Life's Lesson: A TaleHarper & Brothers, 1854 - 398 páginas |
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... coming . " " I remember it ; she was staying with me when you left . " " 6 Do you ever sing now ? Have you ever heard ' The Irish Emigrant's Lament ? ' 66 Often , and try to sing it sometimes ; is it not beauti- ful ? " " Very . I only ...
... coming . " " I remember it ; she was staying with me when you left . " " 6 Do you ever sing now ? Have you ever heard ' The Irish Emigrant's Lament ? ' 66 Often , and try to sing it sometimes ; is it not beauti- ful ? " " Very . I only ...
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... coming and the funeral , before which , they could not feel that all was over . It is not until we know the damp earth to be upon the coffin lid , and our dead are hid from us in the place appoint- ed for all the living ; it is only ...
... coming and the funeral , before which , they could not feel that all was over . It is not until we know the damp earth to be upon the coffin lid , and our dead are hid from us in the place appoint- ed for all the living ; it is only ...
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... coming out in a strange community - where a new face , like new goods , attracts customers - and takes to itself the name and character which is most alluring . She was much admired in our gay city - found the society exceedingly ...
... coming out in a strange community - where a new face , like new goods , attracts customers - and takes to itself the name and character which is most alluring . She was much admired in our gay city - found the society exceedingly ...
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... . " It was nine o'clock when some one entered , she went toward the door to receive him ; it was Dr. Brice . " His sister had sent him to know if she was not coming over . " " Yes , she had intended doing so ; but— LIFE'S LESSON . 125.
... . " It was nine o'clock when some one entered , she went toward the door to receive him ; it was Dr. Brice . " His sister had sent him to know if she was not coming over . " " Yes , she had intended doing so ; but— LIFE'S LESSON . 125.
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... coming forward and presenting her a hand- some bouquet , saying , his sister had sent it to him - the flow- ers were from his mother's garden . She glanced at them carelessly , and laying them down , continued to turn out and admire the ...
... coming forward and presenting her a hand- some bouquet , saying , his sister had sent it to him - the flow- ers were from his mother's garden . She glanced at them carelessly , and laying them down , continued to turn out and admire the ...
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Página 246 - The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings. Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk ; And let the misty mountain winds be free To blow against thee...
Página 50 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser, men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 242 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Página 246 - For all sweet sounds and harmonies; oh! then, If solitude, or fear, or pain, or grief, Should be thy portion, with what healing thoughts Of tender joy wilt thou remember me, And these my exhortations! nor, perchance— If I should be where I no more can hear Thy voice...
Página 247 - Nor wilt thou then forget, That after many wanderings, many years Of absence, these steep woods and lofty cliffs, And this green pastoral landscape, were to me More dear, both for themselves and for thy sake!
Página 242 - 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.
Página 202 - He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Página 33 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Página 90 - twas a bashful art, That I might rather feel, than see, The swelling of her heart. I calmed her fears, and she was calm, And told her love with virgin pride; And so I won my Genevieve, My bright and beauteous Bride.
Página 246 - And these my exhortations'. Nor, perchance If I should be where I no more can hear Thy voice, nor catch from thy wild eyes these gleams Of past existence - wilt thou then forget That on the banks of this delightful stream We stood together...