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... was to know , if never known before , that the dew of God's precious blessing of Woman descends upon the soul of man in the tones of her voice . " I longed ardently to behold her ; but placed as 28 [ July , An Incident in Church .
... was to know , if never known before , that the dew of God's precious blessing of Woman descends upon the soul of man in the tones of her voice . " I longed ardently to behold her ; but placed as 28 [ July , An Incident in Church .
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... Blessed labor - life ! victorious only he Who in its lists doth valiantly contend ; For labor in itself is victory ; Yield never to repose ; but let the end Of Life's great battle be- the end of life : A glorious immortality shall crown ...
... Blessed labor - life ! victorious only he Who in its lists doth valiantly contend ; For labor in itself is victory ; Yield never to repose ; but let the end Of Life's great battle be- the end of life : A glorious immortality shall crown ...
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... bless thee ! ' lingering on the breeze ; Thou didst go forth to cherish warmly yet The hopeless anguish of thy slighted breast , While I believed that thou wouldst soon forget , And find in new affection peace and rest : Alas for thee ...
... bless thee ! ' lingering on the breeze ; Thou didst go forth to cherish warmly yet The hopeless anguish of thy slighted breast , While I believed that thou wouldst soon forget , And find in new affection peace and rest : Alas for thee ...
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... bless you ! ' on our lips and the love of boy- hood warm in our hearts . Yes , John , I seem to see you now , as you stood at my chamber - door , smiling kindly on me as you bade me good night ; and I thank GOD that I did not forget the ...
... bless you ! ' on our lips and the love of boy- hood warm in our hearts . Yes , John , I seem to see you now , as you stood at my chamber - door , smiling kindly on me as you bade me good night ; and I thank GOD that I did not forget the ...
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... blessing me to vanish . But for all that I was at times inclined to look upon my cousin cooly , both on this account , and because I thought he was distasteful to Mary , and so should be disliked by me , I loved him more and more every ...
... blessing me to vanish . But for all that I was at times inclined to look upon my cousin cooly , both on this account , and because I thought he was distasteful to Mary , and so should be disliked by me , I loved him more and more every ...
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Page 183 - Praise be to God the Lord of all creatures, the most merciful, the King of the day of judgment. Thee do we worship, and of thee do we beg assistance. Direct us in the right way, in the way of those to whom thou hast been gracious ; not of those against whom thou art incensed, not of those who go astray.
Page 490 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Page 494 - And if I should live to be The last leaf upon the tree In the spring, Let them smile, as I do now, At the old forsaken bough Where I cling.
Page 496 - I know thee not, old man: Fall to thy prayers ; How ill white hairs become a fool, and jester!
Page 237 - OH ! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME. OH ! breathe not his name, let it sleep in the shade, Where cold and unhonour'd his relics are laid ; Sad, silent, and dark be the tears that we shed, As the night-dew that falls on the grass o'er his head. But the night-dew that falls, though in silence it weeps, Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he sleeps ; And the tear that we shed, though in secret it rolls, Shall long keep his memory green in our souls.
Page 494 - I SAw him once before, As he passed by the door; And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town. But now he walks the streets, And he looks at all he meets Sad and wan ; And he shakes his feeble head. That it seems as if he said,
Page 102 - I am not ashamed: for I know whom I have believed, and I am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day.
Page 512 - O READER ! hast thou ever stood to see The holly tree? The eye that contemplates it well, perceives Its glossy leaves Ordered by an intelligence so wise As might confound the atheist's sophistries. Below, a circling fence, its leaves are seen Wrinkled and keen; No grazing cattle, through their prickly round, Can reach to wound ; But as they grow where nothing is to fear, Smooth and unarmed the pointless leaves appear.
Page 427 - The legate of the skies ; his theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him, the violated law speaks out Its thunders, and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace. He stablishes the strong, restores the weak, Reclaims the wanderer, binds the broken heart, And...
Page 106 - Life ! we've been long together, Through pleasant and through cloudy weather ; 'Tis hard to part when friends are dear — Perhaps 'twill cost a sigh, a tear : — Then steal away, give little warning, Choose thine own time ; Say not ' Good night ' — but in some brighter clime Bid me