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Page 83
... tears running down his soldier's cheeks . At last he ap- proached Edgar with emotion . " O Mr. Huntingdon ! why all this ? A hovel in a back street would have sufficed ; and that I would not have allowed you to bestow but for my ...
... tears running down his soldier's cheeks . At last he ap- proached Edgar with emotion . " O Mr. Huntingdon ! why all this ? A hovel in a back street would have sufficed ; and that I would not have allowed you to bestow but for my ...
Page 122
... tears in the garden at Ravenna , whose fear- ful bitterness we are powerless even to imagine that beautiful and spiritual head grey at thirty - two , laid in the dust at thirty - seven ! Can fame , fame even such as poor Byron's was ...
... tears in the garden at Ravenna , whose fear- ful bitterness we are powerless even to imagine that beautiful and spiritual head grey at thirty - two , laid in the dust at thirty - seven ! Can fame , fame even such as poor Byron's was ...
Page 131
... volume which we some- times take out secretly and read , —the un- bound book , with the melancholy tear - blotted pages - the pages of the heart ! K 2 ! * CHAPTER VII . " Tell this soul , with sorrow FIVE YEARS OF IT . 131 ! ...
... volume which we some- times take out secretly and read , —the un- bound book , with the melancholy tear - blotted pages - the pages of the heart ! K 2 ! * CHAPTER VII . " Tell this soul , with sorrow FIVE YEARS OF IT . 131 ! ...
Page 134
... tears ; and the page whereon Paul Flemming transcribes the words he found written in a village chapel , was almost illegible from the scalding drops which had fallen upon the imaginary , from the depths of the real , sorrow . When ...
... tears ; and the page whereon Paul Flemming transcribes the words he found written in a village chapel , was almost illegible from the scalding drops which had fallen upon the imaginary , from the depths of the real , sorrow . When ...
Page 148
... tear which , at the close of a canto , he saw , or fancied he saw , glisten from the drooping eyelid of Miss Fairfort . Yet he would , I think , have made some con- siderable sacrifice not to have seen that inno- cent tear 148 FIVE ...
... tear which , at the close of a canto , he saw , or fancied he saw , glisten from the drooping eyelid of Miss Fairfort . Yet he would , I think , have made some con- siderable sacrifice not to have seen that inno- cent tear 148 FIVE ...
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Page 57 - SHUT, shut the door, good John! fatigued, I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land. What walls can guard me, or what shades can hide? They pierce my thickets, through my grot they glide, By land...
Page 190 - And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A Spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the Palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till Ages are its dower.
Page 14 - We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can no longer be synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the future are represented by suffering millions, and the Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
Page 132 - thing of evil! - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 86 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 211 - Tender, purest maidenhood, harbouring chaste thoughts with jealous care, that, a moment ago, would have loosed the hand which was too freely pressed, trembles not, starts not, shrinks not from — nay, rushes to divide — the passionate embrace and the wildest kiss.