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... Light and shadow , tints of the sky , forms , and hues , and positions of objects , appear to have been viewed by Mrs. Radcliffe with all the knowledge and accuracy of a painter's eye . There follows " Gaston de Blondeville " a pretty ...
... Light and shadow , tints of the sky , forms , and hues , and positions of objects , appear to have been viewed by Mrs. Radcliffe with all the knowledge and accuracy of a painter's eye . There follows " Gaston de Blondeville " a pretty ...
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... light , his power of happy expression , the sweetness of his versifi- cation , and the beauty of his conceptions . Touches of pathos , and strains of high lyrical enthusiasm , are not wanting ; but what particularly distinguishes his ...
... light , his power of happy expression , the sweetness of his versifi- cation , and the beauty of his conceptions . Touches of pathos , and strains of high lyrical enthusiasm , are not wanting ; but what particularly distinguishes his ...
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... light To him is welcome as the sight Of sky and stars to prisoned men : Thy grasp is welcome as the hand Of brother in a foreign land ; Thy summons welcome as the cry That told the Indian isles were nigh To the world - seeking Genoese ...
... light To him is welcome as the sight Of sky and stars to prisoned men : Thy grasp is welcome as the hand Of brother in a foreign land ; Thy summons welcome as the cry That told the Indian isles were nigh To the world - seeking Genoese ...
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... light at even , ' Tis dim as the wandering stars that burst In the blue of the summer heaven . A breath can bid it burn no more , Or if at times its beams Come on the memory , they pass o'er Like shadows in our dreams . But when that ...
... light at even , ' Tis dim as the wandering stars that burst In the blue of the summer heaven . A breath can bid it burn no more , Or if at times its beams Come on the memory , they pass o'er Like shadows in our dreams . But when that ...
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... light is not of joy . Then crush , even in their hour of birth , The infant buds of Love , And tread his glowing fire to earth , Ere ' t is dark in clouds above ; Cherish no more a cypress tree , To shade thy future years , Nor nurse a ...
... light is not of joy . Then crush , even in their hour of birth , The infant buds of Love , And tread his glowing fire to earth , Ere ' t is dark in clouds above ; Cherish no more a cypress tree , To shade thy future years , Nor nurse a ...
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Page 344 - Canst thou by searching find out God? canst thou find out the Almighty unto perfection? It is as high as heaven; what canst thou do? deeper than hell; what canst thou know? The measure thereof is longer than the earth, and broader than the sea.
Page 320 - Walker's Key to the Classical Pronunciation of Greek, Latin, and Scripture Proper Names.
Page 10 - 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. Come to the bridal chamber, Death!
Page 347 - For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth: And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.
Page 347 - Oh that my words were now written! Oh that they were printed in a book! That they were graven with an iron pen and lead In the rock for ever!
Page 217 - Is this a time to be cloudy and sad, When our mother Nature laughs around ; "When even the deep blue heavens look glad, And gladness breathes from the blossoming ground ? There are notes of joy from the hang-bird and wren, And the gossip of swallows through all the sky; The ground-squirrel gayly chirps by his den, And the wilding bee hums merrily by.
Page 38 - Beyond the pomp of dress; for loveliness Needs not the foreign aid of ornament, But is when unadorned adorned the most.
Page 346 - Behold, the hope of him is in vain: Shall not one be cast down even at the sight of him?
Page 345 - He is the chief of the ways of God: he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.
Page 136 - REGION of life and light! Land of the good whose earthly toils are o'er! Nor frost nor heat may blight Thy vernal beauty, fertile shore, Yielding thy blessed fruits for evermore! There, without crook or sling, Walks the good shepherd; blossoms white and red Round his meek temples cling; And to sweet pastures led, His own loved flock beneath his eye is fed. He guides, and near him they Follow delighted, for he makes them go Where dwells eternal May, And heavenly roses blow, Deathless, and gathered...