Watson William
Sir William Watson (1858 – 1935), was an English poet, popular in his time for the political content of his verse. He was born in Burley, in West Yorkshire. He was very much on the traditionalist wing of English poetry. He was a prolific poet of the 1890s, and a contributor to The Yellow Book, without 'decadent' associations. He was also a defender of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, as he dropped out of fashion. On Tennyson's death, Watson was a strong candidate for Poet Laureate but his earlier opposition to the Boer War had made him unpopular and he was passed over for Alfred Austin.
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Cactus Culture for Amateurs
Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country,
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Cactus Culture for Amateurs
Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country,
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sable and purple with other poems
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Originally published in 1910. This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies. All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume.
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rhododendrons azaleas
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pencraft a plea for the older ways
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odes and other poems
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE FIRST SKYLARK OF SPRING Two worlds hast thou to dwell in, Sweet, The virginal, untroubled sky, And this vext region at my feet. Alas, but one have I! To all my songs there clings the shade, The dulling shade, of mundane care. They amid mortal mists are made, Thine, in immortal air. My heart is dashed with griefs and fears ; My song comes fluttering, and is gone. O high above the home of tears, Eternal Joy, sing on ! Not loftiest bard, of mightiest mind, Shall ever chant a note so pure, Till he can cast this earth behind And breathe in heaven secure. We sing of Life, with stormy breath That shakes the lute's distempered string: We sing of Love, and loveless Death Takes up the song we sing. And born in toils of Fate's control, Insurgent from the womb, we strive With proud, unmanumitted soul To burst the golden gyve. Thy spirit knows nor bounds nor bars ; On thee no shreds of thraldom hang: Not more enlarged, the morning stars Their great Te Deum sang. But I am fettered to the sod, And but forget my bonds an hour ; In amplitude of dreams a god, A slave in dearth of power. And fruitless knowledge clouds my soul, And fretful ignorance irks it more. Thou sing'st as if thou knew'st the whole, And lightly held'st thy lore! Somewhat as thou, Man once could sing, In porches of the lucent morn, Ere he had felt his lack of wing, Or cursed his iron bourn. The springtime bubbled in his throat, The sweet sky seemed not far above, And young and lovesome came the note ; Ah, thine is Youth and Love! Thou sing'st of what he knew of old, And dreamlike from afar recalls ; In flashes of forgotten gold An orient glory falls. And as he listens, one by one Life's utmost splendours blaze more nigh; Less inacce...
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ode on the day of the coronation of king edward vii
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: The kings thy far forerunners ; he that came And smote us into greatness ; he whose fame, In dark armipotence and ivied pride, Towers above Conway's tide, And where Carnarvon ponders on the sea ; He, that adventurous name, Who left at Agincourt the knightly head Of France and all its charging plumes o'erthrown, chapter{Section 4But hath with royal-hearted chivalry In Shakespeare's conquests merged at last his And she, a queen, but fashioned king-like, she Before whose prows, before whose tempests, Spain on the ruining night precipitately ; And that worn face, in camps and councils bred, The guest who brought us law and liberty Raised well-nigh from the dead ; Yea, she herself, in whose immediate stead Thou standest, in the shadow of her soul; All these, O King, from their seclusion dread, And guarded palace of eternity, Mix in thy pageant with phantasmal tread, Hear the long waves of acclamation roll, And with yet mightier silence marshal thee To the awful throne thou hast inherited. chapter{Section 5High on the noon and summit of the year Thou art anointed king. Nature disdains not braveries : why should we The sombre foil to all her splendours be ? Let London rustle with rich apparelling, And all the ways, with festal faces lined, Casement and coign and fluttering balcony, Wave welcome on the wind. Now the loud land flames with imperial gear, And life itself, so late in hues austere And the cold reign of iron custom bound, Puts off its gray subjection, and is here One moment throned and crowned. Now the long glories prance and triumph by: And now the pomps have passed, and we depart Each to the peace or strife of his own heart: chapter{Section 6And now the day whose bosom was so high Sinks billowing dow...
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lyric love an anthology
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ireland unfreed poems and verses written in the early months of 1921
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excursions in criticism being some prose recreations of a rhymer
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epigrams of art life and nature
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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: XXXII. TO EDWARD DOWDEN, On learning that he was about to be engaged upon the Life of Shelley. Thy task will yield thee much sad happiness With the sea-amorous Ariel, sea-betray'd. Thyself I gratulate ; and him not less, The swift wild Sprite, who such a friend hath made 1 MICHELANGELO'S " MOSES." The captain's might, and mystery of the seerâ Remoteness of Jehovah's colloquist, Nearness of man's heaven-advocateâare here : Alone Mount Nebo's harsh foreshadow is miss'd.ROCHEFOUCAULD CONSISTENT. Sage Duke, thy creed who runs may read- Men feign in every word and deed. Therewith thy practice well agreed, For sure am I thou feign'dst thy creed, XXXV. THE COURSE OF MUSIC.âTO CERTAIN CONTEMPORARY MUSICIANS. Through Formalism her feet progressâ Reach Form,âyet still would onward press. There bid her tarry ! 'Tis, I guess, But few steps more to Formlessness. Like leaves on the swoln stream of the swift days Do all men somewhither move rushingly; While Man stands at the brink, with eyes that gaze Back to the source and forward to the sea. To keep in sight Perfection, and adore The vision, is the artist's best delight; His bitterest pang, that he can ne'er do more Than keep her long'd-for loveliness in sight. TWO POETS. A peacock's-tail-ljke splendour hath this Muse, With eyes that see not throng'd, and gorgeous hues. The swan's white grace that other wears instead, Stately with stem-like throat and flower-like head. " ON SUCH A NIGHT." On such a night as this, pale Hero found, By the blown waters, the world's sweetness drown'd. And all was woe beneath the moonbeam, save The innumerable laugh of leagues of wave. Thou canst not loose the tangles: let them be. Accept the shadow with the verity. Aye at one birth, Truth and...
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climbing plants
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INTRODUCTION A HANDY treatise on climbing plants for gardens is a welcome addition to garden books. Mr. Watson has for many years lived among climbers from all parts of the world. His chapters on the best climbers for gardens and greenhouses will be useful to all lovers of horticulture. A clear fact in our gardening is that but little of the infinite variety and beauty of the climber is seen ill many gardens this hook should help to a change for the better. After the gift of trees of the earth-mother, the greatest for the gardener are the climbers that adorn them with infinite grace. It is needless to describe their beauty. Botanical and gardening descriptions of them are numer- ous, and nurserymen send out attractive lists of them. So all is well except their cultivation, which is often a dismal failure. Impressed with the fact that in many large gardens it was rare to see a trace of the beauty of climbing plants, and wondering why it was so, J began to make little experiments first of all, and in obedience to their natural habit, which is to grow on trees and bushes in many lands of mountall copse and shore, I have planted them in every position, from an orchard hedgerow to a grove of Magnolias, and have had much success. The plan was to plant one at the base of some shrub or tree in obedience to the natural habit of the climber, and this is best done when the trees and shrubs are young and the ground is fresh, but I have done it in all conditions. Sometimes a tree or shrub overpowers the plant, but this will not happen to the freer kinds, like the Indian species of Clematis, which are so vigorous that one needs have no fear of them. They are easily raised from seed also, so that one is spared the trouble which comes from grafting. Most interest, however, came from getting the larger-flowered Japanese or Chinese species into picturesque and artistic ways. These plants creep up the tree unaided by training or staking, and if not as vigorous as they would be if planted by themselves, they are even more beautiful to see in the light and shadow of the tree. The European Clematis is very free, and will grow in a hedgerow...
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cactus culture for amateurs a concise and practical guide to the management of
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