St. ElmoA slender girl of twelve years' growth steadied a pail of water on her head with both dimpled arms thrown up in ancient classic Caryatides attitude; and pausing a moment beside the spring stood fronting the great golden dawn-watching for the first level ray of the coming sun and chanting the prayer of Habakkuk. |
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Page 67
... rose , the opaline and beryline tints , of which he spoke in telling the glories of Polynesian and Malaysian skies , and the matchless verdure and floral splendours of their serene , spicy dells . For many days after the receipt of each ...
... rose , the opaline and beryline tints , of which he spoke in telling the glories of Polynesian and Malaysian skies , and the matchless verdure and floral splendours of their serene , spicy dells . For many days after the receipt of each ...
Page 173
... rose saying : " As you have repeatedly expressed a desire to examine the park and hot - houses , I will show you the way this afternoon . " " Take care , my love , that you do not fatigue yourself , " were Mrs. Powell's low , tenderly ...
... rose saying : " As you have repeatedly expressed a desire to examine the park and hot - houses , I will show you the way this afternoon . " " Take care , my love , that you do not fatigue yourself , " were Mrs. Powell's low , tenderly ...
Page 291
... rose , and violet , and pearly gray , powder- ed with a few dim stars . As the rising waves broke along the beach ... rose the moon , round , radiant , almost full , shaking off the mists , burnishing the waves with a ghostly lustre ...
... rose , and violet , and pearly gray , powder- ed with a few dim stars . As the rising waves broke along the beach ... rose the moon , round , radiant , almost full , shaking off the mists , burnishing the waves with a ghostly lustre ...
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