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... Hundred Years Ago , 19. Night in Eden , . 22. Westminster Abbey , 27. Ode on Education , 33. Ursa Major , · 36. The Gray Forest Eagle , 41. Mount Monadnock , · POETRY . Mrs. Sigourney . 84 Anon . 92 Mellen . 93 Mrs. Evans . 114 Lester ...
... Hundred Years Ago , 19. Night in Eden , . 22. Westminster Abbey , 27. Ode on Education , 33. Ursa Major , · 36. The Gray Forest Eagle , 41. Mount Monadnock , · POETRY . Mrs. Sigourney . 84 Anon . 92 Mellen . 93 Mrs. Evans . 114 Lester ...
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... hundred miles from land . Two of them had no decks in the center ; and the other , which carried the High Admiral , " was but little better fitted to meet the storm . 5. In such plight as this , on Friday , the third of August , 1492 ...
... hundred miles from land . Two of them had no decks in the center ; and the other , which carried the High Admiral , " was but little better fitted to meet the storm . 5. In such plight as this , on Friday , the third of August , 1492 ...
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... HUNDRED YEARS AGO . MELLEN . 1. WAKE your harp's music ! — louder , — higher , And pour your strains along ; And smite again each quivering wire , In all the pride of song ! Shout like those god - like men of old , Who , daring storm ...
... HUNDRED YEARS AGO . MELLEN . 1. WAKE your harp's music ! — louder , — higher , And pour your strains along ; And smite again each quivering wire , In all the pride of song ! Shout like those god - like men of old , Who , daring storm ...
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... hundred years ago ! 4. Oh ! ' t was a hard , unyielding fate That drove them to the seas , And Persecution strove with Hate , To darken her decrees ; But safe above each coral grave , Each looming ship did go , - And God was on the ...
... hundred years ago ! 4. Oh ! ' t was a hard , unyielding fate That drove them to the seas , And Persecution strove with Hate , To darken her decrees ; But safe above each coral grave , Each looming ship did go , - And God was on the ...
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... hundred years ago ! 8. Oh ! stay not to recount the tale ; ' T was bloody , and ' t is past ; The firmest cheek might well grow pale , To hear it to the last . The God of heaven , who prospers us , Could bid a nation grow , And shield ...
... hundred years ago ! 8. Oh ! stay not to recount the tale ; ' T was bloody , and ' t is past ; The firmest cheek might well grow pale , To hear it to the last . The God of heaven , who prospers us , Could bid a nation grow , And shield ...
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Page 373 - Nor in the embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Page 374 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan that moves To the pale realms of shade, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 401 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?
Page 373 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 73 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord ! Lord Byron.
Page 401 - For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth ; to know the worst and to provide for it. I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience.
Page 40 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied, that of Pope is cautious and uniform; Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind, Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Page 41 - FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eyewitnesses, and ministers of the word...
Page 73 - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen: Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown. For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed...
Page 24 - Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; That is, some Books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some Books also may be read by deputy...