The art of skating, by Cyclos |
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... nature , and bringing to his heart and lips " thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . " Nor less his delight , when , in the calm and placid evening , with well - filled creel of golden crimson - spotted trout , he wanders home- 2 ...
... nature , and bringing to his heart and lips " thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . " Nor less his delight , when , in the calm and placid evening , with well - filled creel of golden crimson - spotted trout , he wanders home- 2 ...
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... Nature seems to breathe a new life over the lethargic Earth , and each manifold phase of being responds to the new - born influences pulsating within it , man shares in the general joy . As soon as the season turns , and " Winter ...
... Nature seems to breathe a new life over the lethargic Earth , and each manifold phase of being responds to the new - born influences pulsating within it , man shares in the general joy . As soon as the season turns , and " Winter ...
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... nature , and bringing to his heart and lips " thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . " Nor less his delight , when , in the calm and placid evening , with well - filled creel of golden crimson - spotted trout , he wanders home- 2 ...
... nature , and bringing to his heart and lips " thoughts that breathe , and words that burn . " Nor less his delight , when , in the calm and placid evening , with well - filled creel of golden crimson - spotted trout , he wanders home- 2 ...
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... nature , who listens enrap- tured to her every voice , as he wanders by foun- tain , wood , and stream , where the sound of rust- ling leaves and falling waters sinks upon his ear with a gentle cadence- " A noise as of a hidden brook ...
... nature , who listens enrap- tured to her every voice , as he wanders by foun- tain , wood , and stream , where the sound of rust- ling leaves and falling waters sinks upon his ear with a gentle cadence- " A noise as of a hidden brook ...
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... it is actually stuffed with down , but the packing is pretty close , for it takes several hatfulls of feathers to fill one ball about an inch and a half in diameter . the strong necessity of its nature , back to its IN GENERAL .
... it is actually stuffed with down , but the packing is pretty close , for it takes several hatfulls of feathers to fill one ball about an inch and a half in diameter . the strong necessity of its nature , back to its IN GENERAL .
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الصفحة 80 - When we had given our bodies to the wind, And all the shadowy banks on either side Came sweeping through the darkness, spinning still The rapid line of motion, then at once Have I, reclining back upon my heels, Stopped short; yet still the solitary cliffs Wheeled by me — even as if the earth had rolled With visible motion her diurnal round!
الصفحة 79 - And not a voice was idle ; with the din Smitten, the precipices rang aloud ; The leafless trees and every icy crag Tinkled like iron ; while far distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy not unnoticed, while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away.
الصفحة 9 - To move away the ringlet curl From the lovely lady's cheek— There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
الصفحة 11 - ST. Agnes' Eve — Ah, bitter chill it was ! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold ; The hare limp'd trembling through the frozen grass, And silent was the flock in woolly fold...
الصفحة 5 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
الصفحة 10 - While the Cock, with lively din, Scatters the rear of darkness thin, And to the stack, or the barn-door, Stoutly struts his Dames before: Oft listening how the Hounds and horn Cheerly rouse the slumbering morn, From the side of some hoar hill, Through the high wood echoing shrill...
الصفحة 80 - Tinkled like iron; while far distant hills Into the tumult sent an alien sound Of melancholy not unnoticed, while the stars Eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west The orange sky of evening died away. Not seldom from the uproar I retired Into a silent bay, or sportively Glanced sideway, leaving the tumultuous throng, To cut across the reflex of a star; Image, that, flying still before me, gleamed Upon the glassy plain...
الصفحة 80 - ... so through the darkness and the cold we flew, and not a voice was idle: with the din smitten, the precipices rang aloud ; the leafless trees and every icy crag tinkled like iron ; while the distant hills into the tumult sent an alien sound of melancholy, not unnoticed, while the stars eastward were sparkling clear, and in the west the orange sky of evening died away...
الصفحة 79 - mid the calm of summer nights, When, by the margin of the trembling lake, Beneath the gloomy hills, homeward I went In solitude, such intercourse was mine : Mine was it in the fields both day and night, And by the waters, all the summer long ; And in the frosty season, when the sun Was set, and, visible for many a mile, The cottage windows through the twilight blazed, I heeded not the summons : happy time It was indeed for all of us ; for me It was a time of rapture...
الصفحة 16 - When the great fen, or moor, which watereth the walls of the city on the north side, is frozen, many young men play upon the ice; some, striding as wide as they may, do slide swiftly...