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... seem to have a special adaptation . It only remains for me to acknowledge the valuable suggestions and aid I have received from various sources during the preparation of this volume , and especially the essential assistance I have had ...
... seem to have a special adaptation . It only remains for me to acknowledge the valuable suggestions and aid I have received from various sources during the preparation of this volume , and especially the essential assistance I have had ...
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... seems more fair The more they on it stare ; But her sad eyes , still fastened on the ground , Are governed with goodly modesty , That suffers not one look to glance awry , Which may let in a little thought un- sound . Why blush ye ...
... seems more fair The more they on it stare ; But her sad eyes , still fastened on the ground , Are governed with goodly modesty , That suffers not one look to glance awry , Which may let in a little thought un- sound . Why blush ye ...
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... seem to threat ; And over them Arachne high did lift Her cunning web , and spread her subtle net , Enwrappéd in foul smoke and clouds more black than jet . Both roof , and floor , and walls , were all of gold , But overgrown with dust ...
... seem to threat ; And over them Arachne high did lift Her cunning web , and spread her subtle net , Enwrappéd in foul smoke and clouds more black than jet . Both roof , and floor , and walls , were all of gold , But overgrown with dust ...
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... ever yet , in honor , wealth , Or pleasure of the sense , contentment find ? Till both their proper elements do touch . wealth ? Or having wisdom was not vexed in mind ? fall , Which seem sweet flowers with lustre fresh and.
... ever yet , in honor , wealth , Or pleasure of the sense , contentment find ? Till both their proper elements do touch . wealth ? Or having wisdom was not vexed in mind ? fall , Which seem sweet flowers with lustre fresh and.
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... seem sweet flowers with lustre fresh and gay , She lights on that and this , and tasteth all ; But pleased with none , doth rise and soar away . So when the soul finds here no true con- tent , And like Noah's dove can no sure footing ...
... seem sweet flowers with lustre fresh and gay , She lights on that and this , and tasteth all ; But pleased with none , doth rise and soar away . So when the soul finds here no true con- tent , And like Noah's dove can no sure footing ...
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Page 62 - E'en in our ashes live their wonted fires. For thee, who, mindful of the unhonored dead, Dost in these lines their artless tale relate; If chance, by lonely contemplation led, Some kindred spirit shall inquire thy fate, — Haply some hoary-headed swain may say, "Oft have we seen him at the peep of dawn Brushing with hasty steps the dews away To meet the sun upon the upland lawn.
Page 30 - GOING TO THE WARS Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 199 - And snowy summits old in story; The long light shakes across the lakes, And the wild cataract leaps in glory. Blow, bugle, blow, set the wild echoes flying, Blow, bugle; answer, echoes, dying, dying, dying.
Page 99 - The clouds that gather round the setting sun Do take a sober coloring from an eye That hath kept watch o'er man's mortality ; Another race hath been, and other palms are won, Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 187 - There is a power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air — Lone wandering, but not lost. All day thy wings have fanned, At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 66 - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossomed furze unprofitably gay — There, in his noisy mansion, skilled to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view ; I knew him well, and every truant knew : Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace The day's disasters in his morning face...
Page 103 - Stern Lawgiver ! yet thou dost wear The Godhead's most benignant grace ; Nor know we anything so fair As is the smile upon thy face : Flowers laugh before thee on their beds And fragrance in thy footing treads ; Thou dost preserve the stars from wrong; And the most ancient heavens, through Thee, are fresh and strong.
Page 47 - Direct, control, suggest this day All I design, or do, or say ; That all my powers, with all their might In Thy sole glory may unite.
Page 47 - The Lord my pasture shall prepare, And feed me with a shepherd's care : His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noon-day walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Page 17 - And moan the expense of many a vanished sight: Then can I grieve at grievances foregone, And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan, Which I new pay as if not paid before. But if the while I think on thee, dear friend, All losses are restored and sorrows end.