The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volumen251845 |
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... light that at every step seemed to lead us like a will - o ' - the - wisp to some point of danger . It was a place and an hour when Superstition walked in all her terrors ; and it required no exaggerated feeling to imagine that this was ...
... light that at every step seemed to lead us like a will - o ' - the - wisp to some point of danger . It was a place and an hour when Superstition walked in all her terrors ; and it required no exaggerated feeling to imagine that this was ...
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... light of his soul grew dim ; and behold it was NIGHT . The death of his parents , who bequeathed to him and his sister a sufficient estate , and the care of that sister , recalled and kept him from the scenes of his business and the ...
... light of his soul grew dim ; and behold it was NIGHT . The death of his parents , who bequeathed to him and his sister a sufficient estate , and the care of that sister , recalled and kept him from the scenes of his business and the ...
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... light - fingered and heavy - headed scribblers . There they might rob and vilify one another . But the vulgarly - selected and ill - assorted finery I spoke of a line or two above , differs widely from a gentleman's borrowing an occa ...
... light - fingered and heavy - headed scribblers . There they might rob and vilify one another . But the vulgarly - selected and ill - assorted finery I spoke of a line or two above , differs widely from a gentleman's borrowing an occa ...
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... light external aid might fix upon him ! Then the Father spoke to the Angel and said , ' Give him the Dream . ' The sweet Guardian flew over the world with his sister the Dream . Far and wide they spread the gentle influence , and the ...
... light external aid might fix upon him ! Then the Father spoke to the Angel and said , ' Give him the Dream . ' The sweet Guardian flew over the world with his sister the Dream . Far and wide they spread the gentle influence , and the ...
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... light shone upon him , and blessed thoughts of mercy , repentance and reconciliation flitted through his mind like golden - winged butterflies through a sum- mer garden ; and he awoke , trusting in release , and with his heart filled ...
... light shone upon him , and blessed thoughts of mercy , repentance and reconciliation flitted through his mind like golden - winged butterflies through a sum- mer garden ; and he awoke , trusting in release , and with his heart filled ...
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Página 111 - Come, read to me some poem, Some simple and heartfelt lay, That shall soothe this restless feeling, And banish the thoughts of day. Not from the grand old masters, Not from the bards sublime, Whose distant footsteps echo Through the corridors of time.
Página 111 - Then read from the treasured volume The poem of thy choice. And lend to the rhyme of the poet The beauty of thy voice.
Página 111 - I see the lights of the village Gleam through the rain and the mist, And a feeling of sadness comes o'er me, That my soul cannot resist : A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
Página 355 - If thou shouldst never see my face again, Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Wherefore let thy voice Rise like a fountain for me night and day. For what are men better than sheep or goats...
Página 53 - But first, on earth as Vampire sent, Thy corse shall from its tomb be rent: Then ghastly haunt thy native place, And suck the blood of all thy race; There from thy daughter, sister, wife, At midnight drain the stream of life; Yet loathe the banquet which perforce Must feed thy livid living corse: Thy victims ere they yet expire Shall know the demon for their sire, As cursing thee, thou cursing them, Thy flowers are withered on the stem.
Página 372 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon ; And thou, Moon, in the valley of Ajalon.
Página 111 - 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 197 - And would we aught behold of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth And from the soul itself must there be sent A sweet and potent voice, of its own birth, Of all sweet sounds the life and element!
Página 197 - Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired, Can lift to heaven an unpresumptuons eye, 'And smiling say —
Página 271 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.