Dew-drops of the Nineteenth Century: Gathered and Preserved in Their Brightness and PurityJ. K. Wellman, 1846 - 203 páginas |
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... turning in surprise to the queen . " True , " replied the queen , " but its waters have been within your soul . Know that a pure heart and a clear conscience are the only immortal fountains of beauty . " When Marion returned , Rose ...
... turning in surprise to the queen . " True , " replied the queen , " but its waters have been within your soul . Know that a pure heart and a clear conscience are the only immortal fountains of beauty . " When Marion returned , Rose ...
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... turned silently away and pursued our rambles down the valley of the Saco . We had been upon our excursion about a week , sometimes camping out in the woods , and some- times emerging into an opening and stopping at some farm - house to ...
... turned silently away and pursued our rambles down the valley of the Saco . We had been upon our excursion about a week , sometimes camping out in the woods , and some- times emerging into an opening and stopping at some farm - house to ...
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... turned up the lane that led to it , we were sud- denly challenged by a little sandy - colored dog , which came running toward us , growling and bark- ing furiously , showing his teeth and bristling the hair on his shoulders like a young ...
... turned up the lane that led to it , we were sud- denly challenged by a little sandy - colored dog , which came running toward us , growling and bark- ing furiously , showing his teeth and bristling the hair on his shoulders like a young ...
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... turned round . The old lady pointed to a little cupboard door in the corner of the room . Sally , who seemed readily to understand the signal , went to the cupboard , opened the door , took down a large brown earthen mug , and went out ...
... turned round . The old lady pointed to a little cupboard door in the corner of the room . Sally , who seemed readily to understand the signal , went to the cupboard , opened the door , took down a large brown earthen mug , and went out ...
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... turned her head away , for her eyes were filled with tears and her face crimsoned with emotion . The sight once more of home , that dear home where she had passed so many happy days , bringing up at once its thousand heartfelt ...
... turned her head away , for her eyes were filled with tears and her face crimsoned with emotion . The sight once more of home , that dear home where she had passed so many happy days , bringing up at once its thousand heartfelt ...
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Alice angel beautiful Blessed brave old world breath bright canoe cast CHARLES LAMB child cried dark daugh daughter dead dear death deep door earth Edward ELIZABETH OAKES SMITH eyes Fairies father fear feel flowers gentle girl governor grew hand happiness hast hath heard heart Heaven holy hope hour husband Iconium Immortal Fountain Indians Jeannette knew light Lindoyah lips lived looked Marion marriage Mary mind morning mother ness never night o'er old lady Onesiphorus pale papoose passed Paul Pauline Pilgrim's Progress poor pray quadrille queen rest river Rose round Saco Scamman SEBA SMITH seemed side sister sleep smile sorrow soul sound spirit Squando stood suffered sweet tears Tertullian Thamyris Thecla thee things thou thought tion toil told tree trembling Tryphæna voice wands watched waters weary wigwam wild Winter Harbor Woman of Endor young
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Página 80 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Página 80 - Nay, not so," Replied the Angel. Abou spoke more low, But cheerly still; and said, "I pray thee, then, Write me as one who loves his fellow-men." The angel wrote and vanished. The next night It came again, with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo! Ben Adhem's name led all the rest.
Página 201 - WE watched her breathing through the night Her breathing soft and low, As in her breast the wave of life Kept heaving to and fro. So silently we seemed to speak, So slowly moved about, As we had lent her half our powers To eke her living out. Our very hopes belied our fears, Our fears our hopes belied — We thought her dying when she slept, And sleeping when she died. For when the morn came, dim and sad, And chill with early showers, Her quiet eyelids closed — she had Another morn than ours.
Página 183 - Now just as the Gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold, the City shone like the Sun; the Streets also were paved with Gold, and in them walked many men, with Crowns on their heads, Palms in their hands, and golden Harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord.
Página 182 - Now I saw in my dream, that these two men went in at the gate, and, lo! as they entered, they were transfigured; and they had raiment put on, that shone like gold. There...
Página 21 - I WOULD not live alway ; I ask not to stay Where storm after storm rises dark o'er the way ; The few lurid mornings that dawn on us here, Are enough for life's woes, full enough for its cheer. 2 I would not live alway...
Página 9 - Beside all waters sow, The highway furrows stock, Drop it where thorns and thistles grow, Scatter it on the rock.
Página 69 - ... if the intelligent faculty should be rendered more comprehensive, it would require only a different and apportioned organization, — the body celestial instead of the body terrestrial, — to bring before every human soul the collective experience of its whole past existence. And this, this, perchance, is the dread book of judgment, in the mysterious hieroglyphics of which every idle word is recorded...
Página 180 - I'll taste it, if I must, to-morrow." The Muse of Pindus thither came, And wooed him with the softest numbers That ever scattered wealth and fame Upon a youthful poet's slumbers ; Though sweet the music of the lay, To Childhood it was all a riddle, And "Oh," he cried, "do send away That noisy woman with the fiddle.
Página 146 - An acorn fell from an old oak tree, And lay on the frosty ground — " Oh, what shall the fate of the acorn be ? " Was whispered all around By low-toned voices chiming sweet, Like a floweret's bell when swung — And grasshopper steeds were gathering fleet, And the beetle's hoofs up-rung.