The Young Lady's Cabinet of Gems: A Choice Collection of Pieces in Poetry and ProseD.W. Evans & Company, 1860 - 336 pagina's |
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Pagina 13
... valley and the plain ; And a spirit is awaking , That shall never sleep again . And ye may hear that listen , The spirit's stirring song , That surges like the ocean , With its solemn bass along . " Ho ! can ye stay the rivers , Or 2 ( 13 )
... valley and the plain ; And a spirit is awaking , That shall never sleep again . And ye may hear that listen , The spirit's stirring song , That surges like the ocean , With its solemn bass along . " Ho ! can ye stay the rivers , Or 2 ( 13 )
Pagina 23
... hear no speech , you perceive no trace of thought . So far as consciousness of pass- ing events , or intellectual activity is concerned , he lies like a clod , or , at most , a mere breathing lump of clay . Where is the mind , the ...
... hear no speech , you perceive no trace of thought . So far as consciousness of pass- ing events , or intellectual activity is concerned , he lies like a clod , or , at most , a mere breathing lump of clay . Where is the mind , the ...
Pagina 39
... hear the wheel go on , and on , And then it stopped - ran back away- While through the door he brought the sun : But now my spinning is all done . He sat beside me , with an oath That love ne'er ended once begun ; I smiled - believing ...
... hear the wheel go on , and on , And then it stopped - ran back away- While through the door he brought the sun : But now my spinning is all done . He sat beside me , with an oath That love ne'er ended once begun ; I smiled - believing ...
Pagina 40
... God hath his holy angels sent To comfort him in his weakness : He doth not the mournful wailings hear Of the weeping 40 CABINET OF GEMS . THE MUSIC OF HEAVEN THE WIFE TO HER HUSBAND THE SANDAL TREE METAPHOR AND SIMILE Anon.
... God hath his holy angels sent To comfort him in his weakness : He doth not the mournful wailings hear Of the weeping 40 CABINET OF GEMS . THE MUSIC OF HEAVEN THE WIFE TO HER HUSBAND THE SANDAL TREE METAPHOR AND SIMILE Anon.
Pagina 41
... hear Of the weeping friends who love him , He listeth with glad and earnest ear To the music of Heaven above him ! Voices , sweet voices , in choral lay , Are of loved and lost ones telling , Who passed from a world of care away To live ...
... hear Of the weeping friends who love him , He listeth with glad and earnest ear To the music of Heaven above him ! Voices , sweet voices , in choral lay , Are of loved and lost ones telling , Who passed from a world of care away To live ...
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ancient angel beauty bishop of Cambray bitter melon blessing breath bright calm character charms cheek child Christ Christian Cuvier dark death deep delight doth Dragoman duty earth Esau evil eyes fair father fear feel finger rings flowers Fordyne friends gentle give glad glory grace hand happy Harville hast hath heard heart heaven holy hour husband Isbel JOANNA BAILLIE kind labour lady light lips live look Madame Roland marriage mind morning mother mournful walls nature ne'er Nelcombe never night o'er obedience once Otley Pasha peace prayer racter Rebekah red curse ring round savage pencil seemed sigh singing smile song sorrow soul spirit Stanford sweet sweet charity tears tell thee thine things thou thought tion Trafford turn Twas voice War-spirit watch wear weeping wife wild wilder grace woman words worship young youth
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Pagina 232 - Among the farthest Hebrides. Will no one tell me what she sings ? Perhaps the plaintive numbers flow For old, unhappy, far-off things, And battles long ago : Or is it some more humble lay, Familiar matter of to-day ? Some natural sorrow, loss, or pain, That has been, and may be again ? Whate'er the theme, the maiden sang As if her song could have no ending...
Pagina 208 - ... and reprove; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe ; From vain temptations dost set free; And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!
Pagina 124 - The soldiers' revels in the midst of pillage, The wail of famine in beleaguered towns. The bursting shell, the gateway wrenched asunder, The rattling musketry, the clashing blade; And ever and anon, in tones of thunder, The diapason of the cannonade.
Pagina 97 - WHEN gathering clouds around I view, And days are dark, and friends are few, On Him I lean, who, not in vain, Experienced every human pain ; He sees my wants, allays my fears, And counts and treasures up my tears.
Pagina 114 - The time is come. See how he points his eager hand this way ! See how his eyes gloat on thy grief, like a kite's upon the prey ! With all his wit, he little deems, that, spurned, betrayed, bereft, Thy father hath in his despair one fearful refuge left. He little deems that in this hand I clutch what still can save Thy gentle youth from taunts and blows, the portion of the slave ; Yea, and from nameless evil, that passeth taunt and blow — Foul outrage which thou knowest not, which thou shalt never...
Pagina 62 - Life's newness, and earth's garniture spread out; And when the silver habit of the clouds Comes down upon the autumn sun, and with A sober gladness the old year takes up His bright inheritance of golden fruits, A pomp and pageant fill the splendid scene. There is a beautiful spirit breathing now Its mellow richness on the clustered trees...
Pagina 312 - Twa bairns, and but ae heart ! 'Twas then we sat on ae laigh bink, To leir ilk ither lear ; And tones and looks and smiles were shed, Remembered evermair. 1 wonder Jeanie, aften yet, When sitting on that bink, Cheek touchin' cheek, loof locked in loof, What our wee heads could think. When baith bent doun ower ae braid page, Wi' ae buik on our knee, Thy lips were on thy lesson, but My lesson was in thee.
Pagina 124 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease ; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace...
Pagina 243 - And Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, Behold Esau my brother is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man: my father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing.
Pagina 219 - The Reaper said, and smiled ; " Dear tokens of the earth are they, Where He was once a child. " They shall all bloom in fields of light, Transplanted by my care, And saints, upon their garments white, These sacred blossoms wear.