The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 11Yale Literary Society, 1846 - College students' writings, American |
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... morning broke , and the sun's rays shone brightly through the window on her bed . Suddenly she was still , and they thought , nay , almost hoped , that all was over , but she raised herself on her arm , and gazing calmly around seemed ...
... morning broke , and the sun's rays shone brightly through the window on her bed . Suddenly she was still , and they thought , nay , almost hoped , that all was over , but she raised herself on her arm , and gazing calmly around seemed ...
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... morning they wanted him , He was nowhere to be had . They hunted about and called his name , But they looked and called in vain ; The echoing air would cry where ! where ! But he never came again . For day by day , as he dried away ...
... morning they wanted him , He was nowhere to be had . They hunted about and called his name , But they looked and called in vain ; The echoing air would cry where ! where ! But he never came again . For day by day , as he dried away ...
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... morning , lest he should not be in season for prayers , that it is almost impossible to repress a smile . Still , young man , we sympathize with you , for our thoughts go back to the time when we were in a like predicament . And to ...
... morning , lest he should not be in season for prayers , that it is almost impossible to repress a smile . Still , young man , we sympathize with you , for our thoughts go back to the time when we were in a like predicament . And to ...
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... morning . The cool and bra- cing air gives an unwonted buoyancy and life to the whole man . It bears no rank and steaming fumes to disgust the nostrils , but is laden with the fragrance of gardens and flowers . It steals in at your ...
... morning . The cool and bra- cing air gives an unwonted buoyancy and life to the whole man . It bears no rank and steaming fumes to disgust the nostrils , but is laden with the fragrance of gardens and flowers . It steals in at your ...
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... morning is streaking the east and rendering objects just visible , if you would be in season to have the best success . Step lightly over the ground - rustle not a leaf - crack not a stick with your foot - fall - keep a sharp look - out ...
... morning is streaking the east and rendering objects just visible , if you would be in season to have the best success . Step lightly over the ground - rustle not a leaf - crack not a stick with your foot - fall - keep a sharp look - out ...
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Page 286 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
Page 325 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Page 277 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 277 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 408 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 311 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 148 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 303 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 274 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 366 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.