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... Memory and Hope . 91. North American Indians .. 93. Rural Life in Sweden 95. Children . 97. Judge not 98. Judge not - concluded 100. The True Dignity of Labor . 102. Escape from a Panther .. 104. A Challenge to America . 105. War ...
... Memory and Hope . 91. North American Indians .. 93. Rural Life in Sweden 95. Children . 97. Judge not 98. Judge not - concluded 100. The True Dignity of Labor . 102. Escape from a Panther .. 104. A Challenge to America . 105. War ...
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... Memory .... 90. Hiawatha's Canoe - building . 92. They are Passing Away 94. Life and Death 96. The Votary of Pleasure 99. The Laborer 101. Labor .. 103. Spring . 107. The Watcher on the Tower . 111. The Hermit ... 117. Address to the ...
... Memory .... 90. Hiawatha's Canoe - building . 92. They are Passing Away 94. Life and Death 96. The Votary of Pleasure 99. The Laborer 101. Labor .. 103. Spring . 107. The Watcher on the Tower . 111. The Hermit ... 117. Address to the ...
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... plague ; an infectious dis- ease , or one that is catching . Wormwood ( wêrm ' wid ) , a bitter herb ; bitterness . Heath ' er , heath ; a place overgrown with shrubs . The humble home , to memory dear ; Its sorrows Perpetual Adoration.
... plague ; an infectious dis- ease , or one that is catching . Wormwood ( wêrm ' wid ) , a bitter herb ; bitterness . Heath ' er , heath ; a place overgrown with shrubs . The humble home , to memory dear ; Its sorrows Perpetual Adoration.
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... memory dear ; Its sorrows and its joys ; Where woke the transient ' smile or tear , When you and I were boys . 2. We were youths together , And castles built in air ; Your heart was like a feather , And mine weighed down with care . To ...
... memory dear ; Its sorrows and its joys ; Where woke the transient ' smile or tear , When you and I were boys . 2. We were youths together , And castles built in air ; Your heart was like a feather , And mine weighed down with care . To ...
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... memory ! 4 ' Cåp'i tol , the building where the legislature meet.— ' E lec ' tri fied , suddenly excited ; struck with great surprise . Pre side ' , to govern ; to sit above others.- Crl ' sis , time when any thing is at its height ...
... memory ! 4 ' Cåp'i tol , the building where the legislature meet.— ' E lec ' tri fied , suddenly excited ; struck with great surprise . Pre side ' , to govern ; to sit above others.- Crl ' sis , time when any thing is at its height ...
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Page 350 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news, Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet...
Page 411 - T' make that place uz strong uz the rest." So the Deacon inquired of the village folk Where he could find the strongest oak, That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke,— That was for spokes and floor and sills; He sent for lancewood to make the thills; The crossbars were ash, from the straightest trees; The panels of white-wood, that cuts like cheese, But lasts like iron for things like these; The hubs of logs from the "Settler's ellum...
Page 26 - Who is here so base that would be a bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?
Page 426 - Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow: The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Page 425 - Came thro' the jaws of Death Back from the mouth of Hell, All that was left of them, Left of six hundred.
Page 342 - The secret which the murderer possesses soon comes to possess him, and, like the evil spirits of which we read, it overcomes him, and leads him whithersoever it will. He feels it beating at his heart, rising to his throat, and demanding disclosure. He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions...
Page 341 - Ah, gentlemen ! that was a dreadful mistake. Such a secret can be safe nowhere. The whole creation of God has neither nook nor corner where the guilty can bestow it, and say it is safe.
Page 66 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh. I know it is a sin For me to sit and grin At him here; But the old three-cornered hat, And the breeches, and all that, Are so queer!
Page 427 - Ring out old shapes of foul disease; Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Page 425 - Cannon to right of them, Cannon to left of them, Cannon in front of them Volley'd and thunder'd; Storm'd at with shot and shell, Boldly they rode and well, Into the jaws of Death, Into the mouth of hell Rode the six hundred. Flash'd all their sabres bare, Flash'd as they turn'd in air Sabring the gunners there, Charging an army, while All the world wonder'd. Plunged in the battery-smoke Right thro' the line they broke; Cossack and Russian Reel'd from the sabre-stroke Shatter'd and sunder'd.