The Speaker's Garland, Volume 2Penn Publishing Company, 1892 |
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... thou faint ? Heaven smiles above Though storm and vapor intervene ; That sun shines on , whose name is love , Serenely o'er life's shadowed scene . Press on ! surmount the rocky steeps , Climb boldly o'er the torrents ' arch ; He fails ...
... thou faint ? Heaven smiles above Though storm and vapor intervene ; That sun shines on , whose name is love , Serenely o'er life's shadowed scene . Press on ! surmount the rocky steeps , Climb boldly o'er the torrents ' arch ; He fails ...
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... thou yet shalt know Sweeter ties of brotherhood , Binding millions of one blood . City fair , Droop not long in wild despair ! Unto thee , God of refuge ! now we flee ; Spread the shelter of thy wing O'er the sad and sorrowing ; For the ...
... thou yet shalt know Sweeter ties of brotherhood , Binding millions of one blood . City fair , Droop not long in wild despair ! Unto thee , God of refuge ! now we flee ; Spread the shelter of thy wing O'er the sad and sorrowing ; For the ...
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... Thou calledst to all the cities By lightning and steam and pen : " Ho , ho , ye hundred sisters , Stand forth in your bravest might ! Our sister in flames is falling , Her children are dying to - night ! " And through the mighty ...
... Thou calledst to all the cities By lightning and steam and pen : " Ho , ho , ye hundred sisters , Stand forth in your bravest might ! Our sister in flames is falling , Her children are dying to - night ! " And through the mighty ...
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... thou ? " cried the caliph , " is it , friend , a secret blow ? Fear it not ! -our gallant Moslems no such treacherous deal- ing know . " Thou mayst quench thy thirst securely , for thou 44 ONE HUNDRED CHOICE SELECTIONS.
... thou ? " cried the caliph , " is it , friend , a secret blow ? Fear it not ! -our gallant Moslems no such treacherous deal- ing know . " Thou mayst quench thy thirst securely , for thou 44 ONE HUNDRED CHOICE SELECTIONS.
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P. Garrett. " Thou mayst quench thy thirst securely , for thou shalt not die before Thou hast drunk that cup of water - this reprieve is thine , no more ! " Quick the satrap dashed the goblet down to earth with ready hand , And the ...
P. Garrett. " Thou mayst quench thy thirst securely , for thou shalt not die before Thou hast drunk that cup of water - this reprieve is thine , no more ! " Quick the satrap dashed the goblet down to earth with ready hand , And the ...
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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...