Appletons' School ReadersD. Appleton, 1878 |
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... Nature holds Communion with her visible forms , she speaks A various language : for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And healing ...
... Nature holds Communion with her visible forms , she speaks A various language : for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness , and a smile And eloquence of beauty ; and she glides Into his darker musings with a mild And healing ...
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... natural for the soldier ! ) " Thrice ere the morning " ( the repe- tition of the dream supposed to indicate its sure fulfillment ) . Note , again , the figure : " In life's morning march , ” etc. " Goats bleating aloft " ( in the upland ...
... natural for the soldier ! ) " Thrice ere the morning " ( the repe- tition of the dream supposed to indicate its sure fulfillment ) . Note , again , the figure : " In life's morning march , ” etc. " Goats bleating aloft " ( in the upland ...
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... Nature at war , He thought as a sage , though he felt as a man : 2. " Ah ! why , all abandoned to darkness and woe , Why , lone Philomela , that languishing fall ? For spring shall return , and a lover bestow , And sorrow no longer thy ...
... Nature at war , He thought as a sage , though he felt as a man : 2. " Ah ! why , all abandoned to darkness and woe , Why , lone Philomela , that languishing fall ? For spring shall return , and a lover bestow , And sorrow no longer thy ...
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... Nature the embryo blossom will save ; But when shall spring visit the mouldering urn ? Oh , when shall day dawn on the night of the grave ? 5. " " Twas thus , by the glare of false science betrayed , That leads to bewilder , and dazzles ...
... Nature the embryo blossom will save ; But when shall spring visit the mouldering urn ? Oh , when shall day dawn on the night of the grave ? 5. " " Twas thus , by the glare of false science betrayed , That leads to bewilder , and dazzles ...
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... you the goodness of his nature ; to this , there was something in his looks , and voice , and manner , superadded , which eternally beckoned to the unfortunate to come and take shelter under him 42 FIFTH READER . The Death of Le Fevre.
... you the goodness of his nature ; to this , there was something in his looks , and voice , and manner , superadded , which eternally beckoned to the unfortunate to come and take shelter under him 42 FIFTH READER . The Death of Le Fevre.
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Page 181 - Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And, sure, he is an honorable man. I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke, But here I am to speak what I do know. You all did love him once, not without cause: What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?
Page 250 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet But hark!
Page 420 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And singing startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Page 413 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun ! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 19 - Shalt thou retire alone, — nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, — with kings, The powerful of the earth, — the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 233 - River where ford there was none: But ere he alighted at Netherby gate The bride had consented, the gallant came late: For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar.
Page 233 - LOCHINVAR. LADY HERON'S SONG. 12. O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best, And save his good broad-sword he weapons had none ; He rode all unarmed, and he rode all alone. So faithful in love, and so dauntless in war, There never was knight like the young Lochinvar.
Page 429 - Oft, on a plat of rising ground, I hear the far-off curfew sound Over some wide-watered shore. Swinging slow with sullen roar; Or if the air will not permit, Some still removed place will fit, Where glowing embers through the room Teach light to counterfeit a gloom, Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 251 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their...
Page 68 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.