The Boston Lyceum, Volumes 1-2True and Greene, 1827 |
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... passed by , and we were led rather to a chastened survey of their characters and ac- tions , than to the glorious coincidence of their deaths . The polished and imaginative biographer of Patrick Henry must have raised public expectation ...
... passed by , and we were led rather to a chastened survey of their characters and ac- tions , than to the glorious coincidence of their deaths . The polished and imaginative biographer of Patrick Henry must have raised public expectation ...
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... passed to the vestibule , where , if he had not been previously informed , he would immediately perceive that he was entering the house of no common man . In the spacious and lofty hall which opens before him , he marks no tawdry and ...
... passed to the vestibule , where , if he had not been previously informed , he would immediately perceive that he was entering the house of no common man . In the spacious and lofty hall which opens before him , he marks no tawdry and ...
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... passed away to a blissful bower , Too pure for the relish of mortal sense , Where pleasures gush as a silver shower , From fountains of love and innocence . And there like the virgin of Theseus ' love , With a crown of stars on her ...
... passed away to a blissful bower , Too pure for the relish of mortal sense , Where pleasures gush as a silver shower , From fountains of love and innocence . And there like the virgin of Theseus ' love , With a crown of stars on her ...
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... passed away . Gradually every object grew imperceptible ; the horizon looked dusky where the rocks had been , but all else behind us was the deep blue sea , on which the undimmed sun looked down with a joyous smile . The wretched little ...
... passed away . Gradually every object grew imperceptible ; the horizon looked dusky where the rocks had been , but all else behind us was the deep blue sea , on which the undimmed sun looked down with a joyous smile . The wretched little ...
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... passed through this place in triumph at Poictiers . It oppresses the mind to think of what hath been ; it dims the spirit's eye to read the bloody story of man's atrocity . Alas ! what is greatness if ruin must be its fellow ? And what ...
... passed through this place in triumph at Poictiers . It oppresses the mind to think of what hath been ; it dims the spirit's eye to read the bloody story of man's atrocity . Alas ! what is greatness if ruin must be its fellow ? And what ...
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Page 276 - But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection, While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which...
Page 275 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Page 7 - A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for a while, and then expiring, giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass of human mind; so that when it glimmers, in its own decay, and finally goes out in death, no night follows, but it leaves the world all light, all on fire, from the potent contact of its own...
Page 274 - He ceased, and drew forth an MS.; and no Persuasion on the part of devils, or saints, Or angels, now could stop the torrent; so He read the first three lines of the contents; But at the fourth, the whole spiritual show Had vanish'd, with variety of scents, Ambrosial and sulphureous, as they sprang, Like lightning, off from his 'melodious twang'.
Page 276 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Page 47 - On Christmas eve the mass was sung: * That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dressed with holly green ; Forth to the wood did merrymen go, To gather in the mistletoe.
Page 47 - Ceremony doff'd his pride, The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village partner choose; The Lord, underogating, share The vulgar game of 'post and pair...
Page 47 - Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
Page 9 - ... objects of science and taste, so classed and arranged as to produce their finest effect. On one side, specimens of sculpture set out, in such order, as to exhibit at a coup...
Page 178 - To aid thy mind's development, to watch Thy dawn of little joys, to sit and see Almost thy very growth, to view thee catch Knowledge of objects, — wonders yet to thee ! To hold thee lightly on a gentle knee, And print on thy soft cheek a parent's kiss, — This, it should seem, was not reserved for me ; Yet this was in my nature : as it is, I know not what is there, yet something like to this.