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Page 4
Till midnoon the cool east light Is shut out by the round of the tall hill - brow ; But
when the full - faced sunset yellowly Stays on the flowering arch of the bough ,
The luscious fruitage clusteretli mellowly , Golden - kernelled , golden - cored ...
Till midnoon the cool east light Is shut out by the round of the tall hill - brow ; But
when the full - faced sunset yellowly Stays on the flowering arch of the bough ,
The luscious fruitage clusteretli mellowly , Golden - kernelled , golden - cored ...
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We sha'n't have much light for our walk , Johnny ; are you sure about the road ? ”
“ I should think so . Besides , there is no turn in it except the one at the end of the
village , on to the downs . ” “ Very good . You are pilot . It's a straight road to ...
We sha'n't have much light for our walk , Johnny ; are you sure about the road ? ”
“ I should think so . Besides , there is no turn in it except the one at the end of the
village , on to the downs . ” “ Very good . You are pilot . It's a straight road to ...
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There is no lack of dead stock , dozens of hay - ricks and corn - stacks , thatched
mounds full of mangoldwurzel and turnips and potatoes , besides well - stored
barns and granaries ; a dozen ploughs , eight or ten wagons , carts , a light ...
There is no lack of dead stock , dozens of hay - ricks and corn - stacks , thatched
mounds full of mangoldwurzel and turnips and potatoes , besides well - stored
barns and granaries ; a dozen ploughs , eight or ten wagons , carts , a light ...
Page 15
Have n't we had a jolly morning , mamma ? Parker's pond is frozen over
splendidly , and we've been sliding ever since it was light . " “ And I can do butter
- and - eggs all down the long slide , which the carter - boys have made , can't I ,
Willie ?
Have n't we had a jolly morning , mamma ? Parker's pond is frozen over
splendidly , and we've been sliding ever since it was light . " “ And I can do butter
- and - eggs all down the long slide , which the carter - boys have made , can't I ,
Willie ?
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Then through the down - pour of snow they made out a small cottage , the door of
which opened , and a tall figure in smockfrock and long leather gaiters appeared
, thrown out into relief by the light in the room behind him . " Quiet w'oot !
Then through the down - pour of snow they made out a small cottage , the door of
which opened , and a tall figure in smockfrock and long leather gaiters appeared
, thrown out into relief by the light in the room behind him . " Quiet w'oot !
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Page 166 - will seek the groves Where the lady Mary is, With her five handmaidens, whose names Are five sweet symphonies, Cecily, Gertrude, Magdalen, Margaret, and Rosalys.
Page 166 - And the souls mounting up to God Went by her like thin flames. And still she bowed herself and stooped Out of the circling charm; Until her bosom must have made The bar she leaned on warm, And the lilies lay as if asleep Along her bended arm. From the fixed place of Heaven she saw Time like a pulse shake fierce Through all the worlds.
Page 166 - THE blessed damozel leaned out From the gold bar of Heaven ; Her eyes were deeper than the depth Of waters stilled at even ; She had three lilies in her hand, And the stars in her hair were seven.
Page 51 - I care not much for gold or land ; — Give me a mortgage here and there, — Some good bank-stock, — some note of hand, Or trifling railroad share; — I only ask that Fortune send A little more than I shall spend. Honors are silly toys, I know, And titles are but empty names; — I would, perhaps, be Plenipo, — But only near St.
Page 166 - Her hair that lay along her back Was yellow like ripe corn. Herseemed she scarce had been a day One of God's choristers; The wonder was not yet quite gone From that still look of hers; Albeit, to them she left, her day Had counted as ten years.
Page 166 - I wish that he were come to me, For he will come,' she said. ' Have I not prayed in Heaven ? — on earth, Lord, Lord, has he not...
Page 166 - She gazed and listened and then said, Less sad of speech than mild — "All this is when he comes.
Page 52 - tis a sin To care for such unfruitful things; — One good-sized diamond in a pin, — Some, not so large, in rings, — A ruby, and a pearl, or so, Will do for me; — I laugh at show. My dame should dress in cheap attire; (Good, heavy silks are never dear;) — I own perhaps I might desire Some shawls of true Cashmere, — Some marrowy crapes of China silk, Like wrinkled skins on scalded milk.
Page 166 - Herself shall bring us, hand in hand, To Him round whom all souls Kneel, the clear-ranged unnumbered heads Bowed with their aureoles; And angels meeting us shall sing To their citherns and citoles.
Page 166 - The sun was gone now ; the curled moon Was like a little feather Fluttering far down the gulf; and now She spoke through the still weather. Her voice was like the voice the stars Had when they sang together.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Household Friends for Every Season |
| Author | James Thomas Fields |
| Editor | James Thomas Fields |
| Publisher | Ticknor and Fields, 1864 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2006 |
| Length | 327 pages |
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