Poems
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Lies their lake who dream of glassier sea, * So, beneath His skies, among His mountains, Smiles to Heaven His lake of Galilee.
As, beneath the summer moon at midnight Sleeps the hillside where they mused their fate, So, beneath the same sweet moon that saw Him Once in anguish, sleeps His Olivet.
As the world, now His, though still it slumber. Still may dream of dawn because He rose, t So the sleepers in the vale t may wait Him, Wait the hour which He Who Liveth knows. § * " A sea of glass, like... crystal. "^Rev. Iv, G.
t " Because I live, ye shall live also. " [On a monument in the English burial-ground at Rome ; on another side of which are the Avords, " Until tJic day daimii^'^ i Ezek. Xxxvii. 1. § Ezek. Xxxvii. 3.
107 GUY GKEY.
I.
Guy Grey, a yeoman, and a yeoman's son, Own'd one small farm at Ashby Grey : his race Tirae-bonour'd tlierc already when Sir Guy, Sir Guy de Grey, died well in Holy Land, Steeping the Red Cross with his own best blood. John Grey, first yeoman of the line, was son, Sole 8on, but scantly heir, of John, last squire ; Whose weighty burdens, dowagers and aunts, And daughters eight, left little for himself, A thriftless, careless, easy, soft good man, "Wherewith to cope with litigant as strong As the great lord who, stirr'd by Lawyer Dicks, Made claims, pick'd quarrel, dragg'd him on and on.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Lies their lake who dream of glassier sea, * So, beneath His skies, among His mountains, Smiles to Heaven His lake of Galilee.
As, beneath the summer moon at midnight Sleeps the hillside where they mused their fate, So, beneath the same sweet moon that saw Him Once in anguish, sleeps His Olivet.
As the world, now His, though still it slumber. Still may dream of dawn because He rose, t So the sleepers in the vale t may wait Him, Wait the hour which He Who Liveth knows. § * " A sea of glass, like... crystal. "^Rev. Iv, G.
t " Because I live, ye shall live also. " [On a monument in the English burial-ground at Rome ; on another side of which are the Avords, " Until tJic day daimii^'^ i Ezek. Xxxvii. 1. § Ezek. Xxxvii. 3.
107 GUY GKEY.
I.
Guy Grey, a yeoman, and a yeoman's son, Own'd one small farm at Ashby Grey : his race Tirae-bonour'd tlierc already when Sir Guy, Sir Guy de Grey, died well in Holy Land, Steeping the Red Cross with his own best blood. John Grey, first yeoman of the line, was son, Sole 8on, but scantly heir, of John, last squire ; Whose weighty burdens, dowagers and aunts, And daughters eight, left little for himself, A thriftless, careless, easy, soft good man, "Wherewith to cope with litigant as strong As the great lord who, stirr'd by Lawyer Dicks, Made claims, pick'd quarrel, dragg'd him on and on.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Thomas Jones Powys to read onlineMoreLess
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