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... animals , unknown to man , to which they afford food and shelter ; and I could sometimes ob- serve large fishes of a singular shape , gliding softly through the watery thickets , unconscious of what was passing above them . As we ...
... animals , unknown to man , to which they afford food and shelter ; and I could sometimes ob- serve large fishes of a singular shape , gliding softly through the watery thickets , unconscious of what was passing above them . As we ...
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... animals pursue their preys in the crannies of the rocks , and sea - plants spread their limber leaves in gay and gaudy irregularity , while the most beauti- ful fishes are on every side sporting around . The floor is of sand , like the ...
... animals pursue their preys in the crannies of the rocks , and sea - plants spread their limber leaves in gay and gaudy irregularity , while the most beauti- ful fishes are on every side sporting around . The floor is of sand , like the ...
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... animals had ) Descried the poor fellow's retreat , He crept to the shavings and set them alight , And before the poor mouse could run off in his fright , It was scalded to death in the heat ! Poor mouse ! how it squeaked I can't bear to ...
... animals had ) Descried the poor fellow's retreat , He crept to the shavings and set them alight , And before the poor mouse could run off in his fright , It was scalded to death in the heat ! Poor mouse ! how it squeaked I can't bear to ...
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... animals vary from the size of a pin's head , or even less , to somewhat more than the bulk of a pea ; and it is by the persevering efforts of creatures so insignificant , working in myriads , and working through ages , that the enormous ...
... animals vary from the size of a pin's head , or even less , to somewhat more than the bulk of a pea ; and it is by the persevering efforts of creatures so insignificant , working in myriads , and working through ages , that the enormous ...
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... animal barely possessing life , scarcely appearing to possess volition , tied down to its narrow cell , ephemeral in existence , is daily , hourly , creat- ing the habitations of men , of animals , of plants . It is founding a new ...
... animal barely possessing life , scarcely appearing to possess volition , tied down to its narrow cell , ephemeral in existence , is daily , hourly , creat- ing the habitations of men , of animals , of plants . It is founding a new ...
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Page 166 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which, but an hour ago, Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness ; And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated : Who could guess If ever more should meet those mutual eyes, Since, upon night so sweet, such awful morn could rise. And there was mounting in hot haste : the steed, The mustering squadron,...
Page 114 - Beyond the flight of time, Beyond this vale of death, There surely is some blessed clime, Where life is not a breath ; Nor life's affections transient fire, Whose sparks fly upward...
Page 91 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Page 165 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 76 - Two of us in the churchyard lie, My sister and my brother; And, in the churchyard cottage, I Dwell near them with my mother.
Page 77 - And when the ground was white with snow, And I could run and slide, My brother John was forced to go, And he lies by her side." " How many are you, then," said I, " If they two are in heaven ?" Quick was the little Maid's reply,
Page 14 - There with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter : There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea...
Page 152 - And, Sir, where American liberty raised its first voice and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 171 - They fought— like brave men, long and well; They piled that ground with Moslem slain: They conquered— but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won; Then saw in death his eyelids close Calmly, as to a night's repose. Like flowers at set of sun.
Page 116 - The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket. The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hail as a treasure; For often, at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.