There the Earth hides within her glowing breast The beamy adamant, and the round pearl Enchased in rugged covering; which the slave, With perilous and breathless toil, tears off From the rough sea-rock, deep beneath the waves. 'Part, raging waters! By JENNA FRYER Were I a Shepherd on the hill And ever as the mists withdrew Could see the willows of the rill Shading the footway to the mill Where once I walk'd with you And as away Night's shadows sail, And sounds of birds and brooks arise, Believe, that from the woody vale I hear your voice upon the gale In soothing melodies; And viewing from the Alpine height, The prospect dress'd in hues of air, Could say, while transient colours bright Touch'd the fair scene with dewy light, 'Tis, that her eyes are there ! Get Notified when Emanuel Nmn Smith's info changes. 'twas where this promontory rears Its rugged brow above the channel wave, Parting the hostile nations, that thy fame, Thy naval fame was tarnish'd, at what time Thou, leagued with the Batavian, gavest to France One day of triumphtriumph the more loud, Because even then so rare. Smith goes on to ask, why should those who feel nothing but despair not turn to death in the hope that it will relieve them of their grief? Charlotte D Smith. She detested living in commercial Cheapside (the family later moved to Southgate and Tottenham) and argued with her in-laws, whom she saw as unrefined and uneducated. Time, an Afternoon in April, 1793.Long wintry months are past; the Moon that nowLights her pale crescent even at noon, has madeFour times her revolution; since with step,Mournful and slow, along the wave-worn cliff,Pensive I took my solitary way,Lost in despondence, while contemplatingNot my own wayward destiny alone,(Hard as it is, and difficult to bear! Trained as a paratrooper, Smith was never deployed overseas. Now bright, and brighter still the colours glow, Till half the lustrous orb within the flood Seems to retire: the flood reflecting still Its splendor, and in mimic glory drest; Till the last ray shot upward, fires the clouds With blazing crimson; then in paler light, Long lines of tenderer radiance, lingering yield To partial darkness; and on the opposing side The early moon distinctly rising, throws Her pearly brilliance on the trembling tide. She also wrote two volumes of a history of England (1806) and A Natural History of Birds (1807, posthumous). He was 95. She had already had several major operations. As Heaven's pure air, Fresh as it blows on this arial height, Or sound of seas upon the stony strand, Or inland, the gay harmony of birds, And winds that wander in the leafy woods; Are to the unadulterate taste more worth Than the elaborate harmony, brought out From fretted stop, or modulated airs Of vocal science.So the brightest gems, Glancing resplendent on the regal crown, Or trembling in the high born beauty's ear, Are poor and paltry, to the lovely light Of the fair star, that as the day declines, Attendant on her queen, the crescent moon, Bathes her bright tresses in the eastern wave. Sylvia Stitt Smith Expand search. Her return to poetry, Beachy Head and Other Poems (1807) also appeared posthumously. Fear thee, O Death! Along with praise, Smith also received backlash from other writers. [3] An array of periodicals reviewed her works, including the Anti-Jacobin Review, the Analytical Review, the British Critic, The Critical Review, the European Magazine, the Gentleman's Magazine, the Monthly Magazine, and the Universal Magazine. Who feed on England's vitals- PensionersOf base corruption, who, in quick ascentTo opulence unmerited, becomeGiddy with pride, and as ye rise, forgettingThe dust ye lately left, with scorn look downOn those beneath ye (tho' your equals onceIn fortune, and in worth superior still,They view the eminence, on which ye stand,With wonder, not with envy; for they knowThe means, by which ye reach'd it, have been suchAs, in all honest eyes, degrade ye farBeneath the poor dependent, whose sad heartReluctant pleads for what your pride denies): Ye venal, worthless hirelings of a Court! And then, before the chilling North The tawny foliage falling light, Seems, as it flits along the earth, The footfall of the busy Sprite, Who wrapt in pale autumnal gloom, Calls up the mist-born Mushroom. Oh ! Yet otherwhile it seem'd as if young Hope Her flattering pencil gave to Fancy's hand, And in his wanderings, rear'd to sooth his soul Ideal bowers of pleasureThen, of Solitude And of his hermit life, still more enamour'd, His home was in the forest; and wild fruits And bread sustain'd him. Born Charlotte Turner in London, England, on May 4, 1749; died in Tilford, near Farnham, Surrey, on October 28, 1806; eldest daughter of Nicholas Turner of Stoke House, Surrey, and Anna (Towers) Turner; sister of Catherine Ann Dorset (c. 1750-c. 1817, a noted writer of children's books); married Benjamin Smith, in 1765; children: 12, one of whom, A unique and lasting tribute for a loved one. The whole idea at that time was that I was going to be a race car driver, Smith later recalled, according to the Speedway Motorsports statement. must have been cross'd in love For often, stretch'd upon the mountain turf With folded arms, and eyes intently fix'd Where ancient elms and firs obscured a grange, Some little space within the vale below, They heard him, as complaining of his fate, And to the murmuring wind, of cold neglect And baffled hope he told.The peasant girls These plaintive sounds remember, and even now Among them may be heard the stranger's songs. SWELLS then thy feeling heart, and streams thine eyeO'er the deserted being, poor and old,Whom cold, reluctant, parish charityConsigns to mingle with his kindred mould?Mourn'st thou, that here the time-worn sufferer endsThose evil days still threatening woes to come;Here, where the friendless feel no want of friends,Where even the houseless wanderer finds a home!What though no kindred crowd in sable forth,And sigh, or seem to sigh, around his bier;Though o'er his coffin with the humid earthNo children drop the unavailing tear?Rather rejoice that here his sorrows cease,Whom sickness, age, and poverty oppress'd;Where death, the leveller, restores to peaceThe wretch who living knew not where to rest.Rejoice, that though an outcast spurn'd by fate,Through penury's rugged path his race he ran;In earth's cold bosom, equall'd with the great,Death vindicates the insulted rights of man.Rejoice, that though severe his earthly doom,And rude, and sown with thorns the way he trod,Now, (where unfeeling fortune cannot come)He rests upon the mercies of his God. 'So then, you'd have a bird of genius grovel, 'And never see beyond a farmer's hovel ? to whom the time , fond thought is bringing,Of friends expected, or returning love.The pensive wanderer bless'd, to whom reflectionPoints out some future views that soothe his mind;Me how unlike!--whom cruel recollectionBut tells of comfort I shall never find!Hope, that on Nature's youth is still attending,No more to me her syren song shall sing;Never to me her influence extending,Shall I again enjoy the days of Spring!Yet, how I loved them once these scenes remind me,When light of heart, in childhood's thoughtless mirth,I reck'd not that the cruel lot assign'd meShould make me curse the hour that gave me birth!Then, from thy wild-wood banks, Aruna! 'twill not be:---- So many years have pass'd,Since, on my native hills, I learn'd to gazeOn these delightful landscapes; and those years Have taught me so much sorrow, that my soulFeels not the joy reviving Nature brings;But, in dark retrospect, dejected dwellsOn human follies, and on human woes.----What is the promise of the infant year,The lively verdure, or the bursting blooms,To those, who shrink from horrors such as WarSpreads o'er the affrighted world? Smith was beginning her novelist career at a time when women's fiction was expected to focus on romance and to focus on "a chaste and flawless heroine subjected to repeated melodramatic distresses until reinstated in society by the virtuous hero". May well the terrors of thy triumph brave, There, transparent gold Mingles with ruby tints, and sapphire gleams, And colours, such as Nature through her works Shews only in the ethereal canopy. [7] Other publishers willing to negotiate with Smith throughout her career as a writer were Thomas Cadell the elder, Thomas Cadell the younger, and William Davies. Smith uses the image of a cup of wine, a curious inversion of the usual idea of drinking happiness out of a cup (the idea being, quite rightly, that wine = happiness). [3] Like many radicals, Smith criticised the French, but retained the original ideals of the revolution. 'The thought was too cruel; and anguish now spedThe dart of disease--With the brave numerous deadHe has fall'n on the plague-tainted shore.In the lone village church-yard, the chancel-wall near,High grass now waves over the spot,Where the mother of William, unable to bearHis loss, who to her widow'd heart was so dear,Has both him and her sorrows forgot.By the brook where it winds through the wood of Arbeal,Or amid the deep forest, to moan,The poor wandering Phoebe will silently steal;The pain of her bosom no reason can heal,And she loves to indulge it alone.Her senses are injured; her eyes dim with tears;She sits by the river and weavesReed garlands, against her dear William appears,Then breathlessly listens, and fancies she hearsHis step in the half wither'd leaves.Ah! Jobs People Learning Dismiss Dismiss. I had never done that, but I promoted a race in Midland, North Carolina, and I made a little bit of money, so I thought Id try it again.. Charlotte Smith 1749 (London) - 1806 (Tilford, Surrey) Death Friendship Life Love Melancholy Nature War FRIEND of the wretched! [7], One of Smith's longest friends and respected mentors was Reverend Joseph Cooper Walker, a Dublin antiquarian and writer. Smith was also rumored to want to split off from NASCAR entirely, buying off some of the best drivers and developing his own race series at his own tracks. As NASCAR rose in popularity in the 1980s and 90s, the Smith-Wheeler tandem developed Charlotte and other SMI tracks into among the more innovative sports facilities in the country. Desmond appeared in 1792 and was followed by her best work, The Old Manor-House (1793). Charlotte's own first child died a day after her second child, Benjamin Berney, was born and Benjamin lived only ten years. Dismiss. He was born to the late Vincent J. Cardinal and. Another task is theirs: On fields that shew As angry Heaven had rain'd sterility, Stony and cold, and hostile to the plough, Where clamouring loud, the evening curlew runs And drops her spotted eggs among the flints; The mother and the children pile the stones In rugged pyramids;and all this toil They patiently encounter; well content On their flock bed to slumber undisturb'd Beneath the smoky roof they call their own. But, always thinking big, he would later be known as one of NASCARs great innovators. 'My eyes you said, were opals, brightly pink, 'Enchas'd in onyx; and you seem'd to think, 'Each charm might then the coldest heart enthrall: 'Those charms were mine. [3] She suffered sorely throughout her life. Hark! When he was 22, in 1949, Smith went into direct competition with NASCAR, forming the National Stock Car Racing Association, which staged races in North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. 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