Five Years of it ...J.F. Hope, 1858 |
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Page 256 - This I hold firm ! Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt— Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled. But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
Page 256 - evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness. If this fail, The pillared firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble.
Page 103 - 0, let not the soul that suffers dare to look Nature in the face, where she sits majestically aloft in the solitude of the mountains; for her face is hard and stern, and turns not
Page 217 - do but wait the hour, There never yet was human power, That could evade, if unforgiven, The patient watch and vigil long Of him who treasures up a
Page 158 - Oh ! fear not in a world like this, And thou shalt know ere long— Know how
Page 46 - You think this cruel! Take it for a rule— No creature smarts so little as a fool.