The Speaker's Garland, Volume 2Penn Publishing Company, 1892 |
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... earth to heaven , that when the child went to his solitary bed , he dreamed about the star ; and dreamed that , lying where he was , he saw a train of people taken up that sparkling road by angels . And the star , opening , showed him a ...
... earth to heaven , that when the child went to his solitary bed , he dreamed about the star ; and dreamed that , lying where he was , he saw a train of people taken up that sparkling road by angels . And the star , opening , showed him a ...
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... earth with ready hand , And the liquid sank forever , lost amid the burning sand . " Thou hast said that mine my life is , till the water of that cup I have drained , then bid thy servants that spilled water gather up ! " For a moment ...
... earth with ready hand , And the liquid sank forever , lost amid the burning sand . " Thou hast said that mine my life is , till the water of that cup I have drained , then bid thy servants that spilled water gather up ! " For a moment ...
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... earth - born spirits none too long , ― Just whispering of the world below , Where this was Bill and that was Joe ? No matter ; while our home is here No sounding name is half so dear ; When fades at length our lingering day , Who cares ...
... earth - born spirits none too long , ― Just whispering of the world below , Where this was Bill and that was Joe ? No matter ; while our home is here No sounding name is half so dear ; When fades at length our lingering day , Who cares ...
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... earth we tread beneath our feet , And soar away on pinions fleet Beyond the scenes of mortal strife , With fair ethereal forms to meet , That tell us of the after life ? No God ! -Who fixed the solid ground Of pillars strong , that ...
... earth we tread beneath our feet , And soar away on pinions fleet Beyond the scenes of mortal strife , With fair ethereal forms to meet , That tell us of the after life ? No God ! -Who fixed the solid ground Of pillars strong , that ...
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... earth in the early spring , or in the sturdy oak that has withstood the blasts of four- score winters . The purling rivulet , meandering through downy meads and verdant glens , and Niagara's tremen- dous torrent , leaping over its awful ...
... earth in the early spring , or in the sturdy oak that has withstood the blasts of four- score winters . The purling rivulet , meandering through downy meads and verdant glens , and Niagara's tremen- dous torrent , leaping over its awful ...
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angels Annabel Lee arms asked balance wheel Beagle beautiful beneath bless Boy George breath Calaveras county captain's gig child cold cousin Sally Dilliard cried dark dead dear death Deborah Lee door Dora dream earth eyes face fair father fear feel feet flowers frog give glory gone grave hand head hear heard heart heaven helmet of Navarre Henry of Navarre hope hour kiss lady light lips live look Lord morning mother neath never night o'er once passed poor portmanteau pray prayer round Santa Claus shine sigh sleep smile sorrow soul speak spirit stand star stood sure sweet tears tell thee There's thing thou thought to-day told took turned Twas twill vaiter voice W. S. Gilbert wife word young
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Page 122 - But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me.
Page 70 - Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face that was dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.
Page 123 - Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown; His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings; But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself; And earthly power doth then show likest God's When mercy seasons justice.
Page 122 - The angels, not half so happy in heaven, Went envying her and me ; Yes ! — that was the reason (as all men know, In this kingdom by the sea) That the wind came out of the cloud by night, Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
Page 70 - IT was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
Page 105 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 78 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat...
Page 180 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man...