Library of the World's Best Literature: A-ZCharles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H. Warner, Edward Cornelius Towne R. S. Peale and J. A. Hill, 1897 - Anthologies |
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Page 11441
... thou speak wisely , see thou speak in season . To death the tortoise fell : He talked too much , that was the reason . " " He is speaking of me ! " the King thought to himself ; and asked the Future Buddha if it was so . " Be it you , O ...
... thou speak wisely , see thou speak in season . To death the tortoise fell : He talked too much , that was the reason . " " He is speaking of me ! " the King thought to himself ; and asked the Future Buddha if it was so . " Be it you , O ...
Page 11443
... thou must beware thou open not thy mouth at any time , because the other birds that fly up and down will gladly play with thee and laugh to see thee fly in the air , thou that art used to tarry on the earth and under the water ...
... thou must beware thou open not thy mouth at any time , because the other birds that fly up and down will gladly play with thee and laugh to see thee fly in the air , thou that art used to tarry on the earth and under the water ...
Page 11464
... thou rue , And ruthless Time shall suck the juice from thy emprise . ' But there is no one here to take care of the child . What then shall I do ? Hold ! I have here an ichneumon , which I have kept this long time and cared for as if he ...
... thou rue , And ruthless Time shall suck the juice from thy emprise . ' But there is no one here to take care of the child . What then shall I do ? Hold ! I have here an ichneumon , which I have kept this long time and cared for as if he ...
Page 11465
... thou hast arisen amid the sky of loveliness ; Thy countenance the brightest rose , thy form the fairest cypress is , That ever grew in beauty's bower , or ' mid the flowers of comeli- ness . And together with this beauty of form , she ...
... thou hast arisen amid the sky of loveliness ; Thy countenance the brightest rose , thy form the fairest cypress is , That ever grew in beauty's bower , or ' mid the flowers of comeli- ness . And together with this beauty of form , she ...
Page 11466
... thou mayst blossom like a rose , to gladden and to please ? One day the mother of the child desiring to take a warm bath , committed him , with many injunctions , to the care of his father , who besides had nothing else then to do ...
... thou mayst blossom like a rose , to gladden and to please ? One day the mother of the child desiring to take a warm bath , committed him , with many injunctions , to the care of his father , who besides had nothing else then to do ...
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admiration Ahasuerus appeared asked beauty bells Benares better born Brahmadatta brahman brother called character child Crito dead death delight Demosthenes door Edgar Quinet eyes father fear feel fell forest Future Buddha gave give Greek hand hath head hear heard heart heaven honor Jataka Jetavana King light literary literature lived look Maguelonne Manon Marcius Master mind Mondor moral Morgante Moriscoes mother nature never night noble o'er ogre once Onyegin Panchatantra passed Pericles person Pierre Pilpay Pindar Plato Plautus Plutarch poem poet poetry Polybius Provence Quintilian Renaud Roman Rome Savatthi Socrates song soul speak spirit story tell thee things thou thought tion told took tortoise translation true truth turned verse Volscians whole wife wise words write young brahman Zeus
Popular passages
Page 11723 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Page 11679 - And all with pearl and ruby glowing Was the fair palace door, Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing, And sparkling evermore, A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty Was but to sing, In voices of surpassing beauty, The wit and wisdom of their king.
Page 11738 - See, through this air, this ocean, and this earth, All matter quick, and bursting into birth. Above, how high, progressive life may go ! Around, how wide, how deep extend below ! Vast chain of Being ! which from God began, Natures ethereal, human, angel, man, Beast, bird, fish, insect, what no eye can see, No glass can reach ; from infinite to thee, From thee to Nothing.
Page 11693 - thing of evil!— prophet still, if bird or devil! — Whether tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate, yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this home by horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore — Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!
Page 11694 - How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of Runic rhyme. To the tintinnabulation that so musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells,— From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Page 11696 - IT was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE ; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Page 11694 - How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, in the icy air of night ! while the stars, that over-sprinkle all the heavens, seem to twinkle with a crystalline delight ; keeping time, time, time, in a sort of Runic rhyme, to the tintinnabulation that so musically wells from the bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, bells, from the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.
Page 11724 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Page 11691 - Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. "T is some visitor,' I muttered, 'tapping at my chamber door Only this and nothing more.
Page 11746 - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys: So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.