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... it seemed to me like taking an advantage of the honest, well-meaning man, to enter the lists against him, unaccoutred as he was. Besides, I was so ... ...that it is but labour in vain to study it otherwise, and that it is time wasted even to listen to the wild and visionary hypothesis which every one w... ...in which this weightiest dispute may be brought to issue. To this end I lay off, as the lists within which I purpose to keep myself, and with which a... ...inion they quote that text of our Lord, spoken to Nicodemus, “The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not t... ...im in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the gladness of his heart.” Solomon’s Song, iii. 11. I could expatiate largely upon that composite... ...ty of his conscience was sullied, and finally the sovereignty of the world was lost; he listened to the tempter’s word, he felt the inward shame, an... ...s, in the twentieth chapter of the Apocalypse. 321 The second mystery, or event —the song of the vineyard. 323 From the Scripture it is shown, th...

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..., which Kate never did; it being a relation in which Kate could but mutely listen. She couldn’t indeed too often say to herself that if that was what ... ...n the line of his vision; he saw them, large and black, while he talked or listened, take, in the bright air, singular positions. Sometimes the right ... ...ne might explain, the parties to every relation. Kate did explain, for her listening friend; every one who had anything to give—it was true they were ... ...aid on the other hand wasn’t good enough, and Susie was too good. Kate had listened above all with high indulgence. “And I’m betwixt and between, happ... ...while she thought of all the clean truths, unfringed, unfingered, that the listening still- ness, strained into pauses and waits, would again and agai... ...d, was most in his element at the piano; so that they had coffee and comic songs upstairs—the gentlemen, tempo- rarily relinquished, submitting easily... ...ndows were open; whereby, at a given moment, on the wide balcony, with the songs sufficiently sung, Aunt Maud could hold her little court more freshly... .... “Oh that, of course. Why we’re to have music—beauti- ful instruments and songs; and not Tasso declaimed as in the guide-books either. She has arrang...

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...obert Louis Stevenson A Penn State Electronic Classics Series Publication Songs of Travel and other verses by Robert Louis Stevenson is a publication... ...in the document or for the file as an electronic transmission, in any way. Songs of Travel and other verses by Robert Louis Stevenson, the Pennsylvani... ........................................ 20 *Only those poems with titles are listed here. XXXIII – TO MY WIFE (A Fragment) ............................... ...................................................................... 25 THE SONG ......................................................................... ............................................................. 34 5 Stevenson Songs of Travel and Other Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson I - THE V AGABON... ...k night and the sun And the lost battle, run: If, an adept, The iniquitous lists I still accept With joy, and joy to endure and be withstood, And stil... ...mber? – Ah, could one forget! As when the fevered sick that all night long Listed the wind intone, and hear at last The ever-welcome voice of chanticl... ...he blinding palace-yard shall call The prefect of the singers, and to him, Listening devout, your valedictory verse Deliver; he, his attribute fulfill... ...e groins of branches, lo! The cancers of the orchid grow. Silent as in the listed ring Two chartered wrestlers strain and cling; Dumb as by yellow Hoo...

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...ess doves will draw me through the sky, From morn till night, even where I list to sport me: Is love so light, so sweet boy, and may it be That th... ...eys, and now no more resisteth, While she takes all she can, not all she listeth. What wax so frozen but dissolves with tempering, And yields at las... ...his neck, He on her belly falls, she on her back. Now is she in the very lists of love, her champion mounted for the hot encounter: All is imaginary... ...s. "By this, poor Wat, far off upon a hill, Stands on his hinder legs with listening ear, T o hearken if his foes pursue him still: Anon their loud al... ...ery tongue more moving than your own, Bewitching like the wanton mermaid’s songs, Yet from mine ear the tempting tune is blown; For know, my heart s... ...hem still concludes in woe, And still the choir of echoes answer so. Her song was tedious, and outwore the night, For lovers’ hours are long, though... ...or foul weather. By this, far off she hears some huntsman holla; A nurse’s song ne’er pleas’d her babe so well: The dire imagination she did follow Th...

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...A moment gazed adown the dale, A moment snuffed the tainted gale, A moment listened to the cry, That thickened as the chase drew nigh; Then, as the he... ...nt, And locks flung back, and lips apart, Like monument of Grecian art, In listening mood, she seemed to stand, The guardian Naiad of the strand. XVII... ...ccents of the mountain tongue,— Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear! XIX. A chieftain’s daughter seemed the ma... ...harp unseen Filled up the symphony between. 20 The Lady of the Lake XXXI. Song. Soldier, rest! thy warfare o’er, Sleep the sleep that knows not br... ...ger of the day. Her mellow notes awhile prolong The cadence of the flowing song, Till to her lips in measured frame The minstrel verse spontaneous cam... ...g, Till to her lips in measured frame The minstrel verse spontaneous came. Song Continued. ‘Huntsman, rest! thy chase is done; While our slumbrous ... ... At length, with Ellen in a grove He seemed to walk and speak of love; She listened with a blush and sigh, His suit was warm, his hopes were high. He ... ...d thy strain, Mixed with the sounding harp, O white-haired Allan-bane! II. Song. ‘Not faster yonder rowers’ might Flings from their oars the spray,... ...obeyed, And when a distant bugle rung, In the mid-path aside she sprung:— ‘List, Allan-bane! From mainland cast I hear my father’s signal blast. Be ou...

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...aintily she shrieked And wrung it. ‘Doubt my word again!’ he said. ‘Come, listen! here is proof that you were missed: We seven stayed at Christmas up... ... let the ladies sing us, if they will, From time to time, some ballad or a song To give us breathing-space.’ So I began, A... ... Like linnets in the pauses of the wind: And here I give the story and the songs. I A prince I was, blue-eyed, and fair in face, Of temper amorous, as... ...ut while I meditated A wind arose and rushed upon the South, And shook the songs, the whispers, and the shrieks Of the wild woods together; and a V oi... ...jasmine and the rose: And all about us pealed the nightingale, Rapt in her song, and careless of the snare. There stood a bust of Pallas for a sign, B... ...r countrywoman, I your old friend and tried, she new in all? But still her lists were swelled and mine were lean; Y et I bore up in hope she would be ... ...yond it, whence we saw the lights and heard the voices murmuring. While I listened, came On a sudden the weird seizure and the doubt: I seemed to mov... ... fight, But now fast barred: so here upon the flat All that long morn the lists were hammered up, And all that morn the heralds to and fro, With mess... ...myself the shadow of a dream: And ere I woke it was the point of noon, The lists were ready. Empanoplied and plumed We entered in, and waited, fifty ...

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................................................................... 51 A HATE-SONG. ........................................................................ .......................................................................... 65 SONG FOR ‘TASSO’. ............................................................ .......................................................................... 83 SONG TO THE MEN OF ENGLAND. .................................................. ....................................................... 112 V ARIATION OF THE SONG OF THE MOON. ............................................................ ...t Shelley read during several years. During the years of 1814 and 1815 the list is extensive. It includes, in Greek, Homer, Hesiod, Theocritus, the hi... .... 5. 5. 5. 5. While yet a boy I sought for ghosts, and sped Through many a listening chamber, cave and ruin, _50 And starlight wood, with fearf... ... was an eventful year, and less time was given to study than usual. In the list of his reading I find, in Greek, Theocritus, the Prometheus of Aeschyl... ...fter as one of the most delightful and instructive books in the world. The list is scanty in English works: Locke’s Essay, Political Justice, and Cole... ...s wild, my breath comes quick— _25 The blood is listening in my frame, And thronging shadows, fast and thick, Fall on my ov...

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...gressions by such an expression as “but this would take me too far from my song.” His business is the straight forward tale and nothing else. The ast... ...eds they wrought in their wanderings; may the Muses be the inspirers of my song! (ll. 23 34) First then let us name Orpheus whom once Calliope bare, ... ...an Oeagrus, near the Pimpleian height. Men say that he by the music of his songs charmed the stubborn rocks upon the moun tains and the course of riv... ...hed to quiet, with ears in tent on the enchanting strain; such a charm of song had he left behind in their hearts. Not long after they mixed libation... ... 763 767) And in it was Phrixus the Minyan as though he were in very deed listening to the ram, while it was like one speaking. Beholding them thou w... ...e, but at once spake out among them all: The Argonautica 45 (ll. 11 18) “Listen, ye wanderers by sea, to what it be fits you to know. It is the rul... ...f his chest and spoke among them with prophetic utterance: (ll. 209 239) “Listen, bravest of all the Hellenes, if it be truly ye, whom by a king’s ru... ...end of their voy age and the completion of their journey: (ll. 311 315) “Listen then. Not everything is it lawful for you to know clearly; but whate... ...And Zetes, still drawing hard breath after his toil, spake among the eager listeners, telling them how far they had driven the Harpies and how his pre...

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...; 6 Men’s Wives Jack Snaffle, of the mews hard by, a capital fellow for a song; Clinker, the ironmonger: all married gentlemen, and in the best line ... ...and of an amiable young lady whom we have already mentioned, the dark-eyed song- stress Morgiana Crump. They were both desperately in love with her, t... ...ed for a moment at the threshold of the little house of entertainment, and listened, with beating heart, to the sound of delicious music that a well-k... ...nts of his white kids on his heart, and sighed with ecstatic sympathy. The song began,— “Come to the greenwood tree,* Come where the dark woods b... ...t his back against the opposite door-post and chequers, *The words of this song are copyright, nor will the copyright be sold for less than twopence-h... ... were just to fall on me, you’d smother me! Just sit still on the sofa and listen to reason.” “Well, sir, pro-ceed,” said the barber with a gasp. “Now... ...sten to reason.” “Well, sir, pro-ceed,” said the barber with a gasp. “Now, listen! What’s the darling wish of your heart? I know it, sir! you’ve told ... ...egan to rise in the City as a capitalist, and might be seen in the printed list of directors of many excellent and philanthropic schemes, of which the... ...ish the lesson.” “Y ou hard-hearted adorable little greature, vill you not listen to me?” “No, I vill not listen to you, Benjamin!” concluded the lady...

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...ter Scott Here, where the fretted aisles prolong The distant notes of holy song, As if some angel spoke again, “All peace on earth, goodwill to men;” ... ...king from yon fen the reed, And watch it floating down the T weed; Or idly list the shrilling lay With which the milkmaid cheers her way, Marking its ... ...igh, He might not view with waking eye. The mightiest chiefs of British song Scorned not such legends to prolong: They gleam through Spenser’s elfi... ...r their niggard pay, Fit for their souls, a looser lay, Licentious satire, song, and play; The world defrauded of the high design, Profaned the God-gi... ...t his guard; Low humming, as he paced along, Some ancient Border gathering song. III. A distant trampling sound he hears; He looks abroad, and soon ap... ...ng, And led his sumpter-mules along, And ambling palfrey, when at need Him listed ease his battle-steed. The last and trustiest of the four, On high h... ...h the crest and helm of gold! Full well we know the trophies won In the lists at Cottiswold: There, vainly Ralph de Wilton strove ‘Gainst Marmio... ...m he lost his lady-love, And to the king his land. Ourselves beheld the listed field, A sight both sad and fair; We saw Lord Marmion pierce his ... ...himself he’s muttering, And shrinks as at some unseen thing. Last night we listened at his cell; Strange sounds we heard, and, sooth to tell, He murmu...

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...ettle hot and full, Hath in the skirts of Norway here and there Shark’d up a list of lawless resolutes, For food and diet, to some enterprise That hat... ...phew’s purpose,—to suppress His further gait herein; in that the levies, The lists and full proportions, are all made Out of his subject: and we here... ...al. Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain, If with too credent ear you list his songs, Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open To his u... ...weigh what loss your honor may sustain, If with too credent ear you list his songs, Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure open To his unmaster’d... ... porpentine: But this eternal blazon must not be To ears of flesh and blood. List, list, O, list! If thou didst ever thy dear father love— HAMLET: O ... ...l phrase, As ‘Well, well, we know,’ or ‘We could, an if we would,’ Or ‘If we list to speak,’ or ‘There be, an if they might,’ Or such ambiguous giving... ... And his sandal shoon. QUEEN GERTRUDE : Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song? OPHELIA: Say you? nay, pray you, mark. [Sings.] ... ...have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Your gambols? your songs? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table on a r...

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...shin’-rod. ‘Pon my sainted Sam, but we look the complete Bug-hunters! Now, listen to your Uncle Stalky! We’re goin’ along the cliffs after butterflies... ...other circumstances Stalky and Beetle would have fallen upon him, for that song was barred utterly—anath- ema—the sin of witchcraft. But seeing what h... ...manner of a “gloat,” which is not unremotely allied to the primitive man’s song of triumph, and dropped down the hill by the path from the gasometer j... ...ed leisurely over the combes till they reached the line of notice-boards. “Listen a shake. Foxy’s up wind comin’ down hill like beans. When you hear h... ...would “come all right on the night.” Rudyard Kipling “What about the last song, though?” said the Emperor, a tallish, fair-headed boy with a ghost of... ... time, up the staircase, with a dry whir of the gown. Aladdin and company, listen- ing, squeaked with excitement as the door crashed open. King stumbl... ...id Beetle. Stalky jerked it open with a precautionary sniff. “Phew! Phew! Listen. ‘The house notices with pain and contempt the attitude of indiferen... ...oes not approve. Come into the smoking-room for a minute. It isn’t fair to listen to boys; but they should be now rubbing it into King’s house outside... ...ularity Would suffer did he not! The study door stood ajar; and the song, borne by twenty clear voices, came faint from a form-room. The fags r...

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... this one gives. The first night we were there, we went to bed and to sleep early; but I awoke at the end of two or three hours, and lay a comfortable... ...or. Well, one Sunday morning 13 A Tramp Abroad I was sitting out here in front of my cabin, with my cat, taking the sun, and looking at the blue hill... ...nd fetched it up and dropped it in, and was just tilting his head back, with the heavenliest smile on his face, when all of a sudden he was paralyzed ... ...he privileges of the university, and that is the end of it. He is now ready for business—or play, as he shall prefer. If he elects to work, he finds a... ...se, my dear friend? Have I wounded you? Ah, forgive me; I am overloading you with labor. Therefore go on with the other details, and drop this one fro... ...—and never even cared to discover whether I had dreamed the fire or actually seen it. I am told that in a German concert or opera, they hardly ever en... ...se the matter got noised about or any accident happened. So I char- tered the raft and the crew and took all the responsibilities on myself. With a ra... ...dangers of the deep, and kindred matters; but as the gray east began to redden and the mysterious solemnity and silence of the dawn to give place to t... ...easants would tell him about the ghost that sang in the cave, and that as soon as they described the ballad he would know that none but he and she kne...

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...e for awhile indulging in her usual mood of selfish brooding, in that very listless melancholy attitude in which the honest maid- servant had found he... ...ch Dobbin had bought for her, and sang over all her father’s favourite old songs. She pronounced the tea to be excellent, and praised the exquisite ta... ...ip. At Chatham he followed the parades and drills with great assiduity. He listened with the utmost attention to the conversation of his brother offic... ...nd as soon as he had used him would fling him off with scorn? He would not listen: and so, as Dobbin, upon those days when he visited the 0sborne hous... ...n which Rawdon talked about. If Messrs. Howell and James were to publish a list of the purchasers of all the trinkets which they sell, how surprised w... ... professed to have such a ten- der interest. The hypocrite was looking and listening with all his might in the direction of George’s apartments, strid... ...’s drawing-room singing sweetly to her, in the twilight, her little simple songs and hymns, while the sun was setting and the sea was roaring on the b... ...nick-knacks from Paris, by Rebecca: and when she sat at her piano trilling songs with a lightsome heart, the stranger voted himself in a little paradi... ...er drawing-room, she sat down to the piano and began to sing little French songs in such a charming, thrilling voice that the mollified nobleman speed...

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... retiring and invisible column had ceased to be borne on the breeze to the listeners, and the latest straggler had already disappeared in pursuit; but... ...body to indulge in psalmody, in befitting seasons,” returned the master of song, unhesitatingly complying with her intimation to follow; “and nothing ... ...ment, ere she answered: “I apprehend that he is rather addicted to profane song. The chances of a soldier’s life are but little fitted for the encoura... ...s ever profaned my lips.” “Y ou have, then, limited your efforts to sacred song?” “Even so. As the psalms of David exceed all other language, so does ... ...ston, Anno Domini 1744; and is entitled, ‘The Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of the Old and New Testaments; faithfully translated into English Met... ...orthy conjunction of execution and language than that to which I have been listening; and I was far gone in a learned inquiry into the causes of such ... ...tale, with a solemnity that served to heighten its appear- ance of truth. “Listen, Hawkeye, and your ear shall drink no lie. ’Tis what my fathers have... ...his companion, the Indian was far too dignified to betray his unbelief. He listened like one who was convinced, and resumed his narrative in his forme... ... alarming communication was not received without much secret terror by the listeners, his earnest and impressive manner, aided perhaps by the nature o...

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...o be of the family. And I main- tain it against him, who have nevertheless listened attentively to the eulogies pronounced by the vendors of prize bac... .... At times the party hung still, fancying the voice aloft, and then, after listening to the unrelieved stillness, they laughed, and trod the stiff dry... ...m abashed in any way, for, having preluded, she threw herself into another song. The charm was now more human, though scarcely less powerful. This was... ...rm was now more human, though scarcely less powerful. This was a different song from the last: it was not the sculptured music of the old school, but ... ...th beauty in the thick of sweet anguish. Here, at a certain passage of the song, she gathered herself up and pitched a nervous note, so shrewdly trium... ...by the ladies. She added: “I feel that I sing better when I have people to listen to me.” “You find it more sympathetic, do you not?” remarked Corneli... ...g unexpect- 12 Sandra Belloni edly, without harshness, and winding up the song in a ring- ing melancholy. After a few bars had been sung, Mr. Pericle... ...raptures.” “Very good indeed,” said Mr. Pole. “I’m no judge; but you might listen to that sort of playing after dinner.” Mr. Pericles seemed to think ... ...lfrid would have retired, like a man of honour. As it was, he continued to listen. The tears of his poor little friend, moreover, seemed to hold him t...

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...e whistles rolled out in greeting a chorus cheerful as the April dawn; the song of labor in a city built—it seemed—for giants. II There was nothing of... ...n’t we try something in poetry? Honest, it’d have wonderful pulling-power. Listen: ‘Mid pleasures and palaces, Wherever you may roam, You just prov... ...man who desired to lease a store-building for a pool-room; he ran over the list of home-leases which were about to expire; he sent Thomas Bywaters, a ... ...ere d’ you think you’d be if it wasn’t for our capital behind you, and our lists of properties, and all the prospects we find for you? All you got to ... ...p our tips and close the deal. The hall-porter could sell Babbitt-Thompson listings! You say you’re engaged to a girl, but have to put in your evening... ...show off to the principal, and you can study any subject you want to. Just listen to these! I clipped out the ads of some swell courses.” He snatched ... ...he calf of one plump leg. The drain-pipe was dripping, a dulcet and lively song: drippety drip drip dribble, drippety drip drip drip. He was enchanted... ...y man or woman that has red blood in his veins and on his lips the ancient song of the buccaneers. It’s away with dull drudging, and a fig for care. S... ...ings of beads, all singing to the tune of Auld Lang Syne the official City Song, written by Chum Frink: Good old Zenith, Our kin and kith, Wherever we...

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... countries. ACT I [Enter GOWER .] [Before the palace of Antioch .] To sing a song that old was sung, From ashes ancient Gower is come; Assuming man’s ... ...’d yet, I wish thee happiness! PERICLES: Like a bold champion, I assume the lists, Pericles, Act I, scene i 7 Nor ask advice of any other thought Bu... ...ears: And should he doubt it, as no doubt he doth, That I should open to the listening air How many worthy princes’ bloods were shed, To keep his bed ... ..., scene i 22 SCENE II: The same. A public way or plat form leading to the lists. A pavilion by the side of it for the reception of King, Princess, ... ...ination of the people, especially of the younger sort? BOULT: ‘Faith, they listened to me as they would have hearkened to their father’s testament. ... ...HELICANUS: My lord, I hear none. PERICLES: None! The music of the spheres! List, my Marina. LYSIMACHUS: It is not good to cross him; give him way. ...

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...lf, for the laws against mendicancy were stringent, and the penalties heavy; so he put in a good deal of his time listening to good Father Andrew’s ch... ... came I here to cast away my life?” 22 Mark Twain He walked up and down the floor, filled with name- less fears, listening, starting at every triflin... ...plendid official came marching by these groups, making solemn proclama- tion— “ ! Let none list to this false and foolish matte... ...d to cozen me, the good King thy father, who loveth thee, and kindly useth thee, with a sorry jest?” Poor Tom was listening, as well as his dazed facu... ...rned toward the company: his gentle manner changed, and baleful lightnings began to play from his eyes. He said— “List ye all! This my son is mad; but... ...t- ing, an orgy was beginning; the can of liquor was pass- ing from mouth to mouth. A general cry broke forth— “A song! a song from the Bat and Dick a... ...es to trine.’ (From ‘The English Rogue.’ London, 1665.) Conversation followed; not in the thieves’ dialect of the song, for that was only used in talk... ... passed a troubled night. For a bribe the jailer had furnished liquor to some of the prisoners; singing of ribald songs, fighting, shout- ing, and car...

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...ell as to the abashment and discomfiture of all who shall rashly take up a song against me, that I am not the writer, redacter, or compiler, of the Ta... ..., ‘Am I a toad, woman! that ye spit at me—that ye spit at me?’ and without listening to any answer or excuse, drove her out of his garden with impreca... ...sit late in the evening, seasoning their liquor with many choice tales and songs. The last inci- dent which I recollect, was my learned and worthy pat... ...t from old Mar- tin Elliot of the Preakin-tower, noted in Border story and song, was on his return from deer-stalking. The deer, once so numerous amon... ... hand, and in such a bogilly bit too, where we know not what beings may be listening to us!” 26 “Hush, hush!” said Hobbie, drawing nearer to his com-... ...For glaunsing ee, or brow so brent, Or cheek with rose and lilye blent, Me lists not ficht with the. —Romance of the Falcon. T he tower, before which ... ... suffered or sustained;—Wad ye but come out a gliff; man, or but say ye’re listening?— Aweel, since ye winna answer, I’se e’en proceed wi’ my tale. Ye... ...is reluctant hand “there is nothing you can impose on me, save the task of listening to this man’s persecution, that I will call, or think, a hardship...