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... fears to break th ' alluring charm- So passes happily away The even tenor of his life . For him each swiftly circling day With pastime innocent is rife- Rather my choice the ascent to climb Where towers glory's fane sublime- Tho ' many ...
... fears to break th ' alluring charm- So passes happily away The even tenor of his life . For him each swiftly circling day With pastime innocent is rife- Rather my choice the ascent to climb Where towers glory's fane sublime- Tho ' many ...
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... fears ; Like that false light Which leads by night The traveller from his way , And lures him then O'er brook and fen , Till breaks the cheery day . So those false beams deceiving , That shine from some bright eye , May often lead to ...
... fears ; Like that false light Which leads by night The traveller from his way , And lures him then O'er brook and fen , Till breaks the cheery day . So those false beams deceiving , That shine from some bright eye , May often lead to ...
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... fears of the old , and the evident surprise of all , left it uncertain whether the beauteous stranger would be welcomed or rejected by our most sober ancestors . We , in our more enlightened days , may at first wonder at such hesitation ...
... fears of the old , and the evident surprise of all , left it uncertain whether the beauteous stranger would be welcomed or rejected by our most sober ancestors . We , in our more enlightened days , may at first wonder at such hesitation ...
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... fear 66 in virtue low as heaven is high In pride of virtue toppeth lofty heaven , " made a vigorous resistance , and , in the spirit of the Scotch covenanter , looked on waltzing as a " Popish abomination ! " Even now we too often hear ...
... fear 66 in virtue low as heaven is high In pride of virtue toppeth lofty heaven , " made a vigorous resistance , and , in the spirit of the Scotch covenanter , looked on waltzing as a " Popish abomination ! " Even now we too often hear ...
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... suit his partner's style , he may dance out of time , he may wander from his proper orbit , and ( the very idea makes his blood run cold ) he may stumble and fall . All these fears are plainly written THE HAILEYBURY OBSERVER . 23.
... suit his partner's style , he may dance out of time , he may wander from his proper orbit , and ( the very idea makes his blood run cold ) he may stumble and fall . All these fears are plainly written THE HAILEYBURY OBSERVER . 23.
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Page 227 - It is a good divine that follows his own instructions: I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done, than be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Page 65 - This tale will not be told in vain, if it shall be found to illustrate the great truth, that guilt, though it may attain temporal splendour, can never confer real happiness; that the evil consequences of our crimes long survive their commission, and, like the ghosts of the murdered, for ever haunt the steps of the malefactor; and that the paths of virtue, though seldom those of worldly greatness, are always those of pleasantness and peace. L'ENVOY, BY JEDEDIAH CLEISHBOTHAM THUS concludeth the Tale...
Page 41 - Tis triumph all and joy. Now, my brave youths. Now give a loose to the clean, gen'rous steed ; Flourish the whip, nor spare the galling' spur ; But in the madness of delight forget Your fears. Far o'er the rocky hills we range, And dangerous our course ; but in the brave True courage never fails. In vain...
Page 80 - Yet was there one thro' whom I loved her, one Not learned, save in gracious household ways, Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants, No Angel, but a dearer being, all dipt In Angel instincts, breathing Paradise, Interpreter between the Gods and men, Who...
Page 79 - Glowing all over noble shame; and all Her falser self slipt from her like a robe, And left her woman, lovelier in her mood Than in her mould that other, when she came From barren deeps to conquer all with love...
Page 25 - A SPIRIT haunts the year's last hours Dwelling amid these yellowing bowers : To himself he talks ; For at eventide, listening earnestly, At his work you may hear him sob and sigh In the walks ; Earthward he boweth the heavy stalks Of the mouldering flowers : Heavily hangs the broad sunflower Over its grave i' the earth so chilly ; Heavily hangs the hollyhock, Heavily hangs the tiger-lily.
Page 137 - Forgive, blest shade, the tributary tear, That mourns thy exit from a world like this ; Forgive the wish that would have kept thee here, And stayed thy progress to the seats of bliss • No more confined to grov'ling scenes of night, No more a tenant pent in mortal clay, Now should we rather hail thy glorious flight, And trace thy journey to the realms of day.
Page 240 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing...
Page 80 - For woman is not undevelopt man, . But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain: his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow; The man be more of woman, she of man; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care...
Page 310 - And, like the haggard,' check at every feather That comes before his eye. This is a practice, As full of labour as a wise man's art...