Sadness and Gladness: A Story of the Present Day ...Bentley, 1848 |
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الصفحة 61 - And slight withal may be the things which bring Back on the heart the weight which it would fling Aside for ever : it may be a sound — A tone of music, — summer's eve — or spring, A flower — the wind — the Ocean — which shall wound, Striking the electric chain wherewith we are darkly bound ; XXIV.
الصفحة 119 - The sooner will his race be run, And nearer he 's to setting! That age is best, which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent; the worse, and worst, Times still succeed the former! Then be not coy; but use your time! And while ye may, go marry! For, having lost but once your prime, You may for ever tarry!
الصفحة 119 - GATHER ye rose-buds while ye may, Old time is still a flying, And this same flower that smiles to-day, To-morrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of Heaven, the sun, The higher he's a getting, The sooner will his race be run, And neerer he's to setting.
الصفحة 1 - Oh ! there are looks and tones that dart An instant sunshine through the heart, — As if the soul that minute caught Some treasure it through life had sought) As if the very lips and eyes, Predestin'd to have all our sighs, And never he forgot again, Sparkled and spoke before us then...
الصفحة 46 - WHERE art thou, beloved To-morrow? When young and old and strong and weak, Rich and poor, through joy and sorrow, Thy sweet smiles we ever seek, — In thy place — ah ! well-a-day ! We find the thing we fled — To-day.
الصفحة 96 - Now, lovers, in a word to tell What noble love is, mark me well. It is the counterpoise that minds To fair and virtuous things inclines ; It is the gust we have and sense Of every noble excellence : It is the pulse, by which we know Whether our souls have life or no ; And such a soft and gentle fire, As kindles and inflames desire ; Until it all like incense burns, And into melting sweetness turns.
الصفحة 300 - Though very poor, may still be very blest ; That trade's proud empire hastes to swift decay, As ocean sweeps the labour'd mole away ; While self-dependent power can time defy, As rocks resist the billows and the sky.
الصفحة 280 - ... accuse. The rash expense of vanity detest, And sordidness : a mean in all is best. Hurt not thyself. Before thou act, advise; Nor suffer sleep at night' to close thy eyes Till thrice thine acts that day thou hast o'errun|: How hast thou slipped? — what duty left undone? Thus, thine account summed up from first to last, Grieve for the ill, joy for what good hath passed. These study, practice these, and these affect ; To sacred Virtue these thy steps direct: Eternal Nature's fountain I attest,...
الصفحة 10 - Before they reached home, the little girl, who appeared to be about six or seven years old...
الصفحة 189 - The first time I had the pleasure of seeing you, Mr. Edwardes...