A Library of American Literature from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time: Literature of the republic. pt. 4. 1861-1889

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Edmund Clarence Stedman, Ellen Mackay Hutchinson
C.L. Webster, 1889
 

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الصفحة 617 - various other plants. The sleepiest beds in the garden, at least as to the flowers, will be found among the poppies. "Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday,
الصفحة 14 - Which is why I remark, And my language is plain, That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar,— Which the same I am free to maintain. THE SOCIETY UPON THE STANISLAUS. T RESIDE at Table Mountain, and my name is Truthful James;
الصفحة 13 - PLAIN LANGUAGE FROM TRUTHFUL JAMES. TABLE MOUNTAIN, 1870. WHICH I wish to remark,— And my language is plain,— That for ways that are dark, And for tricks that are vain, The heathen Chinee is peculiar. Which the same I would rise to explain.
الصفحة 502 - The weapon formed against thee shall not prosper, The tongue that shall contend with thee in judgment, Thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage Of the Lord's servants and their righteousness. For thou shalt come to peoples yet unborn, Declaring that which He hath done. Amen!
الصفحة 148 - large, as the marsh: lo, out of his plenty the sea Pours fast: full soon the time of the flood-tide must be: Look how the grace of the sea doth go About and about through the intricate channels that flow Here and there, Everywhere, Till his waters have flooded the uttermost creeks and the low-lying
الصفحة 4 - Robber,—whose exploits ne'er soared O'er the bee's or squirrel's hoard; Whiskered chin, and feeble nose, Claws of steel on baby toes, — Here, in solitude and shade, Shambling, shuffling, plantigrade, Be thy courses undismayed! Here, where Nature makes thy bed, Let thy rude, half-human tread Point to hidden Indian springs, Lost in ferns and fragrant grasses,
الصفحة 148 - of Habersham Here in the valleys of Hall. High o'er the hills of Habersham, Veiling the valleys of Hall, The hickory told me manifold Fair tales of shade, the poplar tall Wrought me her shadowy self to hold, The chestnut, the oak, the walnut, the pine, Overleaning, with flickering meaning and sign, Said, Pass not, so cold, these manifold Deep
الصفحة 103 - Tied a young man's heart within. Steeper and steeper grew the hill; Madder, merrier, chillier still The western wind blew down, and played The wildest tricks with the little maid, As, tying her bonnet under her chin, She tied a young man's heart within. O western wind, do you think it was fair, To play such tricks
الصفحة 16 - to see the shooting were naturally indignant. Their indignation might have found vent in sarcasm but for a certain look in Tennessee's Partner's eye that indicated a lack of humorous appreciation. In fact, he was a grave man, with a steady application to practical detail which was unpleasant in a difficulty.
الصفحة 447 - IDN'T the fox never catch the rabbit, Uncle Remus ? " asked the little boy the next evening. "He come mighty nigh it, honey, sho's you bawn—Brer Fox did. One day atter Brer Rabbit fool 'im wid dat calamus root, Brer Fox went ter wuk en got 'im some tar, en mix it wid some turkentime, en fix up a

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