbur...

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...to descend unsought upon my free brow, cooling my temples as with a myrtle wreath of love! Amidst the din of battle, on the waves of life, I rested in... ...eedom of the provinces, she hails him as a conqueror, and extends to him a laurel crown. As the wreath approaches his head, Egmont moves like one asle... ...s, she hails him as a conqueror, and extends to him a laurel crown. As the wreath approaches his head, Egmont moves like one asleep, and reclines with... ...ves like one asleep, and reclines with his face towards her. She holds the wreath suspended over his head,—martial music is heard in the distance, at ...

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...ntury, and vaguely resembling a majestic female in Roman draperies, with a wreath in her hand, stands neglected amid the laurels. Such statues, though... ...e in Roman draperies, with a wreath in her hand, stands neglected amid the laurels. Such statues, though apparently works of art, grow naturally in Ir... ...elley years ago. Let us be faithful to the dreams of our youth [he wafts a wreath of cigar smoke at large across the hill]. KEEGAN. Come, Mr Doyle! is...

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... and youthful Jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathed smiles Such as hang on Hebe’s cheek, And love to live in dimple ... ...g swine?) This Nymph, that gazed upon his clustering locks, With ivy berries wreathed, and his blithe youth, Had by him, ere he parted thence, a son M... ...r festivals, Carol her goodness loud in rustic lays, And throw sweet garland wreaths into her stream Of pansies, pinks, and gaudy daffodils. And, as t... ...he ruin of our cor rupted Clergy, then in their height. Yet once more, O ye laurels, and once more, Ye myrtles brown, with ivy never sere, I come to ...

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..., and the Teian, Agatho, Simonides, and many a Grecian else Ingarlanded with laurel. Of thy train Antigone is there, Deiphile, Argia, and as sorrowful... ...e the first troop were habited, hut wore No braid of lilies on their temples wreath’d. Rather with roses and each vermeil flower, A sight, but little ... ...own, within and outside of the car, Fell showering, in white veil with olive wreath’d, A virgin in my view appear’d, beneath Green mantle, rob’d in hu...

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...he trust reposed in him, to achieve the proudest triumphs and the greenest laurels. If we may be- lieve the Longinuses; and Aristotles of our newspape... ...ain. When he arrives at the hippodrome, he will be crowned with the poetic wreath, in anticipation of his victory at the approaching Olympics. “But, g... ... their duty to invest his brows (in addition to the poetic crown) with the wreath of victory in the footrace—a wreath which it is evident he must obta...

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...onides, Agathon, and many other Greeks who of old adorned their brows with laurel. There of thine own people 16 are seen Antigone, Deiphile, and Argi... ...s ascending, and falling down again within and without, a lady, with olive wreath above a white veil, appeared to me, robed with the color of living f... ...en, at least depicted,— for the reason that the pilgrim’s staff is carried wreathed with palm.” 16 And I, “Even as by a seal wax which alters not the...

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... That which seemed to us to invest the world was only a narrow and shallow wreath of vapor stretched over the channel of the Merrimack from the seaboa... ...steadily upward in a straight line through a dense undergrowth of mountain laurel, until the trees be gan to have a scraggy and infernal look, as if ... ...ples, stripped of their leaves among the earliest, would soon stand like a wreath of smoke along the edge of the meadow. Already the cattle were heard... ...ride And mock the heavens’ element. . . . . . “Autumn, thy wreath and mine are blent With the same colors, for to me A richer s... ...n bank, surrounded by the glossy leaves of the red variety of the mountain laurel, just above the head of Wicasuck Island, where we could observe some...

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...like Charles Wilcox—the grave-diggers finished their work and piled up the wreaths and crosses above it. The sun set over Hilton; the grey brows of th... ...won’t drive in, but will wait a little short of the front gate, behind the laurels. Have you still the keys of the house?” “Yes.” “Well, they aren’t w...

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...is great tour she had returned to England on the day when Cashel added the laurels of the Flying Dutchman to his trophies; and the next Sunday’s paper... ...o?” Lydia had put on her hat, and was swiftly wrapping herself in a shawl. Wreaths of rosy color were chasing each other through her cheeks; and her e...

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...r searching eyes, a word of thanks from the clear ringing voice, just a slight wreathing of the lips in the wonderful smile, and he walked with the go... ...quiv ered with delight. His eyes narrowed to laughing slits of blue, his face wreathed itself in joy, and his mouth curled in a smile as he cried alo... .... Most of them were the faces of kiddies un born when he was winning his first laurels in the squared ring. He leaped lightly to the raised platform a... ... He raised one hand, and with gnarled and twisted fingers lifted up the blazing wreath of hibiscus that crowned his 19 First magazine publication in Pa... ...ght hand in both his own and shook it with impulsive heartiness. Danny’s smile wreathed face was close to his. The audience yelled its appreciation of...

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...a train of Loves, She gently bears him to her blissful groves, Then with a wreath of myrtle crowns his head, And softly lays him on a flow’ry bed. Cup... ...erable statues of the gods, With ancient V esta from the sacred choir, The wreaths and relics of th’ immortal fire. “Now peals of shouts come thund’ri... ...! Uncover’d but by heav’n, there stood in view An altar; near the hearth a laurel grew, Dodder’d with age, whose boughs encompass round The household ... ...d.’ She said, and with a last salute embrac’d The poor old man, and by the laurel plac’d. Behold! Polites, one of Priam’s sons, Pursued by Pyrrhus, th... ...And the Sun’s temple and his town adore. “Anius, the priest and king, with laurel crown’d, His hoary locks with purple fillets bound, Who saw my sire ... ...uguries unveil thy mind.’ Scarce had I said: he shook the holy ground, The laurels, and the lofty hills around; And from the tripos rush’d a bellowing... ...on Cynthus walking, sees below The merry madness of the sacred show. Green wreaths of bays his length of hair inclose; A golden fillet binds his awful... ...afar, their nightly god they hear, And howl about the hills, and shake the wreathy spear. At length she finds the dear perfidious man; Prevents his fo... ...to prove their skill. And first the gifts in public view they place, Green laurel wreaths, and palm, the victors’ grace: Within the circle, arms and t...

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... Some writers, des- tined to oblivion in after-ages, have been loaded with laurels in their own time; while others, on whom Fame was one day to “wait ... ...s, Bacon’s, Newton’s looks agree; 60 Or in fair series laurell’d bards be shown, A Virgil there, and here an Addison. Then shall t... ...ke Phoebus bear, A brighter Phoebus Phaon might appear; Would you with ivy wreath your flowing hair, Not Bacchus’ self with Phaon could compare: Yet P... ...arms, Restores my fair deserter to my arms! Then round your neck in wanton wreaths I twine, Then you, methinks, as fondly circle mine: ... ...ders of the seeming swain: Oft o’er his back a crooked scythe is laid, And wreaths of hay his sunburnt temples shade: Oft in his harden’d hand a goad ... ... hall. The courtly train, the strangers, and the rest, Crown’d with chaste laurel, and with garlands dress’d, While with rich gums the fuming altars b... ...rystal fountain spread its streams around, The fruitful banks with verdant laurels crown’d. About this spring (if ancient fame say true) The dapper el... ... SIMON HARCOURT . ‘Say, wondrous youth, what column wilt thou choose, What laurell’d arch, for thy triumphant Muse? Though each great ancient court th... ...s, tossed up of Hockley-hole and White’s; Where dukes and butchers join to wreathe my crown, At once the bear and fiddle 274 of the town. O born in s...

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... before them, th’ unwieldy Elephant To make them mirth us’d all his might, & wreathd His Lithe Proboscis; close the Serpent sly Insinuating, wove with... ...hings to mans delightful use; the roofe Of thickest covert was inwoven shade Laurel and Mirtle, and what higher grew Of firm and fragrant leaf; on eit... ... voice, and Clouds began To darken all the Hill, and smoak to rowl In duskie wreathes, reluctant flames, the signe Of wrauth awak’t: nor with less dre... ...fts her Saile; So varied hee, and of his tortuous Traine Curld many a wanton wreath in sight of EVE, To lure her Eye; shee busied heard the sound Of r... ...rough his veins, and all his joynts relax’d; From his slack hand the Garland wreath’d for EVE Down drop’d, and all the faded Roses shed: Speechless he...

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...ffo?” exclaimed a voice from the cavern; and presently, from be- neath the wreaths of geranium and magnolia, appeared an in- tensely venerable, ancien... ...er has remained long in exile. I have seen the fields of Europe where your laurels are now withering, and I have communed with the dead who re- pose b... ...her against that perfidious enemy. “But, Soldiers! intoxication dimmed the laurels of yesterday’s glorious day! Let us drink no more of the fascinatin... ...conveyed to Dublin, to his Majesty the King of the Irish. It will be a new laurel to add to his green crown!” AND THUS HA VE WE brought to a conclusio... ...ron was declared conqueror at the ring; and Jemmy awarded him the prize, a wreath of white roses, which she placed on his lance; he receiving it grace... ...ar hit the right place; for it carried off the Baron’s helmet, plume, rose-wreath and all; but his Excellency hit truer still—his lance took Tagrag on...

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...ven started their co-operative stores to ruin them; and from out the smoke-wreaths of Bir- mingham a finger has begun to write upon the wall the con- ... ...med, the one might have been Lord Protector, and the other have shared the laurels with Isaiah. In this matter we must not forget that all our great p... ...o show forth, falls more and more into neglect. An architect may command a wreath of vine-leaves round the cornice of a monument; but if, as each leaf... ...ears older than I had dreamed myself all night. SKETCHES CHAPTER III – THE WREATH OF IMMORTELLES I T IS ALL VERY WELL to talk of death as ‘a pleasant ... ...e down they neared a grave, where some pious friend or relative had laid a wreath of immortelles, and put a bell glass over it, as is the custom. The ...

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... has noth- ing whatever to do. It is but making her a flaunting paradox to wreathe her in gems and flowers. In enforcing a truth we need severity rath... ...cultured ivy and stone flowers— Up many and many a marvellous shrine Whose wreathed friezes intertwine The viol, the violet, and the vine. Resignedly ... ... who groaned within. 1845. BRIDAL BALLAD The ring is on my hand, And the wreath is on my brow; Satins and jewels grand Are all at my command, And ... ...l did pine — A green isle in the sea, love, A fountain and a shrime, All wreathed with fairy fruits and flowers, And all the flowers were mine. Ah... ...n lovely Earth, Whence sprang the “Idea of Beauty” into birth, (Falling in wreaths thro’ many a startled star, Like woman’s hair ‘mid pearls, until, a... ...d Was giantlike—so thou, my mind!— It was but man, I thought, who shed Laurels upon me: and the rush— The torrent of the chilly air Gurgled within... ...rt not wrong, Israfeli, who despisest An unimpassion’d song: To thee the laurels belong Best bard, because the wisest! Merrily live, and long! The...

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...ather and grandfa- ther. There were painted white chairs, with gilding and wreaths on them, and some lingering red silk damask with slits in it. There... ...rrying—nothing but what society sanc- tions, and considers an occasion for wreaths and bouquets. It had occurred to him that he must not any longer de... ...Out in mid-sea, by guidance of the stars. WHEN DOROTHEA, walking round the laurel-planted plots of the New Hospital with Lydgate, had learned from him... ...ble, and had rubbed elbows with Mr. Bambridge and Mr. Horrock. There was a wreath of Middlemarch ladies accommodated with seats round the large table ...

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... father and grandfather. There were painted white chairs, with gilding and wreaths on them, and some lingering red silk damask with slits in it. There... ...rrying—nothing but what so ciety sanctions, and considers an occasion for wreaths and bouquets. It had oc curred to him that he must not any longer ... ...ut in mid sea, by guidance of the stars. W hen Dorothea, walking round the laurel planted plots of the New Hospital with Lydgate, had learned from him... ...ble, and had rubbed elbows with Mr. Bambridge and Mr. Horrock. There was a wreath of Middlemarch ladies accommodated with seats round the large table ...

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...in a chase, Nor but in merriment a quarrel. O may she live like some green laurel Rooted in one dear perpetual place. My mind, because the minds that ... ...ty born? Ceremony’s a name for the rich horn, And custom for the spreading laurel tree. A MEDITATION IN TIME OF WAR FOR one throb of the artery, While... ...tiful, one a gazelle. But a raving autumn shears Blossom from the summer’s wreath; The older is condemned to death, Pardoned, drags out lonely years C... ...of the sun And all the sensuality of the shade — A moment’s memory to that laurelled head. COOLE PARK AND BALLYLEE, 1931 UNDER my window ledge the wat... ...me cliff sheltered bay Where wades the choir of love Proffering its sacred laurel crowns, They pitch their burdens off. 344 THE COLLECTED POEMS OF W....

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...e door. I went and hid myself at the bottom of the gar- den, in a clump of laurel bushes. How long it was! how long it was! Everything was dark, silen... ...ng his way, I felt the stones, the crosses, the iron rail- ings, the metal wreaths, and the wreaths of faded flowers! I read the names with my fingers...

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... delay is depriving the splendid Russian troops and their commander of the laurels they have been ac- customed to win in their battles,” he concluded ... ...lly . Something cracked in the flames. The fire died down for a moment and wreaths of black smoke rolled from under the roof. There was another terrib... ...When I understood what he wanted—when I saw that he was preparing a bed of laurels for us, you know, I said to myself: ‘That is a mon- arch,’ and I de...

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...ght carrying the child, the other with bowed face crouching by her side. A wreath of immortelles under a glass dome had thus attracted them; and, draw... ...e seen to dance at least by children; flower-plots lying warm in sunshine; laurels and the great yew making elsewhere a pleasing horror of shade; the ...