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.......................................................................... 68 May Song. .................................................................... .......................................................................... 74 May Song. .................................................................... .......................................................................... 99 May........................................................................... ...stablished finds itself not wholly severed even now (although its strength may be immeasurably weakened in the comparison), inasmuch as this page brin... ...m the language in which they were originally clothed, to one to which they may as yet have been strangers. Preeminently is this the case with Goethe, ... ...ate. In fact, it is not a translation, but a paraphrase that they give. It may perhaps be thought that the present transla- tions go almost to the oth... ...ft out by me owing to their trifling and uninteresting na- ture). The same may be said of the Odes, Sonnets, Miscella- neous Poems, &c. In addition to... ...lume. A sketch of the life of Goethe is prefixed, in order that the reader may have before him both the Poet himself and the Poet’s offspring, and tha... ...ave before him both the Poet himself and the Poet’s offspring, and that he may see that the two are but one— that Goethe lives in his works, that his ...

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...ING HENRY VI : [Aside] I know not what to say; my title’s weak.— Tell me, may not a king adopt an heir? YORK: What then? KING HENRY VI : An if he... ...ry, be thy title right or wrong, Lord Clifford vows to fight in thy defence: May that ground gape and swallow me alive, Where I shall kneel to him tha... ...rd Warwick, but my son, Whom I unnaturally shall disinherit. But be it as it may: I here entail The crown to thee and to thine heirs for ever; Condit... ...our grace: till then I’ll follow her. QUEEN MARGARET : Come, son, away; we may not linger thus. [Exeunt QUEEN MARGARET and PRINCE EDWARD .] KING HEN... ...ve to me and to her son Hath made her break out into terms of rage! Revenged may she be on that hateful duke, Whose haughty spirit, winged with desire... ...ok an oath that he should quietly reign. EDWARD: But for a kingdom any oath may be broken: I would break a thousand oaths to reign one year. RICHARD:... ... And made an evening at the noontide prick. YORK: My ashes, as the phoenix, may bring forth A bird that will revenge upon you all: And in that hope I... ...d; And I, to make thee mad, do mock thee thus. Stamp, rave, and fret, that I may sing and dance. Thou wouldst be fee’d, I see, to make me sport: York ... ...ies.] QUEEN MARGARET : Off with his head, and set it on York gates; So York may overlook the town of York. [Flourish. Exeunt.] Henry VI, Part III , A...

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...this sword that I am girt withal doth me great sorrow and cumbrance, for I may not be delivered of this sword but by a knight, but he must be a passin... ... deeds, and without villainy or treachery, and without trea- son. And if I may find such a knight that hath all these virtues, he may draw out this sw... ...od, said the damosel, ye say sooth; therefore ye shall assay to do what ye may. Then Balin took the sword by the girdle and sheath, and drew it out ea... ... be pleased. God thank your highness, said Balin, your bounty and highness may no man praise half to the value; but at this time I must needs depart, ... ...at gentlewoman was causer of my father’s death. Truly, said King Arthur, I may not grant neither of their heads with my worship, therefore ask what ye... ... never in my court; therefore withdraw you out of my court in all haste ye may. Then Balin took up the head of the lady, and bare it with him to his h... ...ng Arthur. As for that, said Balin, I will hie me, in all the haste that I may, to meet with King Rience and destroy him, either else to die therefore... ... with King Rience and destroy him, either else to die therefore; and if it may hap me to win him, then will King Arthur be my good and gracious lord. ... ...of King Mark. First, said the king, tell me your name. Sir, said Balan, ye may see he beareth two swords, thereby ye may call him the Knight with the ...

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..., and widow them all: let me have a child at fifty, to whom Herod of Jewry may do homage: find me to marry me with Octavius Caesar, and companion me... ... up For the main soldier: whose quality, going on, The sides o the world may danger: much is breeding, Which, like the courser s hair, hath yet but... ...y that same eye, there s some good news. What says the married woman? You may go: Would she had never given you leave to come! Let her not say tis I... ...CAESAR, reading a letter, LEPIDUS, and their Train.] OCTAVIUS CAESAR: You may see, Lepidus, and henceforth know, It is not Caesar s natural vice to h... ...nuch has: tis well for thee, That, being unseminar d, thy freer thoughts May not fly forth of Egypt. Hast thou affections? MARDIAN: Yes, gracious ... ...ean cooks Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite; That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor Even till a Lethe d dulness! [E... ...Antony. POMPEY: I know not, Menas, How lesser enmities may give way to greater. Were t not that we stand up against them all, Twe... ...ave entertained cause enough To draw their swords: but how the fear of us May cement their divisions and bind up The petty difference, we yet not kno... ...ned us was most great, and let not A leaner action rend us. What s amiss, May it be gently heard: when we debate Our trivial difference loud, we do ...

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...ked the tuft of friars, and set the fallen abbot on his legs. The friars, it may be well supposed, and such of the king’s men as escaped unhurt from t... ... “what have we pillars of the faith to do with the long bow?” “Be that as it may,” said Sir Ralph, “he is an outlaw from this moment.” “So much the wo... ...y. The courtly pad doth amble, When his gay lord would ramble: But both may catch An awkward scratch, If they ride among the bramble: The bra... ...rment. But wherefore does the sheep wear wool? That he in season sheared may be, Maid Marian T. L. Peacock 9 And the shepherd be warm though ... ...ical historical, or natural superinductive. And thereby hangs a tale, which may be ei ther said or sung: The damsel stood to watch the fight By ... ...he crimson stain. “Thus you see how good comes of evil, and how a holy friar may fare better on fast day for the violent death of two lovers two hund... ...ear no goodwill to Sir Ralph; and if she should espy him from her tower, she may testify her recog nition with a cloth yard shaft. She is not so infa... ...e friar, “but there is such a fear, and very strong too. You who have it not may keep your way, and I who have it shall take mine. I am not just now i... ...the slender beech and the sapling oak, That grow by the shadowy rill, You may cut down both at a single stroke, You may cut down which you will. ...

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...him on the way; And he is furnish’d with no certainties More than he haply may retail from me. NORTHUMBERLAND: Now, Travers, what good tidings comes ... ...n all bosoms, that, each heart being set On bloody courses, the rude scene may end, And darkness be the burier of the dead! TRAVERS: This strained pa... ...his cheek; and yet he will not stick to say his face is a face royal: God may finish it when he will, ’tis not a hair amiss yet: he may keep it stil... ...be crowing as if he had writ man ever since his father was a bachelor. He may keep his own grace, but he’s almost out of mine, I can assure him. Wha... ...yards of satin, as I am a true knight, and he sends me security. Well, he may sleep in security; for he hath the horn of abundance, and the lightnes... ...FALSTAFF: I am as poor as Job, my lord, but not so patient: your lordship may minister the potion of imprisonment to me in respect of poverty; but h... ...; but how should I be your patient to follow your prescriptions, the wise may make some dram of a scruple, or indeed a scruple itself. Lord Chief Ju... ...rewsbury hath a little gilded over your night’s exploit on Gad’s hill: you may thank the unquiet time for your quiet o’er posting that action. FALSTAF... ...Lord Hastings, standeth thus; Whether our present five and twenty thousand May hold up head without Northumberland? HASTINGS: With him, we may. LORD ...

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...at I should have supposed to be the less congenial field of art: there she may now be said to rage, and with special severity in all that touches dial... ... rocks ahead. Thus, if I wish the diphthong ou to have its proper value, I may write oor instead of our; many have done so and lived, and the pillars ... ...t of Montargis, 1878 III – THE CANOE SPEAKS On the great streams the ships may go About men’s business to and fro. But I, the egg-shell pinnace, sleep... ..., Of sweeter cedar, pithier pine, Is fashioned on so frail a mould, A hand may launch, a hand withhold: I, rather, with the leaping trout Wind, among ... ... Piero’s muttonham – I your defaulting debtor am. Perchance, reviving, yet may I To your sea-paven city hie, And in Felze, some day yet Light at your ... ...the green You fare that moment, or the gray; Whether you dwell in March or May; Or whether treat of reels and rods Or of the old unhappy gods: Still l... ...ught volunteers of death, Our cheerful General on high With careless looks may pass you by. XXIV Not yet, my soul, these friendly fields desert, Where... ...from the short I, as in grin, to the open E, as in mere. Find the blind, I may remark, are prounced to rhyme with the preterite of grin. I – THE MAKER... ... after lear – Some auld professor or young heir, If still there’s either – May find an’ read me, an’ be sair Perplexed, puir brither! “What tongue doe...

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...ngines called leading articles, which fling fire or water, as the occasion may require. It turned out that we had ships ready for launching, and certa... ...the action of the Press upon the country: and per- haps the country shaken may suffer a comparison with the family chariot of the last century, built ... ...s dues; he will not pay the additional penny or two wanted of him, that we may be a step or two ahead of the day we live in, unless he is frightened. ... ...s of men in a greater degree than their appetites: these are my theme; and may it be my fortune to keep them at bloodheat, and myself calm as a statue... ...ptivity of shine and shade I hold it good to aim at, if at the same time I may keep my characters at blood-heat. I shoot my arrows at a mark that is p... ... really anything serious?’ said she. ‘I am writing French, ma’am.’ ‘Then I may help you. It must be very absorbing, for you did not hear my knock at y... .... We go too far in pretending to despise every insult pitched at us. A man may do for his country what he wouldn’t do for himself.’ 12 Beauchamp’s Ca... ...and Commons in epitome. The Earl gave way; the Barons gave way. Mighty men may thrash numbers for a time; in the end the numbers will be thrashed into... ...wars, though frequent, were not constant, and they wanted occupation: they may even have felt that they were bound in no com- mon degree to the pursui...

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...ad protested, sword in hand, against the establishment of the republic, he may perhaps have hoped to derive greater profit from this journey into a fo... ...dotes, and the political or parliamentary tittle-tattle —if the expression may pass—which at that time was rife. It is well known that he was immensel... ...collect the elite of marrying men about his youngest daugh- ter. Those who may have tried to solve the difficult problem of settling a haughty and cap... ... children, who seem to say to their mother, “Make haste to kiss me, that I may go to play.” In short, Emilie vouchsafed to be fond of her parents. But... ...e right of making him retire; and he must bear an Order, that the sentries may present arms to us.” And these rare qualifications would count for noth... ...h the light carelessness of a mistress confident of pleasing, whatever she may do. “My dear child,” said Monsieur de Fontaine, gravely, “I sent for yo... ...at this moment under the necessity of making such a choice of a husband as may secure your du- rable happiness—” “My good father,” replied Emilie, ass... ...w. So now, my dear, my consent is given beforehand, whoever the son-in-law may be whom you introduce to me; but if you should be unhappy, remember you... ...ill not refuse to advise me.” “No, my poor child, no;—and more than once I may have occasion to cry , ‘Beware!’ Remember that the making of peers is s...

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...’ ‘I hold with you in that, Patie,’ said Bishop Kennedy; ‘and frown as you may, my young liege, a few years with such as he would do more for you—as i... ... retire for consultation to the Bishop’s apartment, a permission which, as may well be believed, he granted readily, only rejoicing that he was not wa... ...died on his way home from pilgrimage. She hopes to pray at his tomb that I may tread in his steps, and be a blessing and not a curse to the land we lo... ...ights indeed! Highland thieves,’ said Jean; ‘and ’tis for what tocher they may force from you, James, not for her face.’ ‘Y ou are right there, my pui... ... to the wolves, even to save himself.’ ‘No, indeed,’ broke in the King; we may not have them fighting down here, though it would be rare sport to look... ...will dare to molest them, and I shall go on to St. Andrews or Stirling, as may seem fittest; while we leave old Seneschal Peter to keep the castle gat... ... the Border, when the Lady Glenuskie will see to your appearing as nigh as may be as befits the daughters of Scotland among your English kin.’ ‘But we... ... sight of her is sunshine, and wha kens but in the stour of this journey I may have the chance of standing by her and defending her, and showing what ... ...efending her, and showing what a leal Scot’s heart can do? Or if not, if I may not win her, I shall still be in sight of her blessed blue een!’ David ...

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...h. Also, there was not a single American vessel of war in the harbor. This may sound bloodthirsty; but remember, I had come with a grievance upon me—t... ...rn corners almost at right angles, cross other lines, and for aught I know may run up the sides of houses. There is no visible agency of their flight,... ...which was chiefly hoarding. Some day, perhaps, whatever sort of government may obtain in this country will make a restoration of the place and keep it... ...ps of a judge. Forgive me for recording one tale that struck me as new. It may interest the up-country Bar in India. Once upon a time there was Samuel... ...our passed ere the lawyer returned alone. Mutely the audience questioned. “May it p-p-please the c-court,” said Samuel-son, “my client’s case is a b-b... ...een mile out yonder somewheres. That was the b-b- best I could do for him, may it p-p-please the court.” The young man, escaping punishment in lieu of... ... is an omen,” said I. “He has done all things in all seri- ousness, and he may be purchased for half a guinea. Those who desire information of the mos... ...r earlier stages—that is to say, a man worth three or four million dollars may be a good talker, clever, amus- ing, and of the world; a man with twice... ...e public affairs of the city or state as rake muck with a steam-shovel. It may be that their lofty disdain covers self- ishness, but I should be very ...

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... of the siege of Troy, or the history of Jerusalem taken by Titus. The one may be found in Homer, and the other in Josephus. Or if they prefer doings ... ... broad back done up in black silk not of the newest. The whole figure, one may say, was dumpy. The black silk was not long, as dresses now are worn, n... ...seem utterly to crush a man; and if there be any misfortune to which a man may be allowed to succumb without imputation on his manli- ness, surely it ... ...et, also, was of the best; and so, by degrees, the look of despairing dis- may passed from his face, and some scintillations of the old fire returned ... ...ae. That the red-rosed harpy was Miss Grogram, that I remembered;— that, I may say, I shall never forget. But whether the motherly lady with the somew... ...eir regimentals; and when—” So much she said, and something more, which it may be unnecessary that I should repeat; but such were her eloquence and lo... ...as been talked about a good deal, certainly,” I continued. “But perhaps it may be al- together a different circumstance.” “And what may be the circums...

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...ble). I dare say I could recall as many more names with a little effort. I may be succumbing to the infirmities of middle age, but I do not think the ... ...ries in English. I do not know how far the decline in short- story writing may not be due to that. Every sort of artist de- mands human responses, and... ...ely for a publisher’s cheque and silence, however reassur- ing that cheque may be. A mad millionaire who commissioned masterpieces to burn would find ... ...sensitive to atmospheric conditions. But after one has died as a maker one may still live as a critic, and I will confess I am all for laxness and var... ...upon the liberties of the Small Picture. The short story is a fiction that may be read in something under an hour, and so that it is moving and deligh... ...ort story, as the jolly art of making something very bright and moving; it may be horrible or pathetic or funny or beautiful or profoundly illuminatin... ...ment upon Academic impostors, there is no apologetic intermediate state. I may add that I have tried to set a date to most of these stories, but that ... ...have anticipated we should be. Indeed, I would rejoice secretly, though it may be unmanly weakness to ad- mit it, even to hear Jane sing “Daisy,” or, ... ...y a ring—hammyfist.” “Well, Jane, when you are properly engaged to him you may ask him round here on Sunday afternoons, and have tea with him in the k...

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...hing in this world, I reflected, even the command of a nice little barque, may be made a delusion and a snare for the unwary spirit of pride in man. F... ...eve in its respect for decency. An elemental force is ruthlessly frank. It may, of course, have been Hermann’s skilful seamanship, but to me it looked... ...suppose had no money to spare for dredging operations. I don’t know how it may be now, but at the time I speak of that sand-bank was a great nuisance ... ...rmann.” He stopped for a moment before my chair and looked down fixedly; I may even say he glared: and he went so far as to make a deep noise in his t... ... resolutely in English, but with a strong foreign twang, “Go ahead!” There may be tides in the affairs of men which taken at the flood … and so on. Pe... ...ann I believe, but a man is bound to be pleased at any little advantage he may get. Captain Hermann is a good busi- ness man, and there’s no such thin... ... You just ask Mr. Ferdinand da Costa. That’s the engineer he has now. Y ou may have seen him about my place, a delicate dark young man, with very fine... ... forget Schomberg’s existence, till he grabbed my arm urgently. “Well, you may think and think till every hair of your head falls off, captain; but yo... ...had been helping Falk with a good bit of money from the start. In fact you may say they made him as far as that goes. It so happened that just at the ...

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...remaining ships and men. He had expected to find pearls in Britain, and he may have found a few for anything I know; but, at all events, he found deli... ...y could not persuade. So, altogether, the Britons were very badly off, you may believe. They were in such distress, in short, that they sent a letter ... ...ill inspires some of our best English laws, so, let you and I pray that it may animate our English hearts, at least to this—to resolve, when we see an... ...he land—a A Child’s Histroy of England 32 hunted wolf, whose life any man may take, at any time. Command that robber to depart!’ ‘I will not depart!’... ...s blood, yet it was not before he had killed and wounded many of them. You may imagine what rough lives the kings of those times led, when one of them... ...hat I have met with some harm. Please you to give me a cup of wine, that I may drink here, in the saddle, to you and to my little brother, and so ride... ...he opposite party sat gave way, and some were killed and many wounded. You may be pretty sure that it had been weakened under Dunstan’s direction, and... ..., who could say unto the sea, ‘Thus far shalt thou go, and no farther!’ We may learn from this, I think, that a little sense will go a long way in a k... ...down and riding over men, women, and children. This did not last long, you may believe. The men of Dover set upon them with great fury, killed ninetee...

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.... The Native States have a wholesome horror of English newspa- pers, which may throw light on their peculiar methods of government, and do their best ... ...rses from the North load and unload. All the nationalities of Central Asia may be found there, and most of the folk of India proper. Balkh and Bokhara... ...t men that God Almighty ever made. Nothing more, I do assure you.’ “ ‘That may be,’ says Billy Fish, ‘and yet I should be sorry if it was.’ He sinks h... ...s that snow to a rope bridge over a ravine with a river at the bottom. You may have seen such. They prodded him behind like an ox. ‘Damn your eyes!’ s...

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...I guess.” “Think any of the boys ‘ll run?” persisted the youth. “Oh, there may be a few of ‘em run, but there’s them kind in every regiment, ‘speciall... ...yeh. An’ your head’ll be all het up an’ feel as dry as burnt pork. An’ yeh may git a lot ‘a other sicknesses, too, by mornin’. Y eh can’t never tell. ... ... or even with the ways of society. Let the unfortu- nates rail; the others may play marbles. He did not give a great deal of thought to these battles ...

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...esome work of slaughter: and you know what a dread they have of moping. She was famous for her fun and high spirits besides her good looks, which you may judge of for yourself on a walk down most of our great noblemen?s collections of pictures in England, where you will behold her as the goddess Diana fitting an arrow to a bow; and elsewhere an Amazon holding a spear; or a...

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... was famous for her fun and high spirits besides her good looks, which you may judge of for yourself on a walk down most of our great noblemen’s colle... ...ut the adventures of a broomstick, with the aid of a yashmak and an ankle, may know the world; you had better not know him—that is my remark; and do n... ...elf where he had been wanting in Intention and Deter- mination.’ There you may see a truly terrible man. So the emperor being immensely taken with Kir... ... night, at all events. He sat in the midst 9 George Meredith of them, you may believe, like the lord of that table, with his great white beard and ha... ... sight. They expected an onslaught at some point of the procession, and it may be believed they wished it, if only that they might see something for t... ...and foreign. And that is how men are taught to think they know our sex and may despise it! I could preach them a lesson. Those men might as well not b... ...nk. To show the oddness of things and how opposite to one another brothers may be, his elder, the uncle of Curtis, and Baldwin, was the renowned old A... ...assured me they should be taken for aspirates, and mean no harm; and so it may be, but heartily do I rejoice that aspirates, have been dropped by peop... ...ing to the tale, it was the surviving ser- vant, by whom he, or whoever it may have been, was acci- dentally shot. We are in a perfect tangle. On the ...

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...e I Was Looking a Long While Thought Miracles Sparkles from the Wheel To a Pupil Unfolded Out of the Folds What Am I After All Kosmos Others May Praise What They Like Who Learns My Lesson Complete? Tests The Torch O Star of France The Ox-Tamer An Old Man's Thought of School Wandering at Morn Italian Music in Dakota With All Thy Gifts My Picture-Gallery ...

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...ng; or, Damon II. Summer; or, Alexis III. Autumn; or, Hylas and Ægon IV. Winter; or, Daphne Windsor Forest Paraphrases from Chaucer January and May; or, The Merchant’s Tale The Wife of Bath The Temple of Fame Translations from Ovid Sappho to Phaon The Fable of Dryope Vertumnus and Pomona An Essay on Criticism Part I Part II Part III Ode for Music on St. Ce...