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... waves and unregarded bubbling . I might as well have never been , as to be puny , insignificant and useless . ' When ... wave , dart- ing about joyfully and glistening in the sun . As its channel grew wider and wider , and yet other ...
... waves and unregarded bubbling . I might as well have never been , as to be puny , insignificant and useless . ' When ... wave , dart- ing about joyfully and glistening in the sun . As its channel grew wider and wider , and yet other ...
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... wave in the spicy gale ; where the living waters leap from the rocks , and millions of new and res- plendent flowers brighten the fresh sward , what then is the joy of his heart ! To Omnipotence creation costs not an effort , but to the ...
... wave in the spicy gale ; where the living waters leap from the rocks , and millions of new and res- plendent flowers brighten the fresh sward , what then is the joy of his heart ! To Omnipotence creation costs not an effort , but to the ...
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... waves of despotism break at their feet : -have seen the rage of murderous armies , and tyrants , the blasting spirit of ambition , fanaticism , and crushing domination re- coil from their bases in despair . LESSON XIII . Mountains ...
... waves of despotism break at their feet : -have seen the rage of murderous armies , and tyrants , the blasting spirit of ambition , fanaticism , and crushing domination re- coil from their bases in despair . LESSON XIII . Mountains ...
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... is calm and still below , For the winds and waves are absent there ; And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In the motionless fields of the upper air · > There , with its waving blade of green , 40 FIRST - CLASS READER . Drummond.
... is calm and still below , For the winds and waves are absent there ; And the sands are bright as the stars that glow In the motionless fields of the upper air · > There , with its waving blade of green , 40 FIRST - CLASS READER . Drummond.
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... waves his own : And when the ship from his fury flies Where the myriad voices of ocean roar , When the wind - god frowns in the murky skies , And demons are waiting the wreck on shore , Then far below in the peaceful sea The purple ...
... waves his own : And when the ship from his fury flies Where the myriad voices of ocean roar , When the wind - god frowns in the murky skies , And demons are waiting the wreck on shore , Then far below in the peaceful sea The purple ...
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Page 28 - Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?
Page 185 - THE EVENING WIND Spirit that breathest through my lattice, thou That cool'st the twilight of the sultry day, Gratefully flows thy freshness round my brow; Thou hast been out upon the deep at play, Riding all day the wild blue waves till now, Roughening their crests, and scattering high their spray, And swelling the white sail. I welcome thee To the scorched land, thou wanderer of the sea!
Page 118 - Night is the time for dreams ; The gay romance of life, When truth that is, and truth that seems, Blend in fantastic strife ; ' Ah! visions less beguiling far Than waking dreams by daylight are! Night is the...
Page 49 - A dewy freshness fills the silent air; No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven: In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Page 184 - Thou changest not ; but I am changed, Since first thy pleasant banks I ranged ; And the grave stranger, come to see The play-place of his infancy, Has scarce a single trace of him Who sported once upon thy brim. The visions of my youth are past — Too bright, too beautiful to last.
Page 69 - The passage of the Potomac through the Blue Ridge is, perhaps, one of the most stupendous scenes in nature. You stand on a very high point of land. On your right comes up the Shenandoah, having ranged along the foot of the mountain an hundred miles to seek a vent. On your left approaches the Potomac, in quest of a passage also. In the moment of their junction, they rush together against the mountain, rend it asunder, and pass off to the sea.
Page 152 - Mr. President, I shall enter on no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs none. There she is. Behold her, and judge for yourselves. There is her history; the world knows it by heart The past, at least, is secure. There is Boston, and Concord, and Lexington, and Bunker Hill; and there they will remain forever.
Page 183 - THIS little rill, that from the springs Of yonder grove its current brings, Plays on the slope awhile, and then Goes prattling into groves again, Oft to its warbling waters drew My little feet, when life was new. When woods in early green were dressed, And from the chambers of the west The...
Page 127 - Such was the solemn and pious manner in which the brilliant court of Spain celebrated this sublime event ; offering up a grateful tribute of melody and praise, and giving glory to God for the discovery of another world.
Page 152 - The corn, half garnered, on the plain, And mustered, in their simple dress, For wrongs to seek a stern redress ; To right those wrongs, come weal, come woe, To perish, or o'ercome their foe.