Twilight Hours: A Legacy of VerseStrahan, 1868 - 300 pagina's |
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Pagina vii
... children , and bore the title of " Rainbows in Spring - tide . " The writer hid herself under the nom de plume of " Sadie . " I turned over the pages , and found in the tales them- selves a pleasant ease and genial insight into child ...
... children , and bore the title of " Rainbows in Spring - tide . " The writer hid herself under the nom de plume of " Sadie . " I turned over the pages , and found in the tales them- selves a pleasant ease and genial insight into child ...
Pagina xi
... time he was told that some admissions of his had been used to condemn his mother to death , the child never spoke until shortly before he died , eighteen months after , in the eleventh year of his age . " As it was , I wrote a note to "
... time he was told that some admissions of his had been used to condemn his mother to death , the child never spoke until shortly before he died , eighteen months after , in the eleventh year of his age . " As it was , I wrote a note to "
Pagina xix
... children there are on the sands now , play among themselves prosaically enough ; but a grown - up person has only to sit down amongst them , looking tolerably good- tempered , and may at once enliven them into attempting wonderful feats ...
... children there are on the sands now , play among themselves prosaically enough ; but a grown - up person has only to sit down amongst them , looking tolerably good- tempered , and may at once enliven them into attempting wonderful feats ...
Pagina xx
A Legacy of Verse Sarah Williams. bation or amusement . I think , with children at least , that it is partly the unselfish desire to give pleasure . They like gathering shells or doing anything for anybody . I hear dismal accounts of ...
A Legacy of Verse Sarah Williams. bation or amusement . I think , with children at least , that it is partly the unselfish desire to give pleasure . They like gathering shells or doing anything for anybody . I hear dismal accounts of ...
Pagina xxiv
... child , especially when he is naughty . The other day , for some misdemeanour , he was dismissed from the dinner - table by his mamma . Bertie finding himself landed with his little plate in the bedroom , not unnaturally objected ...
... child , especially when he is naughty . The other day , for some misdemeanour , he was dismissed from the dinner - table by his mamma . Bertie finding himself landed with his little plate in the bedroom , not unnaturally objected ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
Agnes Agnus Dei Andromache angel Baal birds blessing blind breeze bright brother brow burning lake calm cheek child Christ in heaven coast-guard Cophetua crimson Crown 8vo darkness darling Dean of Canterbury dear dearest death deep despair dream dumb dying evermore evil eyes fair fairy faith Father fear feet flowers foolish song forward cast Gloriana Good-bye Gregory hand hath heart HENRY ALFORD Holy king kiss knew light lips live look Lord hear thee love doth love is dead Margaret moan mother mountain MOUNTAIN PASSES never night o'er once pain pray PRYNNES queen rain repent RITORNELLO shadow shining sing sleep smile softly song sorrow and sighing soul sound of sunshine strange sweet tears tell tender thine things thou hast thought twas VESUVIUS wait wandering weary weeping wind Wisdom King word
Populaire passages
Pagina 124 - That the strongest wander farthest and most hopelessly are lost? That the mark of rank in nature is capacity for pain, And the anguish of the singer makes the sweetness of the strain ? "I have many things to tell you, but ye cannot bear them now.
Pagina 288 - Not so, not so, no load of woe Need bring despairing frown : For while we bear it, we can bear, Past that, we lay it down.
Pagina 78 - The land is ours, the foe is ours, now rest, my men," he said. But while he spoke there came a band of foot-sore, panting men: " The latest prisoner, my lord, we took him in the glen, And left behind dead hostages that we would come again." The victor spoke : " Thou, Persian dog ! hast cost more lives than thine. That was thy will, and thou shouldst die full thrice, if I had mine. Dost know thy fate, thy just reward ? " The Persian bent his head, " I know both sides of victory, and only grieve,"...
Pagina 150 - I knew not when my life was good, And when there was a light upon my path, But turned my soul perversely to the dark — O Lord, I do repent.
Pagina 151 - Because Thou hast borne with me all this while, Hast smitten me with love until I weep, Hast called me as a mother calls her child — O Lord...
Pagina 79 - and while I live, I fight; So, see you to your victory, for 'tis undone this night ; Omar, the worthy, battle fair is but thy god-like right.
Pagina 67 - Heaven," your mother said softly. And Susie sighed "So far away!" — Tis nearer, Will, now to us all. It is strange how that fellow sleeps ! stranger still that his sleep should haunt me; If I could but command his face, to make sure of the lesser ill : I will crawl to his side and see, for what should there be to daunt me ? What there ? what there...