Our life illustrated by pen and pencil [an anthology].1865 |
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... fair face alone my spirit burns to see . " Watts . THE FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN 7. N. Lee . G. J. Pinwell . " Then Jonathan and David made a covenant , because he loved him as his own soul . And Jonathan stripped him- self of ...
... fair face alone my spirit burns to see . " Watts . THE FRIENDSHIP OF DAVID AND JONATHAN 7. N. Lee . G. J. Pinwell . " Then Jonathan and David made a covenant , because he loved him as his own soul . And Jonathan stripped him- self of ...
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... fair ? What art thou like ? A dormouse , sleek and warm , A primrose cluster . or a fairy charm ? Yes ! thou'rt a charm ! —a most mysterious spell ! Birds , bees , and flowers , can just as ably tell Why sunshine , scent , and streams ...
... fair ? What art thou like ? A dormouse , sleek and warm , A primrose cluster . or a fairy charm ? Yes ! thou'rt a charm ! —a most mysterious spell ! Birds , bees , and flowers , can just as ably tell Why sunshine , scent , and streams ...
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... fair , Lost ' mid a gleam of golden hair ? . Oh ! can that light and airy breath Steal from a being doomed to death ; Those features to the grave be sent , In sleep thus mutely eloquent ? Or , art thou , what thy form would seem. To a ...
... fair , Lost ' mid a gleam of golden hair ? . Oh ! can that light and airy breath Steal from a being doomed to death ; Those features to the grave be sent , In sleep thus mutely eloquent ? Or , art thou , what thy form would seem. To a ...
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... known , That once we called the pastoral house our own . Short - lived possession ! but the record fair , That memory keeps of all thy kindness there , Still outlives many a storm , that has effaced A. Cowper's Childhood.
... known , That once we called the pastoral house our own . Short - lived possession ! but the record fair , That memory keeps of all thy kindness there , Still outlives many a storm , that has effaced A. Cowper's Childhood.
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... fair ? " saith he ; “ Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me , I will give them all back again . " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes , He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for ...
... fair ? " saith he ; “ Have naught but the bearded grain ? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me , I will give them all back again . " He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes , He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for ...
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Էջ 35 - IT is a beauteous evening, calm and free ; The holy time is quiet as a Nun Breathless with adoration...
Էջ 142 - Who quits a world where strong temptations try, And, since 'tis hard to combat, learns to fly! For him no wretches, born to work and weep, Explore the mine, or tempt the dangerous deep...
Էջ 140 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Էջ 163 - Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw : Some livelier plaything gives his youth delight, A little louder, but as empty quite...
Էջ 38 - He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves. " My Lord has need of these flowerets gay," The reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where he was once a child.
Էջ 38 - I have nought that is fair?" saith he; "Have nought but the bearded grain? Though the breath of these flowers is sweet to me, I will give them all back again." He gazed at the flowers with tearful eyes, He kissed their drooping leaves ; It was for the Lord of Paradise He bound them in his sheaves.
Էջ 137 - Make me a fire, Close by whose living coal I sit, And glow like it. Lord, I confess too, when I dine, The pulse is thine, And all those other bits that be There placed by thee; The worts, the purslain, and the mess Of...
Էջ 199 - Like to the falling of a star; Or as the flights of eagles are; Or like the fresh spring's gaudy hue; Or silver drops of morning dew; Or like a wind that chafes the flood; Or bubbles which on water stood; Even such is man, whose borrowed light Is straight called in, and paid to night. The wind blows out; the bubble dies; The spring entombed in autumn lies; The dew dries up; the star is shot; The flight is past; and man forgot.
Էջ xiv - At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Էջ 41 - They climbed the steep ascent of heaven Through peril, toil, and pain : O God, to us may grace be given To follow in their train.