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Page 147 - Put on your worst and meanest dress,' she found And took it, and array'd herself therein. O purblind race of miserable men, How many among us at this very hour Do forge a life-long trouble for ourselves, By taking true for false, or false for true ; Here, thro...
Page 171 - Give unto me, made lowly wise, The spirit of self-sacrifice; The confidence of reason give ; And in the light of truth thy Bondman let me live!
Page 258 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 131 - O mother, hear me yet before I die. I will not die alone, for fiery thoughts Do shape themselves within me, more and more, Whereof I catch the issue, as I hear Dead sounds at night come from the inmost hills, Like footsteps upon wool.
Page 122 - Two summers since, I saw at Lammas Fair The sweetest flower that ever blossom'd there, When Phoebe Dawson gaily cross'd the Green, In haste to see, and happy to be seen: Her air, her manners, all who saw admired; Courteous though coy, and gentle though retired; The joy of youth and health her eyes display'd, And ease of heart her every look convey'd...
Page 293 - LET thy gold be cast in the furnace, Thy red gold, precious and bright, Do not fear the hungry fire, With its caverns of burning light : And thy gold shall return more precious, Free from every spot and stain ; For gold must be tried by fire ; As a heart must be tried by pain...
Page 293 - Free from even7 spot and stain; For gold must be tried by fire, As a heart must be tried by pain! In the cruel fire of Sorrow Cast thy heart, do not faint or wail; Let thy hand be firm and steady, Do not let thy spirit quail: But wait...
Page 293 - ET thy gold be cast in the furnace, Thy red gold, precious and bright, Do not fear the hungry fire, With its caverns of burning light : And thy gold shall return more precious, Free from every spot and stain ; For gold must be tried by fire, As a heart must be tried by pain...
Page 7 - To fret, and worry, and torment each other, And give a keener edge to our hard fate By sharp upbraidings, and perpetual jars? — Or, like a loving and a patient pair...
Page 2 - By Mrs. HERBERT MARTIN, Author of " Cast Adrift." With Frontispiece by Miss C. PATERSON. Crown 8vo. Cloth 5s. LEFT ALONE : or, The Fortunes of Phillis Maitland. By FRANCIS CARR, Author of