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Look to him , father , lest he wink , and the golden apple be stolen away , For his
ancient heart is drunk with overwatchings night and day , Round about the
hallowed fruit - tree curled : Sing away , sing aloud evermore in the wind , without
stop ...
Look to him , father , lest he wink , and the golden apple be stolen away , For his
ancient heart is drunk with overwatchings night and day , Round about the
hallowed fruit - tree curled : Sing away , sing aloud evermore in the wind , without
stop ...
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... would have been sallow , but for the work of sun and air on it . There was the
possibility of great nervous irritability and excitableness in the look of him ; but
this natural tendency of his constitution and temperament seemed , at least for
the ...
... would have been sallow , but for the work of sun and air on it . There was the
possibility of great nervous irritability and excitableness in the look of him ; but
this natural tendency of his constitution and temperament seemed , at least for
the ...
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They look splendid , ma'am . But no eggs ! ” “ Well , sir , you see as our hens gets
no het about the place . My master don't kep no beastesses . There's no '
commodation for ' em here , — and I tells ' un th ' hens wunt lay without het . ”
come .
They look splendid , ma'am . But no eggs ! ” “ Well , sir , you see as our hens gets
no het about the place . My master don't kep no beastesses . There's no '
commodation for ' em here , — and I tells ' un th ' hens wunt lay without het . ”
come .
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... now - a - days , bean't it , Mr. Gabbet ? Ther ' wur young Squire Mundell passed
here only last week , dressed noways different from thaay ; only he'd a got zhart
wide breeches , and red striped stockin's , he had , and martal queer a did look .
... now - a - days , bean't it , Mr. Gabbet ? Ther ' wur young Squire Mundell passed
here only last week , dressed noways different from thaay ; only he'd a got zhart
wide breeches , and red striped stockin's , he had , and martal queer a did look .
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It consists of a miniature church , and neat parsonage - house and garden ; the
manor - house and curtilage , which we must look at more closely presently ; one
public house ; two or three general shops in a very small way , one of which is the
...
It consists of a miniature church , and neat parsonage - house and garden ; the
manor - house and curtilage , which we must look at more closely presently ; one
public house ; two or three general shops in a very small way , one of which is the
...
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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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