The Ladies' Wreath, المجلد 3Martyn & Ely, 1850 |
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angel beautiful BEGONIA beloved bless bosom breath bright brother Caen called Charlotte Corday cheek cheerful child Claudius dear death death of Marat deep divine earth Eloise evil eyes face father fear feel felt flowers friends girl Girondists give grief Griner hand happy hath heart heaven holy hope hour husband Jacobin Clubs kind labor lady Lambin light lips live look Marat marriage Mary mind Miss Elizabeth morning Moss Rose mother nature never night noble o'er once parents passed Philica poor prayer replied Samaria scene Sea of Galilee seemed sister smile soon sorrow soul speak spirit stamens sweet Syria tears thee thine thing thou thought Tiberias truth turned Tuscany voice wife Wilson wish woman wonder words YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY young youth
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الصفحة 136 - O'ER wayward childhood would'st thou hold firm rule, And sun thee in the light of happy faces ; Love, Hope, and Patience, these must be thy graces, And in thine own heart let them first keep school.
الصفحة 340 - Here, where the end of earthly things Lays heroes, patriots, bards, and kings ; Where stiff the hand, and still the tongue, Of those who fought, .and spoke, and sung ; Here, where the fretted aisles prolong The distant notes of holy song, As if some angel spoke agen, All peace on earth, good-will to men...
الصفحة 288 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
الصفحة 5 - If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.
الصفحة 311 - The depth saith, It is not in me : And the sea saith, It is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, Neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.
الصفحة 341 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
الصفحة 374 - The sluggard Pity's vision-weaving tribe! Who sigh for wretchedness, yet shun the wretched, Nursing in some delicious solitude Their slothful loves and dainty sympathies!
الصفحة 188 - O, how wonderful is the human voice ! It is indeed the organ of the soul ! The intellect of man sits enthroned visibly upon his forehead and in his eye ; and the heart of man is written upon his countenance. But the soul reveals itself in the voice only ; as God revealed himself to the prophet of old in the still, small voice ; and in a voice from the burning bush.
الصفحة 97 - A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel 13 light. XV.— I WANDERED LONELY. 1804. I WANDERED lonely as a cloud...
الصفحة 5 - Give a man this taste, and the means of gratifying it, and you can hardly fail of making a happy man, unless, indeed, you put into his hands a most perverse selection of books.