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... in these meditations on the Songs of Zion , I never expect to see in this world . Very pleasantly did they pass , and moved swiftly and smoothly along , for when thus en- gaged I counted no time . They are gone , B 3 SUMMER FLOWERS . 5.
... in these meditations on the Songs of Zion , I never expect to see in this world . Very pleasantly did they pass , and moved swiftly and smoothly along , for when thus en- gaged I counted no time . They are gone , B 3 SUMMER FLOWERS . 5.
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... never so mean , and gives inestima- ble reputation to his parents . We should never have heard of Sophro- niscus but for his son Socrates ; nor of Aristo and Gryllus , if it had not been for Zenophon and Plato . It is not the incense ...
... never so mean , and gives inestima- ble reputation to his parents . We should never have heard of Sophro- niscus but for his son Socrates ; nor of Aristo and Gryllus , if it had not been for Zenophon and Plato . It is not the incense ...
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... never know I How wild a kiss she gave to me . But once again -- but once again These lips a mother's kisses felt ; That once again - that once again The tale a heart of stone would melt : " Twas when upon her death - bed laid , - ( What ...
... never know I How wild a kiss she gave to me . But once again -- but once again These lips a mother's kisses felt ; That once again - that once again The tale a heart of stone would melt : " Twas when upon her death - bed laid , - ( What ...
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... described by naturalists , besides several thousands of species which the naked eye cannot discern , and which people the invisible regions of the waters and the air . And , as the greater part of the globe has never yet 72 SUMMER FLOWERS .
... described by naturalists , besides several thousands of species which the naked eye cannot discern , and which people the invisible regions of the waters and the air . And , as the greater part of the globe has never yet 72 SUMMER FLOWERS .
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Charles Feist. as the greater part of the globe has never yet been thoroughly explored , several hundreds if not thousands of species , unknown to the scientific world , may exist in the depths of the ocean , and in the unexplored ...
Charles Feist. as the greater part of the globe has never yet been thoroughly explored , several hundreds if not thousands of species , unknown to the scientific world , may exist in the depths of the ocean , and in the unexplored ...
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Page 93 - All murder'd ; for within the hollow crown, That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Page 100 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion ; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow.
Page 278 - ... as unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; as sorrowful, yet alway rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 281 - From wandering on a foreign strand ? If such there breathe, go, mark him well; For him no minstrel raptures swell ; High though his titles, proud his name, Boundless his wealth as wish can claim, — Despite those titles, power, and pelf, The wretch, concentred all in self, Living, shall forfeit fair renown, And, doubly dying, shall go down To the vile dust from whence he sprung, Unwept, unhonored, and unsung.
Page 147 - It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace.
Page 26 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers! Whence are thy beams, O sun! thy everlasting light! Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale, sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course? The oaks of the mountains fall; the mountains themselves decay with years; the ocean shrinks and grows again; the moon herself is lost in heaven: but thou art forever the same, rejoicing in...
Page 16 - Prayer is the burden of a sigh ; The falling of a tear, The upward glancing of an eye, When none but God is near.
Page 10 - For, lo, the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. The flowers appear on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in our land. The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, and the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 7 - He made darkness his secret place; his pavilion round about him were dark waters and thick clouds of the skies.
Page 146 - Hark ! hark ! to God the chorus breaks, From every host, from every gem ; But one alone the Saviour speaks, It is the star of Bethlehem.