Ferguson's readings & recitationsFerguson 1881 |
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Արդյունքներ 35–ի 1-ից 5-ը:
Էջ 13
... fear , but his is certain peace . It may be that the tempter's wiles their souls from bliss may sever , But , if our own poor faith fail not , he must be ours for ever . When we think of what our darling is , and what we still must be ...
... fear , but his is certain peace . It may be that the tempter's wiles their souls from bliss may sever , But , if our own poor faith fail not , he must be ours for ever . When we think of what our darling is , and what we still must be ...
Էջ 15
... fears : " I'll dash thy body o'er the rocks ! " The man pull'd out his shears . " I'll grapple with thee thus , " he cried ; And soon the shears he won : The tailor was so terrified That he thought fit to run . A TEMPERANCE SONG . ( By ...
... fears : " I'll dash thy body o'er the rocks ! " The man pull'd out his shears . " I'll grapple with thee thus , " he cried ; And soon the shears he won : The tailor was so terrified That he thought fit to run . A TEMPERANCE SONG . ( By ...
Էջ 27
... fear'd the slumberer might stir . A slow step startled him . He grasp'd his blade As if a trumpet rang ; but the bent form Of David enter'd , and he gave command , In a low tone , to his few followers , And left him with his dead . The ...
... fear'd the slumberer might stir . A slow step startled him . He grasp'd his blade As if a trumpet rang ; but the bent form Of David enter'd , and he gave command , In a low tone , to his few followers , And left him with his dead . The ...
Էջ 31
... fear , Pure as the drops that hang at dawning - time On yonder willows by the stream of life . On her the Moon looked steadfastly ; the Stars , That circle nightly round the eternal Throne , Glanced down , well pleased : and Everlasting ...
... fear , Pure as the drops that hang at dawning - time On yonder willows by the stream of life . On her the Moon looked steadfastly ; the Stars , That circle nightly round the eternal Throne , Glanced down , well pleased : and Everlasting ...
Էջ 35
... fears the light ; Whether losing , whether winning , Trust in God and do the right . Trust no party , church , or faction Trust no " leader " in the fight ; But in every word and action Trust in God and do the right . Trust no forms of ...
... fears the light ; Whether losing , whether winning , Trust in God and do the right . Trust no party , church , or faction Trust no " leader " in the fight ; But in every word and action Trust in God and do the right . Trust no forms of ...
Common terms and phrases
arms beautiful snow bells beneath BERNARDO DEL CARPIO breast breath bright brow Brutus Charles Mackay cheek child cold cried dark dead dear death deep door dread dreams earth eyes face fair FAKENHAM father fear fell flowers gazed goblet grave hand hast hath hear heard heart heathen Chinee heaven HERCULANEUM hope Horace Smith Inchcape Rock John's eve KING ROBERT kiss knew lady light lips living Lochinvar look Lord Lord Lytton maiden mighty morning mother ne'er Netherby never nevermore night Numps o'er ocean once ORATOR PUFF ORISKA Pay your tithes Pigswiddy PYRAMUS AND THISBE Quoth Quoth the Raven ring ROBERT OF SICILY round seeing's not believing sigh sleep smile soul sound spoke stood sweet tears tell thee thine thou thought throne Twas Valmond voice wave wild woman of mind words young youth
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Էջ 61 - So stately his form, and so lovely her face, That never a hall such a galliard did grace: While her mother did fret, and her father did fume, And the bridegroom stood dangling his...
Էջ 18 - Who, you all know, are honourable men : I will not do them wrong ; I rather choose To wrong the dead, to wrong myself, and you, Than I will wrong such honourable men.
Էջ 153 - or Madam, truly your forgiveness I implore; But the fact is I was napping, and so gently you came rapping, And so faintly you came tapping, tapping at my chamber door, That I scarce was sure I heard you" — here I opened wide the door: — Darkness there and nothing more.
Էջ 153 - Lenore!' Merely this and nothing more. Back into the chamber turning, all my soul within me burning, Soon again I heard a tapping somewhat louder than before 'Surely...
Էջ 153 - I remember it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow— sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore: Nameless here for evermore.
Էջ 235 - IT was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun; And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine. She saw her brother Peterkin Roll something large and round Which he beside the rivulet In playing there had found; He came to ask what he had found That was so large and smooth and round. Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "Tis some poor fellow's...
Էջ 17 - I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause; What cause withholds you then to mourn for him ? O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! — Bear with me; My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause, till it come back to me.
Էջ 154 - This I sat engaged in guessing, but no syllable expressing To the fowl whose fiery eyes now burned into my bosom's core; This and more I sat divining, with my head at ease reclining On the cushion's velvet lining that the lamplight gloated o'er, — But whose velvet violet lining with the lamplight gloating o'er She shall press ah nevermore ! Then methought the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by Seraphim whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch!
Էջ 155 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Էջ 153 - ONCE upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore, While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. " Tis some visitor," I muttered, " tapping at my chamber door — Only this, and nothing more.