The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier, Հատոր 8Houghton, Mifflin, 1894 |
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The Works of John Greenleaf Whittier: Life and letters John Greenleaf Whittier Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1894 |
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Էջ 20 - Turks' heads on the andirons glowed ; While childish fancy, prompt to tell The meaning of the miracle, Whispered the old rhyme : " Under the tree.. When fire outdoors burns merrily, There the witches are making tea.
Էջ 110 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Էջ 231 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Էջ 69 - And the sky of thy South may be brighter than ours, And greener thy landscapes, and fairer thy flowers ; But, dearer the blast round our mountains which raves, Than the sweet summer zephyr which breathes over slaves...
Էջ 81 - Now humble and unwed to fame, Hereafter burn upon the lip, As one of those which may not die, Linked in eternal fellowship With visions pure and strong and high — If the wild dreams, which quicken now The throbbing pulse of heart and brow, Hereafter take a real form Like spectres changed to being warm ; And over temples worn and gray The star-like crown of glory shine, — Thine be the bard's undying lay, The murmur of his praise be thine ! " He busied himself also at this time in the preparation...
Էջ 189 - That all attempts on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia or the Territories, or to prohibit the removal of slaves from State to State, or to discriminate between the institutions of one portion of the confederacy and...
Էջ 22 - Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond Mine the walnut slopes beyond, Mine, on bending orchard trees, Apples of Hesperides!
Էջ 15 - It was surrounded by woods in all directions save to the southeast, where a break in the leafy wall revealed a vista of low, green meadows, picturesque with wooded islands and jutting capes of upland. Through these, a small brook, noisy enough as it foamed, rippled, and laughed down its rocky falls by our garden-side, wound, silently and scarcely visible, to a still larger stream, known as the Country Brook.
Էջ 81 - SHE sang alone, ere womanhood had known The gift of song which fills the air today : Tender and sweet, a music all her own May fitly linger where she knelt to pray.
Էջ 68 - Ho — all to the borders! Vermonters, come down, With your breeches of deerskin and jackets of brown; With your red woolen caps, and your moccasins, come, To the gathering summons of trumpet and drum.