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. 1858 Excerpt: ...trooping through the sky, In chorus swell that mountain-melody; It comes from mortal children of the earth! These are the voices that so late did cheer Our tent with laughter; from the hills they come With friendly sound unto our listening ear, A jocund farewell to our glimmering home. Loth are our guests, though they ...
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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. 1858 Excerpt: ...trooping through the sky, In chorus swell that mountain-melody; It comes from mortal children of the earth! These are the voices that so late did cheer Our tent with laughter; from the hills they come With friendly sound unto our listening ear, A jocund farewell to our glimmering home. Loth are our guests, though they have lingered long, That our sweet tent at last should leave their sight; So with one voice they sing a parting song, Ere they descend behind the clouds of night. Nor are we mute; an answering shout we wake, At each short pause of the long, lengthening sound, Till all is silent as the silent Lake, And every noise above, below, around, Seems in the brooding night-sky's depth of slumber drowned! Soon from that calm our spirits start again With blither vigour; nought around we see Save lively images of mirth and glee, And playful fancies hurry through our brain. Shine not, sweet Moon! with such a haughty light; Ye stars! behind your veil of clouds retire; For we shall kindle on the earth, this night, To drown your feeble rays, a joyous fire. Bring the leaves withering in the holly-shade, The oaken branches sapless now and hoar. The fern no longer green, and whins that fade 'Mid the thin sand that strews the rocky shore. Heap them above that new-awakened spark: Soon shall a pyramid of flame arise; Now the first rustling of the vapour, hark! The kindling spirit from its prison flies, And in an instant mounts in glory to the skies! Far gleams the Lake, as in the light of day, Or when, from mountain-top, the setting sun, Ere yet his earth-delighting course is run, Sheds on the slumbering wave a purple ray. A bright'ning verdure runs o'er every field, As if by potent necromancer shed, And a dark wood is suddenly revealed, A glory resting on its ancien...
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Add this copy of The Poetical Works of Professor Wilson to cart. $30.00, good condition, Sold by Library Market rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waynesville, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1874 by William Blackwood and Sons.
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Good. ***please read*** moderate shelf wear with moderate corner bumps, scuffing-pencil note on title page binding cracked but intact inside back board-bookstore label on back pastedown-no marks on text-560 pages-my shelf location-32-c-26.
Add this copy of The Poetical Works of Professor Wilson to cart. $53.20, new condition, Sold by Revaluation Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Exeter, DEVON, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2009 by BiblioBazaar.
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Add this copy of The Poetical Works of Professor Wilson to cart. $64.28, very good condition, Sold by Rooke Books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from BATH, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1858 by William Blackwood and Sons.
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None. Very Good. An anthology of the poetry of the Scotsman John Wilson, including all of his most beloved poems. A collection of the poetical works of the Scottish poet, Professor John Wilson. Wilson was known for writing under the pseudonym Christopher North for 'Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine'. He was also a Moral Philosophy professor at the University of Edinburgh. This selection contains 'The Isle of Palms', 'The City of the Plague', 'The Convict', and a wide selection of miscellaneous poems and sonnets. In a full calf binding. Externally, generally smart, with some light marks to the boards and spine. Minor wear to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean with some odd handling marks. Very Good.
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