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... eye for the brightest , an ear for the sweetest , Courteous but cold unto all thou meetest ; Not a hope in thy ... eyes ; Or if she shall give thee her love to - day , To - morrow's frost shall freeze it away . And if thou lay thee ...
... eye for the brightest , an ear for the sweetest , Courteous but cold unto all thou meetest ; Not a hope in thy ... eyes ; Or if she shall give thee her love to - day , To - morrow's frost shall freeze it away . And if thou lay thee ...
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... eyes from the confusion , Master Barruello glanced at Netcelli . The latter was still seated close to the fire , gazing steadfastly before him ; neither joy nor sorrow was depicted in his rigid face ; he seemed indifferent to every ...
... eyes from the confusion , Master Barruello glanced at Netcelli . The latter was still seated close to the fire , gazing steadfastly before him ; neither joy nor sorrow was depicted in his rigid face ; he seemed indifferent to every ...
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... eye shone with that greenish light which reminds the spectator of certain ani- mals , to whose organs of vision it is ... eyes moist with tears , saying to the dead man , " Lazarus , come forth ! " and Lazarus came forth . A halo ...
... eye shone with that greenish light which reminds the spectator of certain ani- mals , to whose organs of vision it is ... eyes moist with tears , saying to the dead man , " Lazarus , come forth ! " and Lazarus came forth . A halo ...
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... eyes , and endeav- ored to penetrate the secret by which the old man produced those admirable effects of light and shade which distinguished his pictures . When the painting was finished , Rem- brandt rose and said : " It is not yet ...
... eyes , and endeav- ored to penetrate the secret by which the old man produced those admirable effects of light and shade which distinguished his pictures . When the painting was finished , Rem- brandt rose and said : " It is not yet ...
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... eyes . That is a prince ! " he muttered ; " a king ! He enjoys his life in splendor ! Perhaps he is right , perhaps I am a fool to live in pov- erty and seclusion . Poverty ! -yes , I am poor , in spite of all my wealth . But what of ...
... eyes . That is a prince ! " he muttered ; " a king ! He enjoys his life in splendor ! Perhaps he is right , perhaps I am a fool to live in pov- erty and seclusion . Poverty ! -yes , I am poor , in spite of all my wealth . But what of ...
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Page 69 - For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.
Page 455 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right ; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
Page 418 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 169 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 281 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 69 - For nature then (The coarser pleasures of my boyish days, And their glad animal movements all gone by) To me was all in all. — I cannot paint What then I was. The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Page 74 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 506 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Page 31 - In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.
Page 218 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.