The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 30Yale Literary Society, 1864 Appended to v. 30: Valedictory poem and oration pronounced before the senior class in Yale College, Presentation Day, June 21, 1865; Catalogue of the officers and studeints in Yale College, with a statement of the course of instruction in the various departments, 1864-65. |
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... whole world seems a play - house , when we cannot realize that father and mother were once young or that we shall ever grow old . Everything at this period is fairy - like and romantic . There is more true poetry in the child than in ...
... whole world seems a play - house , when we cannot realize that father and mother were once young or that we shall ever grow old . Everything at this period is fairy - like and romantic . There is more true poetry in the child than in ...
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... whole matter to the action of the undergraduate members of the Society , such action to be taken by and with the advice and con- sent of the Faculty . It was also voted that no change ought to be made which would destroy the right of ...
... whole matter to the action of the undergraduate members of the Society , such action to be taken by and with the advice and con- sent of the Faculty . It was also voted that no change ought to be made which would destroy the right of ...
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... whole cruise . It may not be difficult , perhaps , to state our reasons . In the first place , our Concert , pecuniarily , was the only one we gave , which left us " out of pocket ; " yet , not to any serious amount ; our receipts ...
... whole cruise . It may not be difficult , perhaps , to state our reasons . In the first place , our Concert , pecuniarily , was the only one we gave , which left us " out of pocket ; " yet , not to any serious amount ; our receipts ...
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... whole sickening round of faults which we might mention . Where shall we find a man who has a just appreciation of himself ? Shall we look among the shining lights , who in lacrymose diaries wrote down at stated intervals the most ...
... whole sickening round of faults which we might mention . Where shall we find a man who has a just appreciation of himself ? Shall we look among the shining lights , who in lacrymose diaries wrote down at stated intervals the most ...
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... whole class is so far gone as to be ac- tually despaired of by his friends . " Who would have thunk it ? " the great ques- tion which has been so often asked and so unsatisfactorily answered , of what prac- tical advantage are the ...
... whole class is so far gone as to be ac- tually despaired of by his friends . " Who would have thunk it ? " the great ques- tion which has been so often asked and so unsatisfactorily answered , of what prac- tical advantage are the ...
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Page 224 - Past, But the hopes of youth fall thick in the blast, And the days are dark and dreary. Be still, sad heart ! and cease repining ; Behind the clouds is the sun still shining ; Thy fate is the common fate of all, Into each life some rain must fall, Some days must be dark and dreary.
Page 241 - ... than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid whi.ch sustained him, and...
Page 187 - A THING of beauty is a joy for ever : Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
Page 217 - Keen as are the arrows Of that silver sphere, Whose intense lamp narrows In the white dawn clear, Until we hardly see, we feel that it is there.
Page 194 - The blessing of her quiet life Fell on us like the dew ; And good thoughts, where her footsteps pressed Like fairy blossoms grew. Sweet promptings unto kindest deeds Were in her very look ; We read her face, as one who reads A true and holy book.
Page 98 - What stronger breastplate than a heart untainted ! Thrice is he arm'd that hath his quarrel just ; And he but naked, though lock'd up in steel, Whose conscience with injustice is corrupted.
Page 17 - The fiend that man harries Is love of the Best; Yawns the pit of the Dragon, Lit by rays from the Blest. The Lethe of nature Can't trance him again, Whose soul sees the perfect, Which his eyes seek in vain.
Page 215 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear...
Page 179 - As I write the last line with a rather sad heart, Pendennis and Laura, and Ethel and Clive, fade away into Fable-land. I hardly know whether they are not true ; whether they do not live near us somewhere. They were alive, and I heard their voices ; but five minutes since was touched by their grief. And have we parted with them here on a sudden, and without so much as a shake of the hand?
Page 134 - Let it go or stay, so I wake to the higher aims Of a land that has lost for a little her lust of gold, And love of a peace that was full of wrongs and shames, Horrible, hateful, monstrous, not to be told ; And hail once more to the banner of battle unroll'd ! Tho...