The Speaker's Garland, Volume 2Penn Publishing Company, 1892 |
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... heart . I cannot weep , for my brain is dry ; Nor plead , for I know not how ; But my aim is sure , and the shaft may fly , And the bubbling life - blood flow ! " Yet leave me , while dim life remains , To list his parting sigh ; To ...
... heart . I cannot weep , for my brain is dry ; Nor plead , for I know not how ; But my aim is sure , and the shaft may fly , And the bubbling life - blood flow ! " Yet leave me , while dim life remains , To list his parting sigh ; To ...
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... heart is mighty tough ; But , Harry , when the bullets fly , And hot saltpetre flames and smokes , While whole battalions lie afield , One's apt to think about his folks . " And so you saw them - when ? and where ? The old man - is he ...
... heart is mighty tough ; But , Harry , when the bullets fly , And hot saltpetre flames and smokes , While whole battalions lie afield , One's apt to think about his folks . " And so you saw them - when ? and where ? The old man - is he ...
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... heart Responded firmly still , Unawed , though face to face with death , " With God's good help I will ! " The flames approach with giant strides , They scorch his hand and brow ; One arm , disabled , seeks his side , Ah ! he is ...
... heart Responded firmly still , Unawed , though face to face with death , " With God's good help I will ! " The flames approach with giant strides , They scorch his hand and brow ; One arm , disabled , seeks his side , Ah ! he is ...
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... hearts , Eyes brimful of mischief , Skilled in all its arts . That's a precious darling ! What are you about ? " May I ... heart rejoices When the singer comes to Cultivate the voices ! Institute attending , Making out reports , Giving ...
... hearts , Eyes brimful of mischief , Skilled in all its arts . That's a precious darling ! What are you about ? " May I ... heart rejoices When the singer comes to Cultivate the voices ! Institute attending , Making out reports , Giving ...
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... heart to heave With thousand feelings soft and sweet , And prompts the aspiring soul to leave The earth we tread beneath our feet , And soar away on pinions fleet Beyond the scenes of mortal strife , With fair ethereal forms to meet ...
... heart to heave With thousand feelings soft and sweet , And prompts the aspiring soul to leave The earth we tread beneath our feet , And soar away on pinions fleet Beyond the scenes of mortal strife , With fair ethereal forms to meet ...
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Popular passages
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...